International Affairs

Russia could build a nuclear power plant (NPP) in Sri Lanka someday, considering the growing energy demand in the country, Russian Ambassador to Colombo Yury Materiy has said in an interview with Sputnik.

The Finance Minister of Afghanistan, Mohammed Humayon Qayoumi held talks with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the President’s residence yesterday (February 09).

A top US official said yesterday his country remained hopeful that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact would succeed and was prepared to address any concerns in this regard.

ඉදිරි වර්ෂය සඳහා ඇමරිකානු රජය ඉදිරිපත් කළ අයවැය ලේඛනයෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආර්ථික සංවර්ධනය වෙනුවෙන් ඇමරිකානු ඩොලර් මිලියන 39.2 ක මුදලක් වෙන්කිරීමට යෝජනා කර තිබෙනවා. පසුගිය වසර හා සැසඳීමේදී මෙවර ‍ශ්‍රී ලංකාව වෙනුවෙන් වෙන් කරන මුදල රුපියල් බිලියන 12 කින් වැඩිකර තිබෙනවා.

Sri Lanka has called on India to grant a three year grace period in repayment of debt to its giant neighbour, Indian media reported.

සිව්දින රාජ්‍ය සංචාරයක් සදහා දිවයිනෙන් පිටත්ව ගිය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂ මහතා අද (07) පස්වරුවේ නවදිල්ලි නුවරට ළගා වුණා. අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා ඇතුළු දූත පිරිස පස්වරු 1.55 ට පමණ ශ්‍රී ලන්කන් ගුවන් සේවයට අයත් යූ එල් 195 දරණ ගුවන් යානයෙන් දිවයිනෙන් පිටත්ව ගියා.

මාලදිවයිනේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ කොමසාරිස්වරයා ලෙස ප්‍රවීණ සංගීතවේදී රෝහණ බැද්දගේ මහතා නම් කර තිබේ.

Pakistan has reiterated its military support for Sri Lanka following talks held in Colombo.

The World Bank reaffirmed its continued support to Sri Lanka’s growth and development for the benefit of its entire people.

A report on Sri Lanka’s compliance with the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP plus) covering the period 2018-2019 has found that Sri Lanka has continued to make progress on human rights during that period.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that preliminary data found that Sri Lanka fell short of the primary surplus target in 2019 under the program supported by the Extended Fund Facility (EFF).

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa departs to New Delhi today on a state visit to India on the invitation of his Indian Premier Narendra Modi from February 7 to 11. This is the first foreign visit by Rajapaksa after assuming duties as the Prime Minister in November last year.

Australia has reiterated its ‘zero chance’ policy for illegal migrants from Sri Lanka.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that he was confident Sri Lanka will address the issues of the Tamils.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday gifted a consignment of Ceylon Black Tea to Chinese Ambassador Cheng Xueyuan to be sent to those affected by the Coronavirus in his country.

Amidst comprehensive study by a committee of Sri Lankan experts on the pros and cons on the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), the United States (US) hopes that the substantial American grant of $ 480 million with Sri Lanka will be a success.

India’s Congress party met Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and discussed a wide range of issues in New Delhi.

Russia while offering more training facilities for Sri Lankan military, has pledged to increase assistance to improve air operation capabilities of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF)