1 June 2020 Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardena participated in a special radio discussion broadcast live on the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) “Podu Jana Charitha” Programme on 30 May 2020 from 8.00 – 9.00 am...
FOREIGN MINISTER REASSURES CONTINUED REPATRIATION OF MIGRANT WORKERS
30 May 2020 Foreign Relations, Skills Development, Employment and Labour Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has reassured that the repatriation of migrant workers from the Middle East as well as other regions will continue, in a manner sensitive to the...
“Holding fortresses abroad Laudable role by young diplomats” – Daily News
23 May 2020 News Link: http://www.dailynews.lk/2020/05/22/features/219103/laudable-role-young-diplomats?fbclid=IwAR3a_GxRNaM629V70cKZApiMM7Oxu1koPLs43qwwR0YjXfg-TAe0ntZwxn8 Related links:...
Interview of Secretary/Foreign Relations on News 1st Newsline – 21 May 2020
23 May 2020 Video Link: https://youtu.be/YWfn3eB1XJ4 Related Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2621826251363690&id=2322587174620934 Twitter: https://twitter.com/SLinAustria/status/1263731441587847169
Full text of the speech made by His Excellency the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the National Ranaviru Day commemorations on May 19th 2020.
20 May 2020 Reverend Maha Sanga representing Maha Nayaka Theros and Anu Nayaka Theros of Malwatta and Asgiriya Chapters, Amarapura and Ramannya Nikayas, His Eminence Cardinal, Hindu Kurukkal leader, Islam Mowlawi, Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa, former President and the Prime...
OVER 38,000 SRI LANKANS IN 143 COUNTRIES SEEK TO RETURN HOME
17 May 2020 Over 38,983 Overseas Sri Lankans (OSLs) in 143 countries at present seek to return home, based on information gathered mainly through the ‘Contact Sri Lanka’ Web Portal of the Ministry of Foreign Relations. This comprises 3,078 students, 4,040 short term...
FOREIGN SECRETARY APPEALS TO OSLS TO RETHINK PLANS TO BE REPATRIATED UNLESS IN COMPELLING CIRCUMSTANCES
17 May 2020 Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha has called on migrant workers as well as students and parents, to carefully calibrate the effect repatriation at this time could have on their jobs and education, before making decisions to seek to return to Sri Lanka,...
පිටරට රැකියා කරන සහ ඉගෙනුම ලබන ශ්රී ලාංකිකයින් කොරෝනා නිසා පැමිණ ආපසු යාම ගැනත් සිතන්න
16 May 2020 විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්යංශයේ ලේකම් රවිනාථ ආර්යසිංහ විදේශයන්හි රැකියාවල නිරතව සිටින සහ අධ්යාපන කටයුතුවල යෙදෙන ශ්රී ලාංකිකයින් කොරෝනා වෛරස රෝගය හමුවේ යළි දිවයිනට පැමිණීමේදී ආපසු එම රටවලට ගොස් සිය සුපුරුදු කටයුතුවල නිරතවීමට ඇති හැකියාව ගැනද අවධානය යොමුකරන ලෙස...
Foreign Ministry and Foreign Missions contribute to COVID-19 Fund
16 May 2020 The Ministry of Foreign Relations handed over Rs. 27.7 million to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday (May 14th), raised through the network of Sri Lanka Missions overseas, to support COVID-19 Health Care and Social Security Fund. Foreign Secretary...
Ambassador-designate of Sri Lanka to the Republic of Austria assumes duties
10 May 2020 The Ambassador-designate of Sri Lanka to the Republic of Austria, Mr. Majintha Jayesinghe assumed duties at the Mission on 8 May 2020. The assumption of duties was marked by lighting the oil lamp in keeping with the Sri Lankan tradition....
