International Affairs
Sri Lanka historically had a very strong disease surveillance system. It had controlled and eliminated many communicable diseases in the past. This experience provided a foundation for Sri Lanka to prepare and control COVID-19, WHO Representative to Sri Lanka Dr. Razia Pendse said.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of World Health Organization, attends the virtual 73rd World Health Assembly following the coronavirus disease outbreak in Geneva, Switzerland, May 18, 2020.
On May 28, to mark the 68th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Sri Lanka and Cambodia, and to convey a message of felicitations from Ravinatha Aryasinha Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Sri Lanka to his counterpart Ouch Borith, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Thailand Samantha K. Jayasuriya met the Ambassador of Cambodia to Thailand Ouk Sorphorn.
ශ්රී ලංකාවේ නව ඉන්දීය මහ කොමසාරිස් ගෝපාල් බග්ලේ අද පෙරවරුවේ ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා හමුවුණා. ඒ, ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලයේදීයි. නව ක්ෂේත‍්‍ර විමර්ශනය කරමින් ද්විපාර්ශවික සබඳතා තවදුරටත් ශක්තිමත් කර ගැනීම සඳහා වන දෙරටේ කැපවීම ජනාධිපතිවරයා, මෙරට ඉන්දීය නව මහ කොමසාරිස්වරයා වෙත නැවත තහවුරු කළ බවයි ජනාධිපති මාධ්‍ය අංශය පැවසුවේ.
The newly accredited Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay paid a courtesy call on Minister of Foreign Relations Dinesh Gunawardena at the Republic Building 26th May.
The Embassy of Sri Lanka continues to closely monitor the COVID-19 situation in Jordan and is taking all requisite measures to ensure the welfare of Sri Lankans in Jordan. The Embassy continues to distribute dry rations to needy Sri Lankan families who have been impacted by the COVID-19 crisis in Jordan and have not been able to return to their jobs.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, gestures hello to an MEP prior to addressing the European Parliament plenary in Brussels, May 27, 2020.
The World Health Organization’s executive director has warned that the world remains in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak as countries continue to struggle to contain it and others rapidly reopen even as cases rise.
OAKLAND, CALIF. - President Donald Trump posted identical messages on Twitter and Facebook this week. But while the two social platforms have very similar policies on voter misinformation and glorifying violence, they dealt with Trump’s posts very differently, proof that Silicon Valley is far from a united front when it comes to political decisions
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday on completing 50 years as a parliamentarian.
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced it will reopen for usual embassy services on Thursday (28).
ත්‍රීකුණාමලයේ පිහිටි ඉන්දියාව සතුව පවතින තෙල් ටැංකි 25ක් ශ්රී ලංකා රජයට ලබාගැනීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඉන්දීය රජයෙන් ඉල්ලීමක් කිරීමට ඛනිජ තෙල් කර්මාන්ත අමාත්‍යාංශය තීරණය කර තිබේ.
Former Opposition Leader and Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday met with the Ambassador of Kuwait Khalaf M. M. Bu Dhhair to discuss the plight of Sri Lankan migrant workers in the country.
Seychelles Government has thanked Sri Lanka for accepting 35 of its nationals for urgent medical treatment in Colombo.
On 26 May when the two-month curfew on the island was lifted, Charge d’affaires of Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka Mr. Hu Wei handed over a donation of 125,000 face masks to the Education Minister Dullas Alahapperuma. The masks will be distributed to students from low-income families across the country to meet their urgent health need raised by schools in order to reopen post-lockdown.
NEW YORK - The U.N. secretary-general said Wednesday that the safety of civilians in conflict zones had been further threatened by the coronavirus.
Testing of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for coronavirus has been halted because of safety fears, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
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