International Affairs

In a humanitarian and health welfare gesture the Japanese Government has granted a total sum of USD 1,212,500 (approx. Rs. 230 million) through the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to tackle the COVID-19 in Sri Lanka.

The United Nations (UN) stresses that no one should be left behind in the response to the COVID- 19 global threat.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is set to review the current funding program provided to Sri Lanka.

There is no plan to send the Indian Army to Sri Lanka for whatever purpose, sources from the Indian High Commission in Colombo said today.

The Acting High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Vinod K. Jacob called on the Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka Dinesh Gunawardena in Colombo yesterday.

WHITE HOUSE - Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. government has a three-stage prescription for restarting normal life in America.

WHITE HOUSE - Amid the coronavirus pandemic there will be a pause of at least 60 days in the issuance of green cards, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday – a move that will potentially close the country off to tens of thousands of people.

London: US oil prices crashed to unprecedented lows Monday as futures in New York ended in negative territory for the first time amid a devastating supply glut that has forced traders to pay others to take the commodity.

Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has requested the President of the United States of America (US) Donald Trump to reconsider his decision to suspend funding to the World Health Organization (WHO), which could have a detrimental impact on the programs in countries like Sri Lanka.

The United States today said that it stands with Sri Lanka in the commitment to counter terrorism.

In a step to repatriate foreign nationals from Pakistan and bring back countrymen stranded abroad, Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Saturday allowed Sri Lanka and South Africa to operate special flights to the country, ARY News reported.

Diplomats based in Colombo were today briefed by the Government on ongoing efforts to assist the public affected by the coronavirus.

Sri Lankan fishermen, who venture on high seas for 'multi-day fishing', are caught poaching in Seychelles waters, news agency report revealed.

President Goatabaya Rajapaksa today thanked China for supporting Sri Lanka’s efforts in the fight against the coronavirus.

මළ සිරුරකින් කොවිඩ් -19 වෛරසය පුද්ගලයකුට සම්ප්‍රේෂණය වීම හා ඉන් මරණයක් සිදුවීමේ පළමු පුවත තායිලන්තයෙන් වාර්තා වේ.

කොරෝනා වෛරසය වැළදී ඇත්දැයි සොයා බැලීමේ පරීක්ෂණ අඩුම ප්‍රමාණයක් කරන ලද රටවල් අතර ශ්‍රී සිටින බව https://www.worldometers.info/ වෙබ් අඩවිය පෙන්වා දෙයි.

New Delhi/Washington: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday acknowledged Fox News report that the novel coronavirus (nCoV) may have been accidentally leaked by an intern working at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China.

මාස 6ක කාලයක් අමාත්‍යවරුන්ගේ සහ රජයේ ආයතනවල ප්‍රධාන විධායක නිලධාරීවරුන්ගේ වැටුප් කපා දැමීමට නවසීලන්තය තීරණය කර තිබෙනවා.