International Affairs
SoSri Lanka Pro Men's QS3,000’ ඉසව්ව මෙම මස ශ්රී ලංකාවේ අරුගම්බේදී ආරම්භවන බව ලෝක සර්ෆ් ලීගය (WSL) නිවේදනය කරයි.
The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s top legislature, yesterday voted to approve extradition treaties with Sri Lanka and Vietnam, the Xinhua news agency reported.
Reports say that Sri Lanka Army is at the risk of losing its international peacekeeping missions.
A group of UN experts expressed serious concern at the appointment of Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva as Sri Lanka’s army chief, and urged the Government to advance long overdue reforms of the security sector and investigate past abuses.
Germany is stepping up its economic engagement with Sri Lanka via a spate of bilateral initiatives whilst calling for greater liberalisation and reforms to spur more investments and trade.
ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ හා වෙනිසියුලා රාජ්ය නියෝජිතයින් අතර 24 පස්වරුවේ සාකච්ඡාවක් පැවැත්විණි.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is set to take on an official visit to the Republic of Maldives on Monday (02 September), following an invitation extended to him by the President of Maldives, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan yesterday said that Pakistan deeply valued its close and friendly relations with Sri Lanka.
A “breach of diplomatic protocol” is how senior officials are describing an exchange of statements between the Pakistani High Commission in Sri Lanka and the Presidential Secretariat about a meeting that took place between Islamabad’s envoy in Colombo and the President last Tuesday, 20 Aug, that has left officials with red faces on both sides.
A top United Nations’ official probing religious freedom issues has blamed “deeply rooted identity politics” and politicians’ manipulation of religion as undermining inter-religious harmony and peace in Sri Lanka. Briefing news media at the end of his 12-day-long study tour of Sri Lanka, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief Ahmed Shaheed said that he had heard concerns being expressed that “some politicians intentionally instrumentalize religions, possibly for political gain, especially during elections”. Shaheed will present a report with his conclusions and recommendations to the Human Rights Council in Geneva in March 2020.
Ukrainian-based SkyUp Airlines, a low-cost air carrier, which belongs to SkyUp LLC, plans to launch flights from Ukraine’s capital city of Kyiv to Sri Lanka and Austria, Unian info reported.
INTERPOL has provided Sri Lankan law enforcement authorities access to dozens of databases, including one with records of over 50,000 foreign fighters and terrorists, in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday bombings.
World Food Programme (WFP) has renewed its partnership with Sri Lanka in helping rural communities withstand climate change.
The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) has called for impactful actions and not just diplomatic rhetoric on Sri Lanka.
ශ්රී ලංකාවේ දකුණු අප්රිකානු මහ කොමසාරිස් H.E. Robina Marks මහත්මිය සහ විපක්ෂ නායක මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අතර හමුවක් අද පෙරවරුවේ සිදුවිය.
Air transportation between India and Palali Airport in Jaffna will start before the end of the year, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said.
The newly appointed High Commissioner-designate of Sri Lanka to the Commonwealth of Australia, J.C. Weliamuna assumed duties at the Sri Lanka High Commission, Canberra on August 20. His assumption of duties was marked by a ceremony organised by the staff of the High Commission in keeping with Sri Lankan traditions.
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