International Affairs
The Indian government expects Sri Lanka’s new government led by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to take forward the process of national reconciliation in order to meet the aspirations of the Tamil minority for “equality, justice, peace and dignity”.
Sri Lanka’s initiative of transforming the School Education System as the Foundation of a Knowledge Hub with World Bank assistance has failed to gain expected results owing to administration weaknesses, officials said.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa with the visiting Indian Minister of External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar yesterday. India's High Commissioner Taranjit Singh Sandhu is also present.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is expected to lead an eight-member delegation to India next week in his first-ever overseas visit since assuming office.
නව අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට ඉන්දීය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය නරේන්ද්‍ර මෝදි මහතා සුබ පැතුම් එක්කර තිබේ.
The United States Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo called on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today to ensure accountability.
The US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Alaina B. Teplitz, met President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today.
At least 948 Sri Lankan migrant workers caught up in the last Gulf War are still to receive compensation for lost income and injuries.
The Iranian foreign ministry in a statement on Monday congratulated Gotabaya Rajapaksa for winning the presidential election in Sri Lanka and hoped for the further expansion of relations between the two countries.
ජනාධිපතිවරණයෙන් ලැබූ ජයග්‍රහණය සම්බන්ධව ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට සිය සුබපැතුම් එක්කරන බව රුසියානු ජනාධිපති ව්ලැදිමීර් පුටින් මහතා පවසයි.
China on Monday congratulated Gotabaya Rajapaksa on his election as Sri Lankan President, saying it is ready to work with him for “greater progress” in bilateral strategic ties and ensure “high-quality” projects under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the Press Trust of India reported.
අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පසුගිය දා ප්‍රකාශයක් කරමින් කියා සිටියේ අසල්වාසී ඉන්දියාව සමග රාජ්‍යතාන්ත්‍රිකව හා සමීපව වැඩකටයුතු කිරීමට තමන් අපේක්ෂාවෙන් සිටින බවය.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Kanni Wignaraja of Sri Lanka as the next Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Though the 16 November presidential election was largely peaceful and “technically well-managed”, unregulated campaign spending, abuse of state resources and media bias resulted in an uneven playing field, the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) concluded.
ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජයේ ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා 21 දින කොළඹ පිහිටි ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලයේදී ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ චීන තානාපති එච්. ඊ. චෙන්ග් ෂුආන් (H. E. Cheng Xueyuan) හු වෙයි මහතා හමුවිය.
Commend Sri Lankans, Election Commission on largely peaceful, orderly election
Say 84% voter turnout impressive, wants more women candidates
Say mechanisms needed to regulate campaign finance, ensure even playing field
Concerned by hate speech through private media, social media
Recommend independent self-regulatory system for broader media landscape
Recommend improving access to polling booths for disabled voters
After the Easter Sunday attacks that killed over 250 people and injured hundreds in April in Sri Lanka, there was a rejuvenation of interfaith harmony in the country, a senior Sri Lankan official told the Emirates News Agency, WAM.
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