MoUs to be signed for further cooperation
Spanish Ministers and Members of the Congress expressed their whole hearted support to Sri Lanka in further accelerating the rapid pace of development taking place in the country.
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Students from Zahira College visit India
Seven schoolboys from the Advanced and Ordinary Level standards of Zahira College, together with their Principal A.R. Marikkar, are currently on a visit to India from 15 – 22 April 2013.
The visit is organized by the India-Sri Lanka Foundation, which has as its objectives, the promotion of greater understanding, educational and cultural cooperation between the peoples of India and Sri Lanka.
Embassy celebrates New Year with Sri Lankan community in Austria
The Embassy and Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka in Austria together with the Sri Lanka community and friends of Sri Lanka from many parts of Austria celebrated the Sinhala and Tamil New Year at the Embassy reception hall ...
Sinhala & Tamil New Year celebrated in Cuba
The Sinhala & Tamil New Year was celebrated on a grand scale at the Ambassador’s Official Residence in Cuba on 13th April amid a large gathering of Sri Lankan students and well wishers. The festivities began with the lighting of the ceremonial oil lamp followed by beating of raban to the tune of magul bera heralding the dawn of Avurudu. Welcoming the guests, Ambassador Sarath Dissanayake spoke of the significance of the Sinhala & Tamil New Year as a multicultural gathering in which all Sri Lankans irrespective of their ethnic, religious, socio - cultural backgrounds come together as members of one family in a spirit of unity and harmony to celebrate Sri Lanka’s foremost national festival which has been passed down from generations to generations.
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 ...
British Airways resuming flights after 15 years sends a strong message of confidence in Sri Lanka –Dr Chris Nonis
(From L to R) H.E. Dr.Chris Nonis , High Commissioner for Sri Lanka to the UK with Mr. Keith Williams, Chief Executive Officer in British Airways, at the Sri Lanka High Commission. Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the U ...
The bond of Buddha and all that it conveys is a bond between India and Sri Lanka which nothing can break
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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