International Affairs
His Holiness Dr. Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin, the head of the Dawoodi Bohra community arrived in Colombo to conduct a series sermons in the city yesterday.
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.
As part of an Asian tour undertaken to promote closer cooperation between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Asian countries, the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for Asia, Middle East and Oceania of Venezuela, Ruben Dario Molina visited Sri Lanka from 24 to 28 August 2019.
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 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.
Archbishop of Canterbury Rt.Rev.Justin Welby, the spiritual head of the Anglican Church, will arrive in Sri Lanka today on a three-day visit as a mark of solidarity with Sri Lanka.
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.
Sri Lanka women entrepreneurship is being promoted through the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) Line of Credit Project aided by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) .
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.
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.
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