International Affairs
Sri Lanka’s train service will be further boosted with the arrival of eight new train sets next month. Sri Lanka is set to receive six new power sets from China and two from India.
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.
High Commissioner of India Taranjit Singh Sandhu was the Chief Guest at the twentieth edition of the prestigious Shankar’s International Competition organized annually by High Commission of India in Colombo at the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (formerly Indian Cultural Centre) on 23rd November 2019.
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.
MDMK General Secretary Vaiko on Saturday said he will lead a demonstration in New Delhi on November 28, against newly elected Sri Lakan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s visit to the country, the Hindu reported.
ජනාධිපතිවරණයෙන් ලැබූ ජයග්‍රහණය සම්බන්ධව ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට සිය සුබපැතුම් එක්කරන බව රුසියානු ජනාධිපති ව්ලැදිමීර් පුටින් මහතා පවසයි.
The United States says Sri Lanka effectively ceded sovereignty over the Hambantota Port.
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).
The election manifesto of UK’s Labour party features Sri Lanka and the steps a future Labour Government will take to address the human rights issue.
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
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.
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