The U.S. Embassy in Colombo celebrated the 248th anniversary of the independence of the United States of America with a festive event hosted by U.S. Ambassador Julie Chung at the Galle Face Hotel on June 27. The Ambassador welcomed Chief Guest Honorable Minister Harin Fernando, Minister of Tourism, Lands, Sports and Youth Affairs, alongside distinguished Sri Lankan officials, diplomats, and …
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President Ranil Wickremesinghe highlighted Kenya’s current struggle with a severe economic crisis and incidents of violence, emphasizing the crucial need for economic preparedness in all nations. Speaking at the Presidential Environment Awards ceremony at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) in Colombo today (28), he underscored that Sri Lanka’s economic stability has effectively prevented comparable challenges within the country. …
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Under the “Aswesuma” Welfare Benefit Payment Program, the Welfare Benefits Board disbursed a total of Rs.11.6 billion to the bank accounts of 622,495 beneficiaries in the transitional and vulnerable categories yesterday (27) for the payments of June 2024. In the first phase of the program, eligible beneficiaries in the vulnerable category received Rs. 5,000 from July 2023 to March 31, …
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Former Colombo district Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra was found guilty of her involvement in the abduction of a youth using a Defender and was given a three-year prison sentence by the Colombo High Court today. Colombo High Court Judge Amal Ranaraja sentenced Hirunika Premachandra to three years imprisonment after taking into consideration the seriousness of the offences.
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Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 28 June 2024 Several spells of showers will occur in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Galle and Matara districts. Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in Uva province and in Ampara and Batticaloa districts in the evening or night. Strong winds of about (40-50) kmph can be expected at times …
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Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena kindly requests all the Members of Parliament to attend the Special Sitting of Parliament on Tuesday the 02 of July 2024 at 9.30 a.m., in pursuance of Standing Order No. 16 of the Standing Orders of the Parliament, having been requested so to do by the Prime Minister.
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On an invitation extended by Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, Foreign Minister Ali Sabry is scheduled to undertake an official visit to Japan from 01 July 2024. During this visit, the Foreign Minister will engage in bilateral discussions with his Japanese counterpart which will focus on making further progress on the outcome of the latter’s official visit to Sri Lanka in May 2024. Foreign …
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The State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tharaka Balasuriya led the Sri Lanka delegation to the 19th Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Member States of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) held on 24 June 2024 in Tehran, the Islamic Republic of Iran. The 19th Meeting of the Ministers was inaugurated by the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the …
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Good morning, everyone! I’d like to welcome you all today to what I expect to be a productive and informative Smart and Secure Ports Program cybersecurity workshop and tabletop exercise. Welcome – to our friends from Sri Lanka Ports Authority and CERT and I am excited to see we also have guests from India and Thailand taking part in this …
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President Ranil Wickremesinghe visited Balangoda Sri Dharmananda Vidyayathana Pirivena today (27) and received blessings from Most Ven. Karagoda Uyangoda Maithri Murthi Maha Nayaka Thera, Chairman of the Amarapura Maha Sangha Sabha and the Mahanayake of the Rassagala Chapter of the Amarapura Maha Nikaya of Sri Lanka. During his visit, the President briefed Mahanayake Thero on the economic and financial progress …
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