Sri Lanka will be seeking seek US assistance in devising new method of technology to identify modern explosives in order to take precautions against future terror attacks of extremists following the Ester terror attack on April 21.
The 54th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank is to be held in Colombo, in May 2021.
President Maithripala Sirisena has explained foreign ambassadors in Sri Lanka today that he could guarantee that the security situation in Sri Lanka was 99 per cent ensured.
A top US official will be in Sri Lanka next week during which he will discuss various issues with the Government and others.
A team of India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) sleuths headed by director general YC Modi would fly to Sri Lanka to probe links between Islamic State’s Kerala module and Lankan terrorist or their handlers, the Economic Times (ET) reported yesterday.
ශ්රී ලංකා – ඉන්දීය නාවික හමුදා නියෝජිතයින් අතර වාර්ෂිකව පවත්වනු ලබන අන්තර්ජාතික මුහුදු සීමා සමුළුව 2019 මැයි 24 වන දින කන්කසන්තුරයට උතුරින් වූ ඉන්දු ශ්රී ලංකා මුහුදු සීමාවේදී ශ්රී ලංකා නාවික නෞකා සයුරළ නෞකාවේදී පවත්වන ලදී.
Norwegian Ambassador Thorbjørn Gaustadsæther visited the Southern Province and had talks with officials, including officials at the Hambantota Port.
The Ambassador of Switzerland to Sri Lanka, Hanspeter Mock today said that Switzerland no longer advised to avoid unnecessary travel to Sri Lanka.
The proposed Status Of Forces Agreement (SOFA) to be signed between Sri Lanka and the United States relating to several matters including military training and co-operation is not inimical to the sovereignty of Sri Lanka in any way, US Ambassador Alaina Teplitz said.
Four countries have now softened their travel advisories to Sri Lanka urging travelers to be extremely cautious and responsible for their personal safety.
The first batch of police and military personnel will head for China next week for a training programme envisaged in the defence cooperation agreement inked between Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, a spokesman said yesterday. The batch is expected to receive training on a range of aspects including the provision of security to project sites.
Sri Lanka is once again turning to China for a fresh injection of cash, which will come during the year as it prepares for a crippling debt repayment cycle, began in 2019.
Singapore -Sri Lanka Business Association in collaboration with Sri Lanka High Commission in Singapore launched the first session of its investor series 2019 under the theme: “connecting Sri Lankan Start-ups to international investors”.
නැගෙනහිර ප්රදේශයේ හමුදා මුරපළවල් 10 ක් ස්ථාපිත කර ඇති නිසා වහාම ශ්රී ලංකාවට නිරීක්ෂණ කණ්ඩායමක් එවන ලෙස හිටපු උතුරු පළාත් මහ ඇමැති සී. විග්නේෂ්වරන් මහතා ඊයේ (27 දා) එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මහලේකම් අන්තෝනියෝ ගුටාරෙස් මහතා වෙත පැමිණිල්ලක් යොමු කර ඇත.
ශ්රී ලංකාවේ සිට පළායන IS සාමාජිකයින් පිරිසක් සොයා ඉන්දියාවේ කේරළ වෙරළ තීරය පුරා දැඩි සෝදිසි මෙහෙයුමක් කි්රයාත්මක කර තිබෙනවා. එසේම එම වෙරළ තීරයේ ආරක්ෂාව ද දැඩි කර ඇති බවයි ඉන්දීය මාධ්ය පවසන්නේ.
Sri Lanka, India and Japan yesterday signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) for the development of the long awaited East Container Terminal in the Colombo harbour.
India and Japan have finalized an important tripartite agreement with Sri Lanka to jointly develop the "East Container Terminal at a cost of US$500 million " in the Port of Colombo .
China has lifted the travel ban imposed on Sri Lanka following the Easter Sunday terror attacks.
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