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Mr. Jayantha Dhanapala, Senior Advisor on Foreign Affairs to the President of Sri Lanka visited Geneva from 27th – 29th January 2015. He met the High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, President of the ...

The end of a bountiful harvest season celebrated by the Hindu Tamil community the world over at Thai Pongal, was marked by the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington DC on January 14, 2015 with a large gathering of guests f ...

Sri Lanka Ambassador to Germany Karunatilaka Amunugama met the Parliamentarians Jürgen Klimke of CDU (Christian Democratic Union) and Niels Annen of SPD (Social Democratic Party of Germany) recently at the German Parlia ...

The Sri Lanka Embassy in the Netherlands celebrated Christmas on 20th December 2014 in the Embassy premises amidst a gathering of Sri Lankan community from all ethnic and religious backgrounds domiciled in the country. ...

On 23^rd December 2014, Sri Lankans and Austrians gathered at the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Vienna to mark the tenth anniversary of the Asian Tsunami that occurred on 26^th December 2004.

H.E. Mrs. Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger, Ambassador and Director General in the Austrian Foreign Ministry, Mr. Omar Al-Rawi, Member of the City Council of Vienna and Mr. ALA Azeez, Ambassador of Sri Lanka, led the commemoration. The event commenced with the lighting of a lamp and observance of two minutes silence in memory of those who lost their lives in this tragedy.

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Thailand’s largest annual international Charity Bazaar held its 61stcharity show at the Central World Live Hall and Zen Gallery on 28th, 29th and 30th November 2014. The spouse of former Prime Minister Gen. Surayud Chu ...

  The award winning cinematic classic, “Sri Siddhartha Gautama”, shot on location in Sri Lanka, featuring well known Sri Lankan actors and directed by Sri Lankan Director, Saman Weeraman and produced by Navin Gooner ...