Having received his appointment from President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday 22 May 2017, as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ravi Karunanayake assumed duties at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday, 25 May 2017.Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake was received at… Read More »Minister Ravi Karunanayake Assumes Duties At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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.… Read More »President Sirisena Undertakes State Visit to Australia
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… Read More »New Ministers Sworn In
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… Read More »UN Day of Vesak Conference and Celebrations
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… Read More »SRI LANKA EMBASSY IN JAKARTA OBSERVED VESAK DAY
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… Read More »Philippines Provide Assistance To Rebuild The Infrastructures Affected by Cyclone “Roanu” in Sri Lanka
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… Read More »Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake Receives the ‘Best Finance Minister of the Year 2017 – Asia Pacific Region’ Award
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… Read More »Open Competitive Examination for Recruitment to Grade III of the Sri Lanka Foreign Service – 2016 (2017)
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… Read More »Indonesian Tourism Minister Arief Yahya Opens Sri Lanka Stall at ASTINDO 2017
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… Read More »State Visit of President Maithripala Sirisena to the Republic of Indonesia