LOAN AGREEMENT FROM KUWAIT FUND TO CONSTRUCT MEDICAL FACULTY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA SIGNED IN COLOMBO
A delegation headed by the Deputy Director General for Administration & Financial Affairs of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) Nedhal A. Al-Olayan visited Sri Lanka recently to sign a loan agreement to construct and [...]
JOINT PRESS RELEASE – EU-SRI LANKA JOINT COMMISSION
The European Union (EU) and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka held their 24th meeting of the Joint Commission on 8 February 2022 in Brussels. The meeting, which was held in a friendly and [...]
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE PRESENT PREVENTION OF TERRORISM ACT IS A PROGRESSIVE STEP TOWARDS SECURING, ADVANCING AND PROTECTING FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE CONSTITUTION
The proposed Bill to amend the present Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) which the Government of Sri Lanka intends to introduce in Parliament and upon it being passed into law, would be a salutary piece [...]
ISRAEL DONATES A CONSIGNMENT OF COVID 19 RELATED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT TO SRI LANKA
The Government of Israel through the Israeli Agency for International Development Cooperation (MASHAV) donated a consignment including Ventilators, Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and Pulse oximeters to Sri Lanka. The donation from the Government of Israel was handed over [...]
ISRAEL AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FOREIGN MINISTER
Ambassador of Israel concurrently accredited to Sri Lanka Naor Itzhak Gilon, paid a courtesy call on Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris on Thursday 03 February, 2022 and discussed matters of mutual interest. The Foreign Minister [...]
FOREIGN MINISTRY REFUTES CLAIMS MADE BY AMBIKA SATKUNANATHAN TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT’S SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS
The Foreign Ministry notes with concern the numerous misleading statements contained in the testimony of the Chairperson of the Neelan Tiruchelvam Trust Ambika Satkunanathan, during an exchange of views on the situation of human and labour rights [...]
PROCUREMENT NOTICE – SRI LANKAN AIRLINES LTD
INVITATION FOR SUBMISSION OF BIDS FOR THE SUPPLY OF READY TO SERVE FRUIT JUICES
DONATION OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT BY THE SRI LANKAN COMMUNITY IN SAUDI ARABIA
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Saudi Arabia facilitated the donation of a consignment of medical equipment valued at SLRs 1.2 Million for hospitals in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Cultural Forum collaborated with the Sri [...]
THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF TURKEY PAYS AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO SRI LANKA
Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris underscored the ‘warm, cordial and mutually supportive partnership’ existing between Sri Lanka and Turkey at a bilateral meeting with the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Friday 28 January, [...]