International Affairs

ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය සහ අවංක මහජන සේවාවක් සඳහා කැප වූ විශිෂ්ටතම දකුණු ආසියානු රාජ්‍යතාන්ත්‍රිකයාට හිමි ගෞරව සම්මානය ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ කතානායක කරු ජයසූරිය මහතාට හිමිව තිබෙනවා.

The parliament will have ample opportunity to review the MCC grant assistance agreement once it is signed, the US Embassy today said.

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

The Ao Naga choir performed last evening in a Tri-Nation ‘Concert for Peace’ along with Fricilia Mixed Choir from Indonesia and the Government Girls School Choir - Visakha Vidyalaya from Sri Lanka. The performance was conducted by Mr Rohan De Lanerolle at Lionel Wendt Theatre.

මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය වැටලීම් සඳහා අද (01) දින සිට කටුනායක ඡාත්‍යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපලේ මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය නාශක අංශයට රොබෝ යන්ත්‍ර දෙකක් චීන රජය විසින් පරිත්‍යාග කර ඇත.

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

Sri Lanka and China have agreed to strive to promote cultural exchanges between Buddhists in both countries.

India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out searches at six locations in Tamil Nadu today in connection with the alleged plot by an ISIS-inspired group to murder leaders of Hindu organisations in the ISIS Coimbatore module case and also for the links of the terror group’s suspects with the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka in April this year.

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.

The Maldives has commended the strong and special bond of friendship with Sri Lanka.

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.

A Sri Lankan delegation headed by Ministry of Defence of Sri Lanka Additional Secretary (Law and Order) Thusitha Wanigasingha participated at the INTERPOLITEX-2019 exhibition, which commenced on 23 October at the All-Russian Exhibition Centre in Moscow. INTERPOLITEX is the largest exhibition in Russia and one of the largest in Europe, dedicated to the means of protecting state and public security.

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.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the disbursement of US$164 million for Sri Lanka.

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