Sunday, 11th May 2014 By Arthur Wamanan Sri Lanka will not rush the process of providing details of organizations and individuals recently proscribed by the country, External Affairs Ministry said. But duri ...
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TGTE Losing Lustre Among Tamils
Sunday, 11 May 2014. By Camelia Nathaniel After the defeat of the LTTE in May 2009, the leaders of the LTTE rump attempted to replicate the organization in exile. As a segment of the Sri Lankan Tamil expatriates had spe ...
Canada contradicts its ban on LTTE
Sunday, 11th May 2014 US continues to view LTTE a terrorist threat: By Manjula Fernando A senior foreign service official in the External Affairs Ministry, taking note of Canada's shockingly outrageous statement that ...
’10 point Action Plan’ to boost Intellectual Property benefits in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha has said a '10 Point Action Plan', between the Government of Sri Lanka and the World Intellectual Property Organizatio ...
Sri Lanka condemns terrorist attack in China
Saturday, 03rd May 2014 (COLOMBO, Xinhua) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has sent a message to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, condemning the terrorist attack targeting civilians at a railway station in Uru ...
Sri Lanka thanks Australia for its ‘bold’ decision
Sarah Whyte Immigration correspondent Wednesday, 7th May 2014 All smiles: Mr Abbott with Sri Lankan President Mr Mahinda Rajapaksa and his wife. Photo: Getty Images The Sri Lankan government has publicly t ...
Sri Lanka strengthens Education and Connectivity Links with New Zealand
Professor G.L. Peiris, Minister of External Affairs, and Mr Gerry Brownlee, Minister of Transport of New Zealand, signing the Bilateral Air Services Agreement at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Auckland
External Affairs Minister Professor G.L. Peiris, on an official visit to New Zealand, had discussions at Massey University, one of New Zealand’s largest universities, on a range of issues connected with dairy development in Sri Lanka and the strengthening of collaboration with universities and institutes in Sri Lanka in the field of veterinary sciences.
In terms of a twining agreement with the University of Peradeniya, Massey University will provide the technical leadership, facilitation and project management skills to assist the University of Peradeniya with regard to the curriculum for veterinary teaching, and enhancing the capabilities of veterinary graduates in livestock industry. Massey University’s Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences has experience in implementing complex capacity building projects in South Asia on behalf of the World Bank.