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High Commissioner of India H.E. Taranjit Singh Sandhu called on Hon. Tilak Marapana, ...
Hon. Tilak Marapana, Minister of Development Assignments assumed duties at the Minist...
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Hon. Tilak Marapana, Minister of Development Assignments was sworn in as the Mi...
State Minister of Foreign Affairs Vasantha Senanayake attended the Fifteenth Minis...

Statements to Parliament

Statement made by Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, Minister of Foreign Affairs on 12^th June 2015 in Response to the Question by Opposition Leader Hon. Nimal Siripala De Silva under the Standing Order 23/2 of Parliament.
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(Statement in Tamil)

Foreign Minister speaks regarding the amendments made to the United Nations Regulations 1 and 2 of 2012 promulgated under the United Nations Act number 45 of 1968. (in English)

Foreign Minister speaks in Parliament on removal of Mohan Peiris from CJ's office

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Opening Address by Minister of Foreign Affairs & Chairman LKI Ravi Karunanayake

Consular Division e-DAS Public Views

High Commissioner of India calls on Foreign Minister

High Commissioner of India H.E. Taranjit Singh Sandhu called on Hon. Tilak Marapana, Minister of Foreign Affairs today at the Ministry.

Hon. Tilak Marapana assumes duties as Minister of Foreign Affairs

Hon. Tilak Marapana, Minister of Development Assignments assumed duties at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Friday 18 August 2017.

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General Jagath Jayasuriya, Ambassador for Sri Lanka in Brazil was awarded with the Degree of Gran Cruz by the State Government of Goiás at a royal ceremony held on 26th July 2017. The degree along with a medal of honour was awarded to Ambassador Jayasuriya in recognition of the contribution he made...

State Minister of Foreign Affairs Vasantha Senanayake paid a courtesy call on the President of Lebanon General Michel Aoun at Babda Palace in Lebanon during his official visit to Lebanon. On behalf of the President of Sri Lanka, the State Minister extended an invitation to the President General Michel...

During the visit by State Minister of Foreign Affairs Vasantha Senanayake to Lebanon, State Minister Senanayake met the Prime Minister of Lebanon Saad Hariri at his official residence at Grand Serial and discussed on furthering the existing bilateral diplomatic and labour relations into...

H.E. Mr. Sunil de Silva, Sri Lanka High Commissioner for South Africa presented his credentials to the President of Malawi, H. E. Arthur Peter Mutharika on 21st July 2017 as the High Commissioner Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sri Lanka residing in Pretoria to the Republic of Malawi in...

Remarks by CEO of CCC at the Business Forum The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Ha Noi facilitated a 20-member Vietnamese business delegation to visit Sri Lanka last week. This business interaction was arranged consequent to the visit by Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister to Viet Nam in...

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Dengue Epidemic in Sri Lanka is successfully brought under control

Media Release Issued by SLTPB (PDF Format) The Dengue Epidemic that has become a concern in Sri Lanka for the past few months is successfully brought under control by the measures taken by the relevant government authorities and collective effort of the general public alike, Sri Lanka Tourism confirms. Reported cases have dropped by 35-40% since mid-July according to the sources of Ministry of Health. Regular campaigns were implemented to educate, clean up areas and other preventive measures have been taking place to control the spreading of the disease under guidance and surveillance of the Ministry of Health of Sri Lanka. Health Authorities are on alert and have issued precautions...

HOPE Photography Exhibition on "Reconciliation is …": September 2017

"අපේක්ෂා" ඡායාරූප ප්‍රදර්ශනය "அபிலாஷை" புகைப்படக்கண்காட்சி HOPE Photography Exhibition September 2017

Thumbs up for trade!

Monday 17th October 2016 Companies from Australia, France, Thailand, Switzerland, Pakistan and India had expressed interest in investing and starting joint ventures with Sri Lankan companies at the conclusion of the World Export Development Forum (WEDF) yesterday, which gave special focus to SMEs and fostering direct engagement between businesses, officials said yesterday. The companies focused on several sectors including apparel, organic coconuts and spices, hotel building and business process outsourcing. These were the concrete engagements that were announced by the International Trade Centre (ITC) that was the main organiser of WEDF. ITC will track the gains made from the forum...

SheTrades rings message of entrepreneurship

Monday 17th October 2016 A bell ringing ceremony was held at Colombo Stock Exchange yesterday to raise awareness about International Trade Centre’s (ITC) ‘SheTrades’ initiative, which seeks to connect one million women entrepreneurs to markets by 2020. The event was held in parallel with the World Export Development Forum (WEDF), organised by ITC in collaboration with Sri Lanka Export Development Board. Through the ‘SheTrades’ initiative, women entrepreneurs will have the ability to share information about their companies, to make them visible, expand networks, connect and internationalise. Speaking at the event, ITC Executive Director Arancha González said that women...

IFFC to rejuvenate Lankan cinema

Tuesday, 13th October 2015 By Channa Bandara Wijekoon The stage is set for the second edition of the International Film Festival of Colombo (IFFC) to be held. The very first media briefing of the six-day gala event was held at Hilton amid the media, cinema fraternity and respective officials.