Washington DC: Sri Lanka’s Embassy in Washington DC celebrated the traditional Iftar on Friday, July 10th. The event was attended by a large gathering of guests from the Sri Lankan-American Muslim community, representat ...
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Such charm !, History, elephants, tea
Wednesday, 15th July 2015 By Zhou Yubin and Tong Wangyue A tea plantation in Nuwara Eliya — Yang Xisheng BEFORE our trip to Sri Lanka, a friend told us that the country enjoys a reput ...
Media Briefing by Spokesperson: 8 July 2015
Audio at SoundCloud Video at YouTube Media Briefing: Wednesday 8th July 2015 Full Transcript below: - Remarks to Media: 8 July 2015. (In Sinhala) - සුභ උදෑසනක් මිත්රවරුනි. අද අපි හමුවන්නේ සතියක විරා ...
Condolence message on the aircraft crash in Indonesia
Sri Lanka is saddened by the crash of a military aircraft carrying armed forces personnel and their families in Medan, Indonesia, which has resulted in the loss of many lives.
In this hour of grief, we express our heartfelt condolences to the Government and the people of Indonesia, in particular, the families of the deceased. Our thoughts and prayers at this time are with all those affected by this tragedy.
Response to Nimal Siripala De Silva
WEDNESDAY 24TH JUNE 2015 Honorable Speaker, I wish to answer the questions posed by the Hon. Leader of Opposition, relating to the US State Department Report titled ‘Country Reports on Terrorism and Patterns of Global ...
ගරු මංගල සමරවීර ඇමතිතුමා විසින් මාධ්ය වාර්තා සම්බන්ධයෙන් කරන ලද කරුණු පැහැදිලි කිරීම: 2015 ජුනි 22 දින
(Remarks to Media by Hon Mangala Samaraweera, Minister of Foreign Affairs on matters related to Diaspora: 22 June 2015 [In Sinhala]) Transcript follows below:- Tamil translation at end of transcript. (English transl ...
Spokesperson’s response to questions pertaining to statements attributed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs during his official visit to Japan
The Ministry’s attention has been drawn to certain media reports in the Japanese print and electronic media during Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera’s visit to Japan (17-20 June 2015) pertaining to Sri Lanka’s foreign ...