Newly-elected office bearers of the Sri Lanka Foreign Service Association meet Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena
COLOMBO: The newly-elected office bearers of the Sri Lanka Foreign Service Association (SLFSA) met the Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on 1 February at the Minister’s…
Sri Lanka records highest annual elephant deaths
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has recorded the highest annual elephant deaths and second-highest human deaths in the world due to the human-elephant conflict, according to a…
Rajapaksa family breaks records, creates history
Last November, Gotabaya Rajapaksa was elected President and now elder brother Mahinda leads SLPP to ‘super majority’ in parliamentary election Mahinda Rajapaksa received over 500,000…
Sri Lanka to assist over 11,000 stranded tourists, extends all types of visas of foreigners until June 11
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s tourism authorities said that efforts were underway to assist over 11,000 tourists who were stranded in the country due to the closure…
Sri Lanka Foreign Service Association donates Rs. 2.86 Million to the COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund
COLOMBO: The Sri Lanka Foreign Service Association (SLFSA) handed over a cheque for the amount of Rs. 2,860,000/- from voluntary contributions received from the members…
Repatriation of Sri Lankan students from South Asia concludes
COLOMBO: With the arrival on 30 April of UL 1188 carrying 125 Sri Lankan students from Kolkata, the operation to bring home 1065 Sri Lankan…
Sri Lanka Missions abroad seek to re-position Sri Lanka’s exports to meet market conditions
COLOMBO: Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha has observed that even as the Foreign Ministry was preoccupied with endeavouring to mitigate a multitude of problems faced by…
Special Deposit Account launched for Sri Lankan expatriates
COLOMBO: Just days after the Central Bank appealed to Sri Lankans overseas and Sri Lankans in Sri Lanka to deposit their foreign currency holdings in…
Call for Sri Lankan expatriates to deposit their foreign currency savings in Sri Lankan banks
COLOMBO, 10 April 2020: Sri Lanka’s Central Bank has called upon Sri Lankans overseas to deposit their foreign currency holdings in Sri Lankan banks to…
Foreign Ministry working with Sri Lanka missions abroad to ensure wellbeing and welfare of overseas Sri Lankans
COLOMBO, April 2020: The Ministry of Foreign Relations, sensitive to the concerns of the overseas Sri Lankans amidst the rapid spread of the COVID-19 and…