Published : 12:24 am January 1, 2015 President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited the 1,000th Nenasala (wisdom outlet) set up at the Galigamuwa Bisowela Rajamaha Buddhist Temple, victoriously complet ...
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President to commission KKS track tomorrow
Published : 12:03 am January 1, 2015 Ircon Engineering completes rail track to Kankesanthurai The newly-built railway track between Jaffna and Kankesanthurai covering a distance of 18 kms will b ...
Safeguard Motherland and win the world with thorough determination and patience – President
Monday, 29th December 2014 Disna Mudalige President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a New Year message requested the public to welcome the New Year with overwhelming hopes and determination to uplift the nation. "Ou ...
UPFA slams UN Chief for ‘wrongful inferences’
Published : 12:00 am January 1, 2015 The ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) yesterday harshly criticised the United Nations Secretary-General Ban-Ki-moon for his call for the Governmen ...
Air China to start Chengdu-Colombo direct flights
Monday, 29th December 2014 COLOMBO, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- China national passenger airline, Air China will start direct service between Chengdu, the capital city of southwest China's Sichuan province, and the ...
Austrians join Sri Lankans to remember the 10th Anniversary of the Asian Tsunami
On 23rd 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 26th 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.
UN to avoid holding meetings on the Day of Vesak
On the instructions of His Excellency President Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York successfully negotiated a Resolution which was adopted by consensus on 29th December 2014, whereby the United Nations General Assembly acknowledged the significance of the Day of Vesak observed in many member countries. It invited the United Nations bodies at Headquarters and other duty stations where observed, to avoid holding meetings on that Day. To this end, the Resolution also encourages this arrangement to be taken into account when formulating future calendars of conferences and meetings.
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