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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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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

Opening Address by Hon. Ravi Karunanayake, Minister of Foreign Affairs at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute Seminar on "Emerging Issues in the Indian Ocean": 28 June 2017

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Ambassador Prasad Kariyawasam of Sri Lanka re-elected to the UN Committee on Migrant Workers

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Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the USA, Prasad Kariyawasam, who has been a member of the UN Committee on Migrant Workers since its inception in March 2004, and the first Chair of the Committee , was re-elected for the fourth time at the Election held at the UN in New York on 28 June 2017, at the 8^th Meeting of State Parties to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.

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High Commissioner H.E. Sunil De Silva presented credentials as the High Commissioner Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sri Lanka at Maputo, Mozambique (resident in Pretoria), in the capital Maputo on 23rd June 2017, to His Excellency Filipe Jacinto Nyusi. While presenting his Credentials,...

The website of the Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Dubai and Northern Emirates ( http://slcgdxb.com/ ) won the “Best Website or Microsite” award under the category of “Government Institutions and NGO sector” at the SLT Zero One (01) Awards Night for Digital Excellence held on...

The grand production inauguration ceremony of the Hawassa Industrial Park in Ethiopia that has attracted 18 leading global apparel and textile companies was held on 20th June 2017 at the Industrial Park with the participation of the Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, senior Ministers...

The Lulu Group International of the United Arab Emirates has donated AED 368,000 (approximately USD 100,000) for recent floods and landslides victims in Sri Lanka. Mr. Yusuf Ali, M.A., Chairman of the Lulu Group handed over the cheque to the Ambassador of Sri Lanka in UAE, H.E. Mr. S. J. Mohideen...

Japan-Sri Lanka Parliamentary Friendship League donated a package of drinking bottles for the victims affected by the recent floods and landslides in Sri Lanka. The goods were handed over to Prof. Dammika Ganganath Disanayake, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Japan on 19th June...

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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.