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Ambassador Aryasinha presents credentials in Geneva

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Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha presented credentials accrediting him as Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Geneva to Ambassador Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Director-General, United Nations Office in Geneva on 19 July 2012.

 

Welcoming Ambassador Aryasinha, Director General Tokayey said Sri Lanka has a long standing relationship with the UN, and had over the years played an important role engaging with the UN’s many institutions and mechanisms. He said with more than 22 international organisations and specialised agencies and over 250 NGOs which work with the UN in Geneva, the post is challenging and has a broad mandate.


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Sri Lankan Talent shines at South Asian Cultural Diversity Event at US State Department

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Washington DC, July 12: Choreographic Talents of young Sri Lankan Americans dazzled an audience of US State Department officials, diplomats and guests on Thursday at a cultural performance held at the Dean Acheson Auditorium of the US State Department in Washington DC.  The Event was the 3rd Annual Cultural Diversity Event organized by the South Asian American Employees Association (SAAEA) of the United States Department of State.

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Investment in Treasury Bills and Treasury Bonds by Japanese Investors

In view of the benign macro-economic environment, relatively high interest rates, safe and conductive market environment, Bansai Securities, one of the leading investment house in Tokyo, is planning to invest JPY 10 billion [Approximately US$ 125 million] in Sri Lanka Government Treasury Bills [T-bills] and Treasury Bonds [T-bonds] over the next 12 month period.  The first tranche of the proposed investment of JPY 1.5 billion [Approximately US$ 20 million] is expected to be made before 15.07.2012.

The New World Securities [Pvt] Limited, the first Japanese Securities firm authorized to trade in shares and financial instrument in Sri Lanka, acts as the lead manager while Pan Asia Banking Corporation PLC will be the facilitator to the proposed investment.

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