President Maithripala Sirisena undertakes a State Visit to Australia on 24-26 May 2017 at the invitation of Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull. The visit take place as both countries celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of Diplomatic relations this year. During the visit, President Sirisena will hold bilateral meeting with Read more…
President Maithripala Sirisena carried out a Cabinet reshuffle at the Presidential Secretariat on Monday, 22 May 2917. Under the new reshuffle nine Minisrers of Cabinet and one State Minister were sworn in before the President. Hon.Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe was also present on this occasion. ‘This Cabinet reshuffle will provide Read more…
The United Nations Day of Vesak Conference held in Sri Lanka with 1600 participants from 85 countries from May 12th to 14th in Colombo and Kandy. Some 750 international participants from 85 countries are participating , according to the Conference Secretariat. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ceremonially opened the conference Read more…
Vesak was observed in Jakarta, on Vesak Poya Day, yesterday (10 May 2017) at the Sri Lanka Embassy at Jalan Diponogoro with Ven Udugalmote Siriwimala, Viharadhipathi of the Horana Purvarama Viharaya leading the religious observances, chanting of pirith and dharma desana. The ceremony was joined by Ven. members of the Clergy from Read more…
The Government of the Philippines donated One Hundred Thousand Dollars (USD 100,000) to the Government of Sri Lanka to rebuild the infrastructures affected by cyclone “Roanu” which caused heavy damage in May 2016. The donation was handed over by Hon. Enrique Manalo, Acting Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Philippines (Minister), on Read more…
The prestigious Banker Magazine presented Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake the ‘Best Finance Minister of the Year 2017 – Asia Pacific Region Award’ at the Financial Times Headquarters in London on 24 March 2017. The award was conferred on Sri Lanka for its efforts to take the country towards Read more…
The Government Notification on the Open nExamination for Recruitment to Grade III of the Sri Lanka Foreign Service may be downloaded from the Department of Government Printing website (http://documents.gov.lk/en/gazette.php) at the following links:- English: http://documents.gov.lk/files/gz/2017/3/2017-03-17(I-IIA)E.pd Sinhala: http://documents.gov.lk/files/gz/2017/3/2017-03-17(I-IIA)S.pdf Tamil: http://documents.gov.lk/files/gz/2017/3/2017-03-17(I-IIA)T.pdf The Gazette Notifications may also be downloaded from the Foreign Ministry Read more…
Indonesian Tourism Minister, Arief Yahya ceremonially inaugurated Sri Lanka’s tourism stall at Astindo Fair 217 on Friday morning (24 March) at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) in Indonesia. Sri Lanka’s Ambassador in Jakarta, Dharshana Perera, Embassy officials, Sri Lankan tour operators /companies joined in the opening ceremony. This is the Read more…
President of Sri Lanka H.E Maithripala Sirisena undertook a State Visit on 08th March 2017 to the Republic of Indonesia on an invitation extended by the President of Indonesia H.E Joko Widodo. The welcome at the historic Merdeka Presidential Palace included aCeremonial Parade with 50 traditional troops, a twenty-one (21) Read more…
President of Indonesia Joko Widoda has invited President Maithripala Sirisena for a state visit in Indonesia soon after his scheduled participation at the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Summit meeting to be held in Jakarta. Indonesian President’s special envoy, A M Fachir, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs delivered the letter Read more…