Air Arabia cancels flights to Mattala from May Air Arabia, the first foreign carrier to operate...
Sri Lanka recommences train services in a section of the Northern Railway Sri Lanka on Tuesday recommenced train services on...
The outgoing Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka Ashok K. Kantha and his wife met the Island’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa this morning.
The meeting took place at the Temple Trees.
Minister of External Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris, Minister of Environment and Renewable Energy Susil Premajayantha and Minister of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise [...]
Sri Lanka’s eastern town of Pullumalai saw the opening of a new public market and a bus station recently, which has been built with the funding support of USAID.
The US Embassy in Colombo said, the US$ 477,000 facility (Rs. 60 million) will help enhance transportation and livelihood opportunities for the people living in the Eastern [...]
Australia has repatriated 25 more Sri Lankans who attempted to illegally migrate to that country, bringing the total number of boat people returned back to the Island nation amounting to over 1000, a media report said.
According to the report, since August 13 last year, 1,029 Sri Lankans have returned home — 819 of them involuntarily.
“Returning [...]
United States has concluded its second training program conducted to train Sri Lankan coast guards, announced the Island’s US embassy.
The program has been held at the Trincomalee Naval base saw 20 personnel from the Sri Lanka Coast Guard and four from the country’s Naval forces been awarded certificates as ‘Coast Guard Instructors’.
“This train-the-trainer workshop [...]
Pakistani envoy in Sri Lanka, Major General Qasim Qureshi emphasizes the need to further enhance business connectivity and the volume of bilateral trade between the two nations.
He made this comment during a visit to Galle district of the Southern Province recently, where he met several stakeholders.
Qureshi believes, both nations should explore the Free Trade Agreement, [...]
Bangladesh says it is ready to start discussions with Sri Lanka to strike a Free Trade Agreement between the two nations to improve two way trade, announced the Island’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
According to the Ministry, this message has been delivered by Mohammed Shahidul Haque, the Bangladeshi Foreign Secretary, who visited the country during [...]
The Seychelles government has said the Visa Waiver Agreement between that country and Sri Lanka has come into affect from the 22nd of April, a media report said.
Accordingly, it has informed that the Seychelles passport holders wishing to visit Sri Lanka are exempt from visas for a period of no more than 60 [...]
China says apart from collaborating on large scale projects in Sri Lanka, they are also keen to invest in the small and medium scale projects available in the Island nation.
Vice Minister of China’s Ministry of Commerce Chen Jian has conveyed this interest, when he and a delegation met Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo [...]
Starting from 6 May 2013, all UK visa applications will have to be submitted online, as manually completed application forms will no longer be accepted, announced the British Embassy in Colombo.
Following is the announcement issued by the UK embassy in Colombo.
From Monday 6 May 2013, applicants and their dependents who are applying for a [...]
Sri Lanka and Romania is looking to enhance economic ties with improving trade and investment activities between each other, a Romanian media report said.
The two countries are looking at the possibility of building ties in the areas of railways, tourism, tea, construction and investments etc.
These facts have been revealed on Friday, when the Romanian Foreign [...]
Sri Lanka pays tribute to fallen war heroes
Indian Cricketer Sreesanth arrested by Police for spot-fixing
President Rajapaksa opens the Uganda Trade Exhibition
BOC supports “Sigiriya Rally Cross 2013’
Sri Lankan President at the May Day rally
Sri Lankans at the IPL
BOC commenced ‘Avurudu Ganu-Denu’ with the President