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Sri Lanka’s First Honorary Consul in Namibia

On the approval of the Hon. Minister of External Affairs Professor G.L. Peiris the Sri Lankan High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa appointed Mr Sackey Aipinge as Sri Lanka’s first Honorary Consul in Namibia. Mr. Ai ...

The bond of Buddha and all that it conveys is a bond between India and Sri Lanka which nothing can break

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Inaugurating an exhibition of photographs titled ‘Buddhist Heritage of Sri Lanka: a shared culture with India’ at the India International Centre in New Delhi on 9 April, Foreign Secretary of India Ranjan Mathai, quoting from a speech made by India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru during a visit to Sri Lanka, then Ceylon, in 1950, said that the bond of Buddha and all that it conveys is a bond between India and Sri Lanka which nothing can break.


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World Justice Project –Rule of Law Index 2012-2013-Sri Lanka Scores High

Sri Lanka has received a high ranking in the World Justice Project’s (WJP) annual, Rule of Law Index. The report states that Sri Lanka “outperforms its regional peers in all but two dimensions”. 

The WJP Rule of Law Index is an innovative quantitative assessment tool designed by the WJP offering detailed and comprehensive picture of the extent to which countries adhere to the rule of law in practice. It provides original data regarding a variety of dimensions of the rule of law, enabling the assessment of a nation’s adherence to the rule of law in practice, identifying nation’s strengths and weaknesses in comparison to similarly situated countries, and tracking charges over time.

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Sri Lanka shines at the International Women’s Day Celebrations

The International Women’s Day celebrations organized by the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the People (ICAP) together with the Asian Ladies Circle of Havana (ALC) were held at the ICAP main auditorium on7th April 2013. A large number of Asian Diplomatic Missions based in Havana including the Sri Lankan Embassyparticipated at the celebrations. The programme of events lined up for the evening included dress parades, fashion shows, food and handicraft demonstrations along with country promotion exhibitions featuring Asian cultures. As part of the celebrations, elegantly clad ladies and gents in national dresses and traditional attire representing their respective countries took part in a fashion parade in a bid to showcase the rich diversity and vitality of Asia.

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Tourism Promotion in Indonesia

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The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Jakarta conducted a Tourism Promotion Campaign at the Embassy premises in conjunction with the General Sales Agent of Mihin Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. Leading travel agents and tour operators based in Jakarta attended the event.

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