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Ministerial Delegation attends State Funeral of Late President Hugo Chavez

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The Minister of Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities, Wimal Weerawansa and the Deputy Minister of External Affairs, Neomal Perera together with Sri Lanka`s Ambassador to Cuba (with concurrent accreditation to Venezuela), Sarath Dissanayake represented the President, the Government and people of Sri Lanka at the State Funeral of the late President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela on 8th March 2013 in Caracas. On arrival at the Caracas Airport on 7th March, they were met by Vice Foreign Minister of Venezuela, David Velasquex Caraballo.

Alleged attack on Indian Fishermen

On seeing reports in the media on 7 March 2013 on an incident of alleged firing at Indian fishermen by the Sri Lanka Navy off the Kodiakarai coast, an investigation has been carried out. It was revealed that Sri Lanka Naval vessels had not entered Indian waters at any time either on 6 or 7 March 2013, as alleged. It was further revealed that no Sri Lankan Naval craft had opened fire at any fishing vessel or any other object on 6 or 7 March 2013 in the area. Read More

Sri Lanka: the Most Potential Outbound Tourist Destination – Beijing Times

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Sri Lanka was awarded the prestigious “Most Potential Outbound Tourist Destination Award” at the Jinhua Travel New Model Awards Ceremony organized by the Beijing Times on 27 February 2013 in Beijing.

Sri Lanka donates USD 25,000.00 to the Philippines for rehabilitation of homes of the victims of Typhoon “Bhopa”

In December, 2012 lives of thousands of Filipino people living in Compostela Valley in Davao province in the Philippines were severely disrupted by typhoon “Bhopa” which claimed several hundreds of lives and destroyed ...

SRI LANKA PARTICIPATES AT GULF FOOD 2013 IN DUBAI

A large presence of 33 Sri Lankan companies participated at the Gulf Food 2013 in Dubai displaying food and beverage products such as tea, spices, processed food, soft drink, biscuits, virgin coconut oil, dried fruits, ...

Sri Lanka High Commission in Islamabad participates at the SAARC – AHAN Exhibition of Handicrafts

The High Commission of Sri Lanka, Islamabad participated at the three day exhibition titled “South Asian Convention and Exhibition on Handicrafts Alleviating Poverty through Skill Development” organized by Pakistan Indu ...

“SRI LANKA HAS OVER COME A DIFFICULT PAST AND ITS THE TIME TO MOVE FORWARD” ROBERT STRUDY, MEP AT EU – SRI LANKA BUSINESS COUNCIL (EUSLBC) LAUNCH IN BRUSSELS

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(L-R- Alan Donnelly, Executive Chairman Sovereign Strategy, Ambassador P.M.Amza, MEP, Robert Sturdy, Vice Chair of International Trade Committee of European Parliament, Dilipan Tyagarajah, Chairman European Chambers of Commerce, Sri Lanka)

Business Leaders from across Europe joined in Brussels recently by a delegation of top businessmen from Sri Lanka for the launch of the EU - Sri Lanka Business Council (EUSLBC).