International Affairs

India has offered technical training and financial assistance for Sri Lanka youth in areas such as capacity building and skill development to deepen partnership between the two neighboring countries.

Afghanistan has called for the early conclusion of bilateral mechanisms with Sri Lanka.

ගෙවුණු පැය 24 තුළ ඉන්දියාවෙන් නව්‍ය කොරෝනා ආසාදිතයින් 94,409 දෙනෙකු වාර්තා වී තිබෙනවා.

NEW YORK - The U.N. Secretary-General warned Wednesday the coronavirus pandemic is “out of control,” and he called for global solidarity in making a future vaccine affordable and available to all.

Ambassador of the Delegation of the European Union (EU) in Colombo Denis Chaibi along with the EU delegation paid a courtesy call on the State Minister for Money, Capital Market and State Enterprise Reforms Ajith Nivard Cabraal at the Finance Ministry yesterday and discussed matters of mutual interest.

Sri Lanka has called for collective efforts by the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Regional Forum (ARF) member states to address traditional and non-traditional security threats.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday said economies across developing Asia will contract this year for the first time in nearly six decades but recovery will resume next year, as the region starts to emerge from the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

New Delhi: In a stunning revelation, a Chinese virologist has claimed that the coronavirus was created in a government-controlled laboratory in Wuhan, the original epicentre of the outbreak.

There are almost 29 million COVID-19 infections worldwide.

India has banned the export of onions after its crop was damaged and harvesting delayed by excessive rain, industry officials told Reuters.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඉතාලි තානාපතිනි රීටා ජුලියානා මැනෙල්ලා මහත්මිය අද 2020.09.14 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා හමුවූවාය.

ISLAMABAD - Warring sides in Afghanistan have accused each other of staging fresh battlefield attacks as their representatives held a second day of historic, U.S.-brokered peace talks Sunday away from home in Qatar.

US President Donald Trump has hailed the "dawn of a new Middle East", amid Israel's landmark deals with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain.

The United Nations (UN) has recalled it encouraged the warring parties in Sri Lanka to reach a peaceful solution.

ISLAMABAD - The United States pressed Afghanistan’s warring factions Saturday to approach their first-ever direct peace talks with an intent to strike a power-sharing deal that would accommodate “competing views” and permanently end decades of bloodshed in the country.

එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානයේ මානව හිමිකම් කොමිසමේ මහ කොමසාරිස් මිචෙල් බැචලේ මහත්මිය, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව විසින් 30/1 යෝජනාවට පක්ෂපාතිත්වය ලබාදෙන්නේ යැයි දුන් සහතිකයෙන් ඉවත්වීම මගින් ලබාදුන් පොරොන්දු ඉතා වේගයෙන් ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරමින් සිටින බව පැහැදිලි වන්නේ යැයි පවසන්නීය.

Acting Chinese Ambassador Hu Wei said Sri Lanka and China should not limit its bilateral relations only to economic cooperation.

United States and Sri Lanka are addressing defence related issues jointly further strengthening the existing friendly relation in is field.