International Affairs

Commercial air services between Jaffna International Airport (JAF) and Chennai International Airport (MAA) would be commenced from November 10, the Sri Lanka Civil Aviation Authority said.

​The All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) yesterday welcomed the European Union Election Observation Mission for Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election (EUEOM) with open arms.

The High Commission of Pakistan, in collaboration with the Kashmir Study Forum, Sri Lanka organized a seminar in Colombo to mark the ‘Kashmir Black Day’ accusing India of committing atrocities in Kashmir.

Further strengthening the longstanding relations between Sri Lanka and Turkey, bilateral trade between both countries continues to grow.

The European Union (EU) noted that the bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and the EU in recent years have grown significantly.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ ජනාධිපති අපේක්ෂක ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ඉදිරිපත් කළ ප්‍රතිපත්ති ප්‍රකාශය ඉන්දියාවේ පැසසුමට ලක්ව තිබේ.

Britain says it is always ready to assist Sri Lanka to establish democracy in the country.

President Maithripala Sirisena signs agreements regarding the lease of land to the Colombo Port city project chinese Ambassador Chang Xueyang and officias are present/President’s Media

අයිසිස් නායක අබු බකර් අල්-බග්දාදි මරණයට පත්වූ බව ඇමරිකානු ජනාධිපති ඩොනල්ඩ් ට්‍රම්ප් නිල වශයෙන් ප්‍රකාශ කළේය.

ඇමෙරිකානු මිලේනියම් චැලෙන්ජ් (MCC) ගිවිසුම ජනාධිපතිවරණයට පෙර ඇමෙරිකාව සමග අස්සන් කරන බව, අගමැති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ ඊයේ (30 වැනිදා) ප්‍රකාශ කළේය.

The ‘Ray of Hope’ Musical Night was held at Shangri-la Hotel on Saturday (26), to commemorate the 135th anniversary of the Attorney General’s Department and raise funds for the children who suffered in the April 21 attacks, a communique issued by the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Sri Lanka said.

Andreas Jordan, one of the observers of the European Union (EU) Election Observation Mission (EOM) said that they will issue a preliminary statement a few days after the Election Day assessing the election process up to that stage while overall conclusions of the mission will be presented by the Chief Observer in a final report only after the electoral process, about two months later.

The United States appreciated Sri Lanka’s decision to approve the much delayed Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) grant of USD 480 million.

A US Congressman has warned that China is looking to help Sri Lanka monitor its citizens.

Addressing the 18th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Baku, Azerbaijan on 26 October, Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana reaffirmed Sri Lanka’s commitment to the founding principles of the NAM and called for the group’s collective attention to the need to address contemporary global challenges, highlighting in particular, poverty and terrorism.

The U.S. Embassy will bring together young inventors and innovators from across Sri Lanka at its second Maker Fair on October 20 at Trace Expert City.

Tata SIA Airlines Limited, operating as Vistara an Indian full-service airline, based in Gurgaon now operates Mumbai-Colombo flights launching more international routes to fill the Jet Airways void in Indian aviation service, officials said.

ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is believed to have been killed in a raid conducted by the US military in northwest Syria on Saturday, according to a senior US defense official and a source with knowledge.