As agreed between Prime Minister Manmohan Sigh and President Mahinda Rajapaksa during the latter’s State visit to India, inaugural Annual Defence Dialogue between India and Sri Lanka was held on 31st January 2012 in New ...
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South Africa’s Hotel and Shopping Mall Developers are enticed by Sri Lanka’s opportunities
As a means of addressing the growing demand for hotel rooms and shopping mall developments in Sri Lanka, the High Commission of Sri Lanka in Pretoria organized a business promotion and networking event to members of the ...
“Responsibility to Protect: Asian-African Perspectives” by Hon Rauff Hakeem, Minister of Justice of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and President of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization, Tuesday, 24th January 2012 at Indian Co
Professor Upendra Baxi, the Chairman of today’s meeting, Your Excellencies, the Ambassadors/High Commissioners of Member States of AALCO, Ambassador Sudhir T Devare, Director General of Indian Council of World Affairs, E ...
Sri Lanka donates US $ 50,000 to the Philippines for flood victims
Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the Philippines Nawalage Bennet Cooray handed over a donation of US $ 50,000 to that country’s Foreign Minister, Albert F. Del Rosario recently for relief operations in the wake of the enormous ...
Statement by H.E. Ravinatha Aryasinha, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU at the ‘Sri Lanka Briefing’ convened by the ‘Friends of Sri Lanka’ group of the European Parliament and held on 25 January 2012 at the European Parliament
At the outset, I wish to thank Geoffrey and the ‘Friends of Sri Lanka’ for this timely initiative of convening this ‘Sri Lanka Briefing’, and for all those who have taken time out on a busy afternoon to be present here t ...
US Students arrive in SL for Environmental Studies
University of Dubuque Students in Sri Lanka
WASHINGTON -- A group of American students and professors from the University of Dubuque in Iowa arrived in Sri Lanka recently as environmental tourists, taking part in a curriculum that includes a two-week field course in Sri Lanka. The visit is part of an effort to broaden educational exchanges between Sri Lanka and the United States which in turn will lead to an expansion of research opportunities for students in both countries.
Sri Lanka Embassy in Brussels celebrates ‘Thai Pongal’ festival
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Brussels celebrated the Thai Pongal festival at the Embassy premises on 14 January 2012. 'Thai Pongal' is a harvesting festival celebrated by the Hindu community in Sri Lanka. The celebratio ...