Expansion of economic relations in the atmosphere of peace and stability prevailing in the country was the central focus of the bilateral discussions which took place in Singapore on Monday 28th July 2014, between Professor G.L. Peiris, Minister of External Affairs, and Mr. K. Shanmugam, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Law of Singapore. The Ministers took advantage of the opportunity to reflect on current developments in Sri Lanka and the region.
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Sri Lanka Captivates Paris- “Guest of Honour” at the Diplomatic Garden Party on French National Day
Sri Lanka had the unprecedented distinction of being the “Guest of Honor” at the Gala Diplomatic Garden Party organized by the prestigious “Diplomatique” journal in celebration of the French National Day on July 14th. T ...
Professor Peiris signs Condolence Book at Malaysia Mission
Professor G.L. Peiris, Minister of External Affairs, signed the Condolence Book at the High Commission of Malaysia on yesterday (23rd July) in connection with the tragic airline crash. The Minister expressed deep symp ...
Sri Lanka and Poland enter into a new Air Services Agreement
A Sri Lankan delegation representing the Aeronautical authorities of Sri Lanka, led by Dr. Ravindra Ruberu, Secretary Ministry of Civil Aviation visited Warsaw to hold Bilateral Air Services negotiations with their coun ...
India-SL ties crying out for strategic shift
Sunday, 27th July 2014 Swapan Dasgupta | in Usual Suspects Last week, I visited the beautiful home of local businessman Thirukumar Nadesan in a part of Colombo-7 that is so reminiscent of Kolkata’s Alipore of yore. The ...
Central Bank of Sri Lanka in investment pact with RBI
Friday, 25th July 2014 By Meera Srinivasan The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Thursday, signed an agreement, enabling the RBI to access the Sri Lankan government securitie ...
Terror leader ran language centre in Klang Valley
Monday, July 07th 2014 PETALING JAYA — Police arrested four men linked to militants in Sri Lanka with one of them, who ran a language centre in the Klang Valley, allegedly involved in the attempted assassination of a f ...