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…
National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka President Sujeewa Samaraweera with Ministers Dr Harsha de Silva and Faizer Mustapha and outgoing President Thilak Godamanne at the annual general meeting held at Kingsbury. The National Chamber of Commerce said it is an absolute necessity to have a national trade policy for Read more…
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe speaking at the inaugural session of the fourth Youth Parliament yesterday. Picture by Saman Sri Wedage The ‘Balagathu Sri Lanka’ National Economic Development Plan would be implemented in order to create a prosperous Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said. The Prime Minister was speaking at Read more…
Thursday, January 26, 2017 – 01:00 President Maithripala Sirisena graced the Australia Day celebrations at Australia House, Colombo yesterday. Minister Susil Premajayantha was the Chief Guest on the occasion which also marked the 70th anniversary of Australia-Sri Lanka bilateral relations. Australia Day falls on January 26th which commomorates the arrival Read more…
The President of Indonesia His Excellency Joko Widodo launched the dispatch of the Rice being donated to Sri Lanka at a Ceremony held this (14 February) morning at the State Logistics Agency (BULOG) Warehouse in Kelapa Gading, Jakarta, Indonesia. Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Indonesia Dharshana M. Perera joined the Indonesian Read more…