International Affairs

New Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar has said that he will support efforts to strengthen ties with Sri Lanka.

President Maithripala Sirisena, who graced the swearing-in-ceremony of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday, today had bilateral talks with the Prime Minister.

Four countries have now softened their travel advisories to Sri Lanka urging travelers to be extremely cautious and responsible for their personal safety.

President Maithripala Sirisena has defended Sri Lanka’s relationship with China.

Sri Lanka signed agreements with Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to obtain US $ 200 million and US $80 million separately as two concessional loans, it is learnt.

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”.

Minister of Science, Technology and Research Sujeewa Senasinghe during his visit to Geneva on 17 May, extended an invitation to the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) to participate in the Shilpa Sena exposition to be launched in July 2019 in Colombo. The exposition will provide an excellent platform for CERN and Sri Lanka to showcase the ongoing collaboration, and its potential for advancement of science in Sri Lanka. It would help create awareness and interest among students on the importance of high energy physics for Sri Lanka, stated Minister Senasinghe.

Italy has relaxed its travel advisory with advice to exercise the utmost caution, keeping the attention threshold in all circumstances.

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.

SriLankan Airlines is to resume services to Pakistan’s commercial capital Karachi today (1).

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.

French official in charge of tourism to meet with local officials to assess situation after Easter Sunday attacks

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.

BEIJING, China: The week-long Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilisations (CDAC) in Beijing attracted more than 2,000 delegates from 47 Asian and other countries to enhance the ‘exchanges and mutual learning among Asian civilisations and a community with a shared future’, said Professor Patrick Mendis in the CDAC official webpage.

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.