Though the 16 November presidential election was largely peaceful and “technically well-managed”, unregulated campaign spending, abuse of state resources and media bias resulted in an uneven playing field, the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) concluded.
A Chinese Navy ship arrived in Sri Lanka today on an official visit, the Sri Lanka Navy said.
මාලි රාජ්යයේ එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සාම සාධක හමුදා රාජකාරී සඳහා ශ්රී ලංකා යුධ හමුදාවේ 243 ක භට පිරිසක් අද (13) දින අලුයම කටුනායක ගුවන් තොටුපළෙන් පිටත්ව ගියා.
After the Easter Sunday attacks that killed over 250 people and injured hundreds in April in Sri Lanka, there was a rejuvenation of interfaith harmony in the country, a senior Sri Lankan official told the Emirates News Agency, WAM.
Sri Lanka Government has under utilized foreign loan provisions amounting to to Rs.1,350 million allocated for Kankasanthurai Harbour development and therefore delaying the planned development activities of the port , official progress report revealed.
Facebook has assured it will protect Sri Lanka’s upcoming elections and has deployed teams to ensure that Facebook can play a positive role in the democratic process.
The US yesterday said it was looking forward to working with President-elect Gotabaya Rajapaksa in support of a strong and sovereign Sri Lanka.
Over 3400 Kms of rural roads and 340 kms of national highways will be developed under the Second Integrated Road Investment Program funded by the ADB.
Indian government has stepped into offer under graduate , post graduate and research/ PHD scholarships for Sri Lanka's eligible students for studying in India.
A Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is seen as a vital aspect in propelling Sri Lanka’s economic growth to the next level. Even on political platforms, the presidential candidates vow continually to attract FDIs if they are elected to office.
A five-year ban imposed by the Indian Central Government on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has been confirmed by a tribunal set up by the Narendra Modi Government to examine whether the prohibitions on the terror organisation should continue, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported.
Sri Lanka has sought to invigorate and enhance bilateral trade relations with Nepal.
Five EU Parliamentarians have joined an EU Election Observer Mission deployed to Sri Lanka to observe the 2019 Presidential election.
A group deployed by the Commonwealth to observe the presidential election in Sri Lanka has called on stakeholders to demonstrate commitment to a “peaceful, transparent, credible and inclusive” poll.
ඇමෙරිකානු පුරවැසියන්ට ශ්රී ලංකාවේ සංචාරය කිරීමේදී පනවා තිබූ 2 වැනි මට්ටමේ සංචාරක අවදානම තවදුරටත් එලෙසම පවතින බව එක්සත් ජනපද තානාපති කාර්යාලය පවසයි.
Given Sri Lanka’s experience in the recent past in low and high-intensity conflicts with terrorist groups, only a few countries can qualitatively match the troops sent by Sri Lanka, Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha said.
On 5-6 November, Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force Air Marshal Sumangala Dias, together with Air Commodore Kithsiri Leelaratne, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Russia Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka, and Defence Attache of the Sri Lankan Embassy Group Captain Uditha Piyasena had a series of working meetings with senior representatives of the Russian Ministry of Defence and Federal Service for Military Technical Cooperation to facilitate further military interaction and cooperation between the countries.
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