International Affairs

To help Sri Lankan companies eyeing the daunting Indian market, the International Trade and Development Strategies Ministry yesterday launched a new report to assist breaking into India, with Minister Malik Samarawickrama undertaking a visit to India this week to help local businesses find success across the Palk Strait.

Government of India has partnered with the Ministry of Housing and Construction & Cultural Affairs to build 100 model villages consisting of a total of 2400 houses all across Sri Lanka under Indian grant assistance of 1200 million SLR.

Sri Lankan Airlines is the largest foreign carrier to India. 80 % of business of Colombo Port comes from India-related transshipment cargo.

The much awaited Ceylon Tea Global Campaign, which faced obstacles due to delays in promotional activities and advertising issues, will be launched in September this year in Russia.

Nine people have been killed and at least 16 injured in a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, police have confirmed. First reports came in at about 01:00 local time (05:00 GMT) of a shooting outside a bar in the Oregon district of the city.

Singapore has relaxed its Travel Advisory on Sri Lanka from defer all non-essential travels to exercise caution, the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry said today.

ලංකා හෝටල් පාසල් උපාධිධාරීන්ගේ සංගමය (CHSGA), සත්කාර ක්ෂේත්‍රය තුළ යළිත් වරක් සංධිස්ථානයක් සනිටුහන් කරමින් ඇමරිකානු ජාතික විද්‍යාලය (ANC Education) සමග එක්ව සත්කාර කළමනාකාරණ MBA උපාධිය සිය සාමාජිකයන් වෙනුවෙන් හඳුන්වා දුන්නේය. නව පරපුර වෙත දැනුම බෙදාහැරිම පුළුල් කිරීම සඳහා මෙම උපාධි වැඩසටහන තුළ සුවිශේෂී අධීක්ෂණ වැඩසටනනක් ද ක්‍රියාත්මක වේ. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සංචාරක සහ සත්කාර ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ අනාගතය වෙනුවෙන් පදනමක් සැකසීම සඳහා CHSGA සංගමය දියත් කරන පස් අවුරුදු ක්‍රමෝපායික සැලසුමේ තවත් පියවරක් ලෙස මෙම උපාධි පාඨමාලාව හඳුන්වා දී ඇත.

The Chief of the International Organisation for Migration (IMO) for Sri Lanka and Maldives Sarat Dash called on the Northern Province Governor Dr. Suren Raghavan yesterday at the Governor’s Secretariat.

The Foreign Ministers of Sri Lanka and India held talks in Thailand on the sidelines of an ongoing summit.

A high-ranking all-woman delegation from Sri Lanka recently participated in a five-day visit to Germany, under the Guest Programme, which focused on women’s rights, reconciliation, and the culture of remembrance, a media release from the German Embassy in Colombo said.

High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to South Africa accredited to the Kingdom of Eswatini, Kumar Mallimaratchi presented Letters of Credence to King Mswati 111 at a ceremony held on 25 July at the Lozitha Royal Palace in Mbabane.

Sri Lanka is taking steps to enhance naval cooperation with Russia, the Foreign Ministry said tdoay.

The U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka had informed that their recent security alert to American citizens for the upcoming holidays is a common procedure and not only for Sri Lanka, Defence Secretary Gen.Santha Kottegoda confirmed.

Maldives Ambassador in Sri Lanka Omer Abdul Razzak met Minister of City Planning, Water Supply and Higher Education Rauff Hakeem yesterday at the Ministry of Higher Education and discussed matters, including establishing offshore campuses of Sri Lankan universities in the Maldives and providing expert assistance in matters regarding water supply and sewerage management.

Ambassador-designate of Sri Lanka to the European Union Grace Asirwatham met Gunnar Wiegand, Managing Director for the Asia Pacific Region of the European External Action Service (EEAS) following her assumption of duties in Brussels.

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, Federica Mogherini has stressed solidarity with Sri Lanka following the Easter Sunday attacks.

The first phase of the Slave Island Redevelopment Project, Metro Homes was inaugurated on Thursday 01 August and handed over to the beneficiaries by the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

One- hundred and fifty- three Foreign Funded Projects remained in the Implementation Stage by the end of the year 2017 and the Annual Financial Statements of 123 Foreign Funded Projects out of them had been furnished to government audit.