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NEW YORK ROYALISTS DONATE RS. 15 MILLION FACILITY TO IDH HOSPITAL, ANGODA

Monday, 11 May 2020

Sincere appreciation to Dr Sukumar Nagendran & Members of the Royal College Old Boys East Coast Foundation, USA, for the laudable project of Rs15mn for enhancing the facilities of the Nurses' Quarters at the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) Sri Lanka, at the request of the Presidential Taskforce for Covid-19 Control.

The facility was opened on Vesak day by Hon. Pavithra Wanniarachchi, Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine.

Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the UN

Statement of H.E. Kshenuka Senewiratne, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations at the Buddhist Embassy Vesak Day Programme, 7th May 2020

Thursday, 07 May 2020

With the Permission of the Most Venerable Members of the Maha Sanga

Dear devotees

Ladies and gentlemen,

It is with great pleasure that I join all of you to celebrate this thrice-blessed day of Vesak. I wish to thank Mr. Visita Leelaratne for organizing this event on an international scale this year, despite the trying times we face today.

Foreign Secretary Aryasinha elaborates on Cabinet decision to give priority in repatriation to vulnerable sectors among overseas Sri Lankan migrant workers

Thursday, 07 May 2020

( Sinhala ) (Tamil) ( English )

Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha participated in a television interview, recorded today (07 May 2020), at the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) where he expanded on the Cabinet Paper presented by Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena, Minister of Foreign Relations, Skills Development, Employment and Labour Relations  regards "addressing the vulnerable sectors of the migrant labour category of Overseas Sri Lankans amidst the COVID-19 pandemic by the Government of Sri Lanka". 

 

INFORMATION ON SPECIAL DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS

Thursday, 07 May 2020

Please find below directions issued by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) to authorized dealers of the recently launched Special Deposit Accounts (SDA). The directions from the CBSL provide further information regarding the SDAs, including eligibility, opening and maintaining accounts, interest and other conditions.  Contact details of the relevant banks are also given to obtain further information.

STATEMENT BY H.E. GOTABAYA RAJAPAKSA, PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA AT THE ONLINE SUMMIT OF THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT UNDER THE THEME ‘UNITED AGAINST COVID-19”, 4TH MAY 2020

Tuesday, 05 May 2020

( Sinhala ) ( English )

 

Modalities to issue temporary travel documents to undocumented workers abroad agreed on

Tuesday, 05 May 2020

Modalities to issue temporary travel documents to undocumented workers abroad following proper authentication procedures has been agreed on by the Department of Immigration and Emigration. This follows consultations between the Ministry of Foreign Relations, Ministry of Skills Development, Employment and Labour Relations and Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE).

Address by H.E. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the online summit level meeting of the Non Aligned Movement "United against COVID-19"

Sunday, 03 May 2020
The Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations is pleased to inform that H.E. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will be addressing the  online Summit level meeting of the Non Aligned Movement Contact Group titled "United Against COVID-19" on Monday, 4th May 2020 at 6.15 pm. Sri Lanka time (approximately 8.45 a.m. New York time).
 
The address by the President will be live streamed and could be viewed on the following:

H.E. the President FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/gotabayar/

H.E. the President YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz6MMq0s4Ih0Tjn_qcXmCQg