International Affairs

In the wake of the Easter Sunday bombings which killed more than 250 people, India has shared with Sri Lanka phone numbers of five Lankans suspected to be associated with Islamic State (IS).

දෙදින නිල සංචාරයක් සඳහා දිවයිනට පැමිණි ඕස්ට්‍රේලියානු ස්වදේශ කටයුතු ඇමති පීටර් ඩටන් (Peter Dutton) මහතා ඉකුත් අඟහරුවාදා කොළඹ ගාලු මුවදොර හෝටලයේදී යුද්ධ හමුදාධිපති ලුතිනන් ජෙනරාල් මහේෂ් සේනානායක මහතා හමුවූ අතර එහිදී ද්වීපාර්ශ්වික වශයෙන් වැදගත් කරුණු කිහිපයක් සාකච්ඡා කරන ලදී.

The UK said its Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) no longer advised British travellers and tourists against all but essential travel to Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka will soon be offering the ‘free visa on arrival’ facility to foreigners, said State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wasantha Senanayake.

The number of tourists from The Netherlands travelling to Sri Lanka has begun to pick up, following the relaxation of the travel advisory by the Dutch Government last Friday, the Sri Lanka embassy at The Netherlands said yesterday.

The Sri Lankan-German SME Development Programme aims to support a cohesive policy framework enabling SMEs to grow in an eco-friendly manner through a wide range of technical assistance, innovation and improved access to finance, German Embassy sources confirmed.

Global logistics provider EFL recently launched an exclusive weekly charter to Pittsburgh, USA as part of its continuous efforts to develop innovative solutions for global brands. The inaugural shipment of over 90 tonnes was moved on a Boeing 777 freighter operated by Qatar Airways Cargo from Doha to Pittsburgh International Airport in Moon, Pennsylvania. EFL’s expertise in designing fit-for-purpose air freight solutions is clearly demonstrated with this latest initiative which offers customers a total transit time of 72 hours to get cargo from Asia and move it out the same day to regional distribution centers and retail stores in the US. For global brands, cargo can be consolidated from multiple sourcing markets enabling them to drive increased efficiencies and leverage on just-in-time inventory models to optimize the supply chain.

The Government yesterday told Parliament that ownership of the East Container Terminal (ECT) of the Colombo Port will be held by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA), and that Japan and India would only collaborate to develop the terminal.

The US Acting Secretary of Defence Patrick M.Shanahan is urging all countries to be pragmatic as a number of global challenges including international terrorism persist.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පැය හයක පමණ කෙටි සංචාරයකට පැමිණි ඉන්දීය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය නරේන්ද්‍ර මෝදි මහතා එම සංචාරය නිමා කරමින් පස්වරු 4.45ට පමණ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවෙන් ඉන්දියාවේ නවදිල්ලි නුවර බලා පිටත්ව ගියේය. මාලදිවයිනේ සංචාරයකින් අනතුරුව ඉන්දීය අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා අද පෙරවරු 11ට පමණ දිවයිනට පැමිණයේය.

India reiterated that it is ready to extend all possible assistance to Sri Lanka to eliminate terrorism, radicalism and divisive Jihadi ideology posing a threat to Sri Lanka .

Chinese Ambassador Cheng Xueyuan said yesterday that Sri Lanka had not made a formal request for surveillance equipment from his country .

IndustriALL Global Union (IGU) calls on Office of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to intervene against enacting Sri Lanka Counter Terrorist ACT (CTA) with certain provisions detrimental to human rights and trade union rights.

පාස්කු ඉරිදා ත්‍රස්ත ප්‍රහාර හමුවේ පලුදු වී තිබූ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආරක්ෂාව සහ සුරක්ෂිතභාවය පිළිබද ගැටළුව මේ වනවිට සම්පූර්ණයෙන් පහව ගොස් ඇති බවත්, මේ වනවිට දිවයින නැවතත් පෙර තිබූ පරිදි සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම සුරක්ෂිත බවත්, ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ මෙල්බන් නුවර වික්ටෝරියා ප්‍රාන්ත පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී ක්‍රෙයිග් ඔන්ඩච්චි අවධාරණය කරයි.

The World Bank has warned of a negative impact on Sri Lanka from the rise in political uncertainty.

Agence Francaise de Development (AFD) and the World Bank are expected to co-finance “the proposed Sri Lanka Sustainable Tourism Development project to be implemented by the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL).

දකුණ සුඩානයේ සාම සාධක හමුදා රාජකාරිවල නිරත පොලිස් නිලධාරීන් 11දෙනෙකුගේ සේවා කාලය දීර්ඝ කරන ලෙස දකුණු සුඩානයේ සාම සාධක කාර්යාලයෙන් ඉල්ලීමක් කර තිබෙනවා.

Recently re-elected Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Sri Lanka on June 9th, Sunday, after making the first foreign visit of his second term to The Maldives during June 8-9, according to government sources.