Everybody lost in civil war, high commissioner says. ‘We want to move on and catch up.’ By Jennifer Campbell, The Ottawa Citizen August 23, 2011 11:35 PM OTTAWA — Not surprisingly, in the face of NDP members urging the ...
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Sri Lanka’s first 24/7 migrant call centre opens
Rasika SOMARATHNA Sri Lanka's first Migration Resources Centre (24/7 call centre) was opened at the premises of Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) head office at Battaramulla yesterday. Minister of Foreign Em ...
Lanka focused on post-conflict opportunities -Lankan HC to India
The genesis of the modern State system and the “Doctrine of Sovereignty and Equality of States” is as recent as 1648 and the Peace of Westphalia. Relations between India and Sri Lanka, however, are ancient and predate t ...
US report lauds Lanka’s commitment
Countering terrorist financing and money laundering:
US report lauds Lanka’s commitment
Rasika SOMARATHNA
Sri Lanka has shown a high level of commitment to counter terrorist financing and money laundering, a US state department report on terrorism said. The ‘Country Reports on Terrorism’, released last Thursday, said that while there were no terrorist incidents within Sri Lanka in 2010, there were continuing concerns that the LTTE’s international network of financial support might still be functioning and therefore, most counter-terrorism activities undertaken by the Sri Lankan government were targeted at countering terrorist finance.
Jaffna Students Tour of New Delhi
A 10-member group of school boys of St. Patrick’s College, Jaffna, visited India, sponsored by the Student Exchange Programme of the India-Sri Lanka Foundation. The team was accompanied by Rev. Fr. M. Jero Selvanayagam, ...
Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner designate presents credentials to the Executive Director/Under Secretary General of UNEP
Sri Lanka's High Commissioner-designate for Kenya T. Raveenthiran presented credentials to Achim Steiner , Executive Director/Under Secretary-General of UNEP at the office of the Executive Director at Nairobi on 16.08.2 ...
Lakshman Kadirgamar: The Architect of the Strategy to curb Terrorism and promote Reconciliation and a man of wisdom in Diplomacy
Lakshman Kadirgamar: The Architect of the Strategy to curb Terrorism and promote Reconciliation and a man of wisdom in Diplomacy August 12, 2011, 6:07 pm by Satarathilaka Banda Atugoda The Sunday Island of August 7th ...
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