International Affairs

එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මානව හිමිකම් සමුළුවේ 42 සැසිවාරය අද ආරම්භවීමට නියමිතයි.

Sri Lanka is preparing to embrace new Denmark technology in flood and drainage management infrastructure essential to reduce the impact of future floods in the catchment of the Colombo Water Basin.

Sri Lanka and Australia have re-dedicated themselves to counter people smuggling and discussed in detail avenues for strengthening cooperation to address the recent escalation of the number of people-smuggling ventures from Sri Lanka to Australia since May, 2019, the Foreign Ministry said today.

The first phase of the programme to prevent human-elephant conflict that is funded by the World Bank began in Anuradhapurra and Kuunegala recently. The five years programme is effective until the end of 2022.

පසුගිය යුද සමයේදී මන්නාරම් ප්‍රදේශයේ සිට ඉන්දියාවේ තමිල්නාඩු ප්‍රදේශයට මුහුදු මාර්ගයෙන් සංක්‍රමණය වූ සරණාගතයන් 27දෙනෙකු නැවත මෙරටට ගෙන්වූ බව නැවත පදිංචි කිරීමේ අමාත්‍යාංශය සඳහන් කරයි.

UNDP Resident Representative Robert Juhkam made a courtesy call on Science, Technology and Research Minister Sujeewa Senasinghe on Tuesday. The two discussed ongoing initiatives between UNDP Sri Lanka and the Ministry, including the Citra Social Innovation Lab, a joint initiative championed by the Science, Technology and Research Ministry.

සෞදි අරාබියානු පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ කථානායක අබ්දුල්ලා බින් ඊබ්‍රාහිම්, අද පෙරවරුවේ විපක්‍ෂ නායක මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂ මහතා හමු වුණා. ඒ, විජේරාම මාවතේ පිහිටි විපක්‍ෂ නායකවරයාගේ නිල නිවසේදීයි.

Sri Lanka says it remains committed to achieve tangible results in humanitarian disarmament.

The report probing telephone records of Easter Sunday bombers – examined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) – has been submitted to the CID which will continue further investigations, the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court was informed yesterday.

Australian residents who were injured or lost a family member in the Easter Sunday suicide bombings in Sri Lanka can apply to the federal government for compensation.

Sri Lanka has been declared by the WHO as the fifth South East Asian country to eradicate measles, the Health Ministry spokesman said.

The American Chamber of Commerce in Sri Lanka (AMCHAM) urged the Government of Sri Lanka to consider approving the Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact.

Indian high Commissioner Taranjit Singh Sandhu called on Sri Lankan construction sector for greater collaboration as India’s construction industry is expected to be USD 1 trillion by 2025

The Government has approved $4.6 billion worth of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects in the first seven months of 2019, International Trade and Development Strategies Minister Malik Samarawickrama told Parliament yesterday.

Macao has relaxed the travel alert on Sri Lanka issued following the Easter Sunday attacks.

පාකිස්තාන අන්තර්ජාතික ගුවන් සමාගමකට කල්බදු ක්‍රමය යටතේ ලබා දී තිබූ ගුවන් යානයක ගිවිසුම් කාලය අවසන් වී මාස හයක් ගත වී ඇතත් ලැබිය යුතු කුලිය වූ රුපියල් කෝටි තිස්හතරක (34765020) මුදල මෙතෙක් ලැබී නැත.

The Philippines and Sri Lanka are set to enhance military cooperation through the development of bilateral training and diplomacy to fight the threats of insurgency, the Manila Bulletin reported.

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria will re-examine the closure of her embassy in Colombo in 2017, in view of the important relationship the country has with Sri Lanka.