29/12/2014 11:44:02 AM ABU DHABI, 29th December, 2014 (WAM) -- The UAE, represented by the Federal Customs Authority, FCA, and Sri Lanka Customs, have initialed an agreement on customs technical cooperation. The agreeme ...
Author Archives: MFA User
First consignment of BD rice for SL leaves today
Wednesday, 24th December 2014 CHITTAGONG, Dec 26: A vessel with the first consignment of Bangladesh rice will leave Chittagong port for Colombo tomorrow (Saturday), sources said. An official of Chittagong Port Authori ...
Ten years on , Stroud Life’s Victoria Temple remembers the Tsunami
Wednesday, 24th December 2014 By Stroud Life A DECADE ago, Stroud Life reporter Victoria Temple was in Sri Lanka when the tsunami struck. Here we are reprinting her account, written at the time, of that devastating day ...
Boxing Day tsunami, 10 years on: how cricket helped save Sri Lanka
Wednesday, 24th December 2014 By Simon Hughes A decade on from the Boxing Day tsunami, Simon Hughes warms to an Indian Ocean island restored in part by the healing power of cricket "Now, the green shoots of peace and p ...
Sri Lanka at the YWCA Diplomatic International Charity Bazaar – 2014
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 ...
Tsunami Survivor Pushed Away Bodies To Escape
Wednesday, 24th December 2014 Shenth Ravindra was travelling on a train in Sri Lanka when a "wall of water" smashed into the carriages on Boxing Day 2004. Londoner Shenth Ravindra was travelling by train to the Sri La ...
Award Winning Sri Lankan film, “Sri Siddhartha Gautama” debuts in Guangzhou, China
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 ...