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The World Food Programme (WFP) supports Sri Lanka through its innovative and sustainable new project – R5, said V.Sivagnanasothy, Secretary, Ministry of National Policies, Economic Affairs, Resettlement and Rehabilitation, Northern Province Development and Youth Affairs.

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Sri Lanka has offered to mediate and facilitate dialogue between Pakistan and India to re-activate the SAARC forum.

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GENEVA (AFP) - UN Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet said Monday (Aug 19) she is “deeply troubled” by Sri Lanka’s appointment of an accused war criminal as army chief, as global concern mounts over the nomination.

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President Maithripala Sirisena’s office has denied parts of a statement issued by the Pakistan High Commission in Colombo yesterday.

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The Indian Coast Guard held a High-Level Meeting (HLM) with the Sri Lanka Coast Guard at Coast Guard Headquarters in New Delhi, All India Radio reported.

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Canadian High Commissioner in Colombo David MeKinnon yesterday called on Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa at the latter’s official residence yesterday. Their discussion focused on the current situation in the country Parliamentarian Kheliya Rambukwella, former Minister Prof G. L. Peiris were present.

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Sri Lanka’s new Ambassador to the UN, Kshenuka Dhireni Senewiratne met UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the UN Headquarters in New York.

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A senior U.S. State Department official warned on Tuesday that Sri Lanka’s appointment of a war veteran accused of serious human rights violations as head of its army could affect US military cooperation and investment in the island nation, the Reuters news agency reported.

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In response to comments about the name of SLPP Presidential Candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s name not being in the Federal Register, US Ambassador Alaina B.Teplitz said on Monday that the Federal Register could often be months behind the recording of one’s renunciation of citizenship.

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ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ තුන්වන විශාලතම විදේශ විනිමය ඉපැයීමේ කර්මාන්තය වන ceylon tea ඩොලර් මිලියන 50 ක ගෝලීය සිලෝන් තේ ප්‍රවර්ධන ව්‍යාපාරය ලබන මාසයේදී රුසියාවේ මොස්කව් නුවරදී ආරම්භ කිරීමට නියමිතව ඇත. මීට සමගාමීව අපනයන ඉපැයීම් ඉහළ නැංවීම සඳහා තවත් ප්‍රධාන වෙළෙඳපොළවල් 11 ක් ආරම්භ කෙරේ.

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ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදයේ මිලේනියම් චැලේන්ජ් කෝපරේෂන් (MCC) සමග අත්සන් කිරීමට නියමිත ගිවිසුම සම්බන්ධයෙන් රජය සහ ජනාධිපතිවරයා අතර මතගැටුම් තවදුරටත් වර්ධනය වී තිබෙනවා. මෙම තත්ත්වය ඇමරිකානු බලධාරීන්ගේ කණස්සල්ලට හේතු වී ඇති අතර මෙරට ඇමරිකානු තානාපතිනි ඇලයිනා බී. ටෙප්ලිට්ස් පවසන්නේ මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජයේ අවසන් අනුමැතිය ඉතා ඉක්මනින් අපේක්ෂා කරන බවයි.

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The long-awaited $50 million global Ceylon tea promotion campaign will be kicked off next month in Moscow, Russia followed by 11 other key markets in a bid to boost export earnings.

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On August 17, 2019 Ambassador Jayatilleka accompanied by Counsellor Mohamed Anas, and Defence Attache Group Capt. Uditha Piyasena, visited the Patriot Congress and Exhibition Centre for the official closing ceremony of the 5th International Army Games 2019 (ARMY 2019).

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ජනාධිපති මෛත්‍රිපාල සිරිසේන මහතා විසින් නව යුද හමුදාපතිවරයා ලෙස ලුතිතන් ජෙනරාල් ශවේන්ද්‍ර සිල්වා මහතාව පත් කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් යුරෝපා සංගමය ඒකාබද්ධ නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කර තිබේ.

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The United States is deeply concerned by the appointment of Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva as Army Commander.

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SAARC Development Fund will hold its 31st Board Meeting in Colombo this week, taking decisions on key issues to further promote regional integration and economic cooperation among its eight Member States.

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ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට අලුතින් පත්ව ආ යුරෝපා තානාපතිවරියන් දෙදෙනෙක් සහ මහ කොමසාරිස්වරියක් ජනාධිපති මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතාට අක්ත පත්‍ර භාරදී තිබේ.

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Japanese special envoy Yasushi Akashi met Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa for talks today.