Dr. Bilinda Devage Nandadeva Elected to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage Evaluation Body
PARIS: In a significant achievement for Sri Lanka, Dr. B. D. Nandadeva has been elected as an expert to the UNESCO Evaluation Body of the…
Prof. Gishan Dissanaike Becomes the First Home-grown Dean of Cambridge Judge Business School in Three Decades
CAMBRIDGE: In a historic appointment, Sri Lankan-born Professor Gishan Dissanaike has been named the new Dean of Cambridge Judge Business School (CJBS), University of Cambridge,…
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…