Prime Minister of Thailand to visit Sri Lanka on 12-13 July 2018
At the invitation of President Maithripala Sirisena, the Prime Minister of Thailand General Prayut Chan-o-cha will undertake an official visit to Sri Lanka on 12 and 13 July 2018. This visit takes place against the backdrop of discussions during President Sirisena’s visit to Thailand in November 2015. Prime Minister Chan-o-cha will arrive in Sri Lanka in […]
SRI LANKA RETAINS TIER 2 RANKING IN THE US TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR
Sri Lanka retained its Tier 2 ranking in the US State Department Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for the second consecutive year. The 2018 Report which was released on 28 June 2018 can be accessed online at https://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/ The annual Trafficking in Persons Report is prepared as per the US Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of […]
President Maithripala Sirisena’s Poson Poya Day Message
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Poson Poya Day Message
NORWEGIAN STATE SECRETARY FOR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION VISITS SRI LANKA
Norwegian State Secretary for Development Cooperation, Mr. Jens Frølich Holte, concluded a three-day visit to Sri Lanka on Saturday 23 June 2018. During the visit, State Secretary Holte held meetings with the Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economy Vijith Vijayamuni Zoysa, Minister of Finance and Mass Media Mangala Samaraweera, Minister of […]
All parties should support unconditionally to protect children of the country – President emphasized
President Maithripala Sirisena says that the Government is paying close attention to save children from various menaces in society, and all the parties should support in this regard to the Government unconditionally. The Daruwan Surakimu (Let’s Protect Children) National Programme is a prominent step towards that vision, the President said that adding the main objective […]
President Maithripala Sirisena’s Eid-Ul-Fitr Message
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Eid-al-Fitr Message
BILATERAL POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN SRI LANKA AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA HELD IN COLOMBO
The Second Round of Bilateral Political Consultations at the level of Foreign Affairs Ministries of Sri Lanka and the Republic of Korea took place in Colombo on Thursday 7 June 2018. The Sri Lanka delegation was led by Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Prasad Kariyawasam and the delegation of the Republic of Korea […]
SRI LANKA ELECTED TO THE UNESCO INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
Sri Lanka was elected today, 06 June 2018, to one of four (04) seats available for the Asia-Pacific, in the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, for the period 2018-2022, at the election that took place in Paris during the 7th General Assembly of UNESCO. Eight countries contested from the Asia-Pacific Group, […]