Ambassador A.L.A. Azeez, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Geneva, met with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Mr. Filippo Grandi, at the UNHCR Headquarters, on 15 August 2018. Recalling the long-standing, productive partnership… Read More »UNHCR invites Sri Lanka to play an active role
The Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland QC undertaking her first official visit to Sri Lanka from 01-04 August, engaged in wide ranging discussions with the Prime Minister, Speaker and many other important cabinet Ministers in collaborating with Sri Lanka for a… Read More »Commonwealth Secretary General Visits Sri Lanka
Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana has reiterated Sri Lanka’s commitment for a comprehensive regional approach to combating people smuggling and to work in partnership with governments, international organizations and civil society with a view to preventing human smuggling, protecting and supporting… Read More »Sri Lanka Committed For A Comprehensive Regional Approach To Combating People Smuggling
Kandy annual Esala Perahera will begin on 12th August and continue till 25th August followed by the Day Perahera on 26th August 2018 The Esala Perahera in Kandy, Sri Lanka is celebrated to honour the Sacred Tooth Relic and the… Read More »Spectacular Esala Perahera Parade Begins in August 2018
Sri Lanka gifted a sapling of “Na” (Mesua ferrea) – the National Tree of Sri Lanka – to the prestigious Bogor Botanic Gardens Indonesia on 02nd July 2018. The sapling, nurtured for this purpose at Sri Lanka’s renowned Royal Botanic… Read More »“Na” sapling planted at the prestigious Bogor Botanic Gardens, Indonesia
Unveiling a painting in honour of the late Lakshman Kadirgamar at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva , 21 June 2018, Hon. Liam Fox, the Secretary of State for International Trade of the United Kingdom, said that he… Read More »Legacy of Kadirgamar Through Painting
Sri Lanka’s Johann Peiris has successfully summited Mount Everest this morning in his second attempt and becomes the second Sri Lankan to summit the world’s highest mountain. He successfully summited Mount Everest at 5.55 a.m. Nepal time Tuesday (22 May… Read More »Johann Peiris Summited Mount Everest
Sri Lanka Navy’s Offshore Patrol Vessel SLNS Sagara which left last month for Indonesia from the port of Trincomalee to attend the Multilateral Naval Exercise (MNEX) Komodo and International Fleet Review (IFR) 2018 returned to port of Colombo Friday on… Read More »SLNS Sagara Return Home From Indonesia
On an invitation extended by President Hassan Rouhani, President Sirisena undertook a two-day State visit to Iran on 12 and 13 May 2018 that included official bilateral discussions between the delegations led by the two Presidents at the Saadabad Palace… Read More »President Maithripala Sirisena’s State Visit to Iran
CBSL Cuts Policy Rate: Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) reduced the Standing Lending Facility Rate (SLFR) by 25 basis points in early April 2018 considering the favorable developments in inflation as well as lower than expected GDP growth that… Read More »Sri Lanka Economic Update April 2018