Sri Lanka High Commission in London promotes ‘Island of Ingenuity’
LONDON: The High Commission of Sri Lanka in London in collaboration with Sri Lanka – UK Chamber of Commerce (SL-UKCC) and Infomate (Pvt) Ltd, the…
Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
LONDON: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka has won the Booker Prize for fiction, one of the world’s most…
People’s Tribunal in The Hague indicts government over murder of journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge
COLOMBO: The People’s Tribunal on the Murder of Journalists at The Hague, the Netherlands, on September 19 issued an indictment against the Government of Sri…
President Wickremesinghe appeals to diaspora in UK to invest in Sri Lanka
LONDON: President Ranil Wickremesinghe who visited the United Kingdom to attend the funeral ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II had met with the Sri Lankan Diaspora…
Foreign Minister addresses 50th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva
GENEVA: Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris addressing the 50th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on…
Boosting renewable skills in Sri Lanka
GLASGOW: Researchers from theScottishGlasgow Caledonian University (GCU) have recently been tasked with helping Sri Lanka upskill its renewable energy workforce so it can reach its threshold of renewable-source…
UK appoints International Champion to support countries like Sri Lanka to deal with climate change
LONDON: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed the former Secretary of State for International Development, Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, as the UK’s International Champion on…
Sri Lanka added to UK’s quarantine-free travel corridors list
LONDON: Sri Lanka is among nine countries to have been added to the UK’s updated safe travel corridor list, meaning anyone arriving from these countries…
Sri Lanka donates Ceylon Tea to the Royal Hospital Chelsea
LONDON: As a gesture of goodwill to appreciate the service rendered by the iconic veterans of the British Army, a donation of Ceylon tea was…
Godfrey Cooray is Sri Lanka’s new ambassador to Norway
OSLO:The newly appointed Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Kingdom of Norway Godfrey Cooray presented the Letters of Credence to King Harald V on 22…