President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday arrived at Palam Airport in New Delhi on a three-day official visit to India. The Sri Lankan delegation led by President Rajapaksa was warmly welcomed by Indian Science and Technolo ...
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Special units to combat child abuse
Ministry to set up 335 Children and Women’s Units at Divisional Secretariat level: Dharma Sri Abeyratne The Child Development and Women’s Affairs Ministry will establish Children and Women’s Units countrywide to combat ...
Lanka’s HR situation rapidly improving – Ambassador Dolgov
Chaminda Perera Russia yesterday said that the Sri Lankan government has been making serious efforts in the fields of rehabilitation of former LTTE combatants, their reintegration into society and reconciliation. Accor ...
Illegal Lankan migrants in Australia sent to Nauru
Australian Immigration and Citizenship Minister Chris Bowen yesterday announced the second successful transfer of irregular maritime arrivals to the Pacific island nation of Nauru, where they will be processed. A group ...
Lanka blooms in Europe
The ‘Sri Lanka in Bloom’ photographic exhibition began yesterday at the Sri Lanka High Commission in London and will continue until today. Yesterday’s exhibition was reserved for British MPs, members of the diplomatic co ...
Joint committee to look into illegal migrants’ issue
Karunatilaka Amunugama
The Australian government has proposed establishing a committee comprising Sri Lankan and Australian government officials to look into the illegal migrants’ issue, External Affairs Ministry Secretary Karunatilaka Amunugama said.
Sri Lanka to set up pavillion at Baghdad Trade Fair
The Sri Lanka Exports Development Board in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Embassy in Iraq, plans to organize a Sri Lanka Pavillion at the Baghdad International Trade Fair.
The 39th Baghdad International Trade Fair (BITF), would be held from November 1 - 10 under the theme “Span your market to Iraq” offering wider opportunities for trade.