I wish to make use of this occasion of the International Workers’ Day to salute and pay my respect to the working masses who are making boundless sacrifices in the face of challenges before the nation caused by COVID –… Read More »Message of H.E. the President on International Workers’ Day
With the arrival this evening (30 April) of UL 1188 carrying 125 Sri Lankan students from Kolkata, the operation to bring home 1065 Sri Lankan students based in the South Asian region, over 10 days, reached a successful conclusion. Commencing… Read More »Repatriation of Sri Lankan Students from South Asia Concludes
Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha has said, so far repatriations have been carried out by the GOSL identifying the most vulnerable categories of Overseas Sri Lankans (OSLs), in the face of the limited availability of quarantine facilities in the country, as… Read More »Repatriation of OSLs Constrained by Limited Availability of Quarantine Facilities – Sri Lanka Engaged with Kuwait to Secure an Extension of Amnesty Deadline
Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha has observed that even as the Foreign Ministry was preoccupied with endeavouring to mitigate a multitude of problems faced by Overseas Sri Lankans, it was in parallel also seeking to re-position Sri Lanka’s exports in the… Read More »SRI LANKA MISSIONS ABROAD SEEK TO RE-POSITION SRI LANKA’S EXPORTS TO MEET MARKET CONDITIONS RESULTING FROM THE COVID-19 CRISIS
Auyobowan Your Excellency! I wish you health and prosperity this New Year as I welcome you to this forum. I also wish all Sri Lankans a New Year with Health and Happiness. Today, due to the COVID-19 crisis our day… Read More »President Gotabaya Rajapaksa discusses revitalizing economy while containing the COVID-19 crisis with Principal Advisor to President Mr. Lalith Weeratunga
In a post earlier today to Missions in Sri Lanka and abroad on the one-year anniversary of the suicide attacks on Easter Sunday, 21st April 2019, the Ministry of Foreign Relations observed: “On this day, Sri Lanka remembers all those lives lost and changed forever in… Read More »SRI LANKA EXPRESSES SOLIDARITY WITH FAMILIES OF FOREIGN NATIONALS ON THE DEVASTATING LOSS OF LOVED ONES
On this day, Sri Lanka remembers all those lives lost and changed forever in barbaric acts of violence one year ago. We share the grief of families who lost their loved ones and stand in solidarity with those countries which… Read More »SRI LANKA REMEMBERS ALL THOSE LIVES LOST ON 21 APRIL 2019, EASTER SUNDAY ATTACKS
Returning to normalcy without compromising safety Ministries entrusted to create a new economic vision Recommencing stalled development projects Meeting with the secretaries to ministries yesterday (15) at the Presidential Secretariat, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa discussed rebuilding the economy in the face… Read More »Amidst COVID-19, President Envisions a Robust New Economy
