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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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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

Statement by Hon. Ravi Karunanayake, Minister of Foreign Affairs following bilateral talks with Hon. Julie Bishop, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia

Travel goods from Sri Lanka to enjoy duty free entry to the United States

Export of travel goods from Sri Lanka will enjoy duty free entry to the United States following a decision by the United States administration to approve the inclusion of travel goods from all GSP beneficiary countries, including Sri Lanka, in the expanded US General System of Preferences (GSP) scheme on July 1, 2017. This would enable the duty-free entry of products such as bags, wallets and backpacks in to the US market after being previously charged 6 to 20 percent of tariff.

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The Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Sydney in collaboration with the tour company “Paradise Island Leisure” held a Sri Lanka tourism promotional event at the Tattersalls Club in Sydney on 13th July 2017. Addressing the audience including the members of the Club and prominent overseas Sri...

The World Youth Skills Day was celebrated for the third consecutive year on 17th July 2017 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The event was organized by the Permanent Missions of Sri Lanka and Portugal, the Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy for Youth, ILO and UNESCO. Resolution...

Sri Lanka was accorded the privilege of sharing the podium with distinguished U.S. statesmen and government officials at a public event organized by the United States’ House of Representatives’ House Democracy Partnership (HDP) on July 13. The event titled Strong Legislatures as a Bulwark...

With a view to ameliorating the relief efforts of the Government of Sri Lanka during the time of the floods that affected Sri Lanka in May 2017, the Sri Lankan expatriate community based in Dubai and the Northern Emirates along with other well wishers came into the forefront of assistance and donated...

Sri Lanka Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon displayed our culture and heritage to over 3000 participants at the Abey Heritage Festival held at the Institute of Technology of the Lebanese University in Abey, Lebanon on 8th & 9th of July 2017. The Abey Heritage Association hosts an event annually displaying...

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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.