On the invitation of the President of the Swiss Confederation, Didier Burkhalter, the diplomatic corps accredited in Switzerland undertook a visit recently to the canton of Neuchatel in Switzerland. Ambassador Sarath K ...
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Government does not encourage sending Sri Lankan women as housemaids – Govt. makes vocational skills compulsory for migrant workers
Tuesday, 3rd June 2014 The government has reduced sending unskilled migrant workers to controversial sectors of employment in foreign countries, Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera said. Add ...
SL will help enhance connectivity through Asian Silk Road -Senior Minister Amunugama
Tuesday, 3rd June 2014 We are proud of Asia’s rich and multi-faceted heritage encompassing all parts of the continent, and stretching back many centuries to the time of the Silk Road and beyond. Asia possesses enormou ...
Reviving hopes on dead-locked fishers’ talks
OPINION Tuesday, 3rd June 2014 By N Sathiya Moorthy At their first meeting after the inauguration of the new government in New Delhi, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapak ...
NEA signs deal with SLankan company
Tuesday, 3rd June 2014 By Sanjeev Giri Two years after the transformer scam came to light, the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has signed an agreement with a Sri Lanka-based company to procure new transformers. The st ...
Malaysian Cops Alarmed by LTTE Recruitment Bid
Sunday, 1st June 2014 By P.K. Balachandran Colombo: the recent arrest of three top activists of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) by the Malaysian police stemmed from a growing anxiety in that country about t ...
Indian Government on cordial bi-lateral journey with Sri Lanka – Presidential spokesman
Sunday, 1st June 2014 By Manjula Fernando Presidential spokesman Mohan Samaranayake who is an expert on UN affairs and international relations said Sri Lanka's diplomatic skills will be put to the test under the ...