Two Indian fishing boats with 23 people detained in Sri Lankan waters

LG polls to be held on 9th March

The Local Government Elections (LG) will be held on 9th March, the National Election Commission announced today. Accepting of nominations for the election ended at 12 noon today (Saturday). The Election Commission had informed the Supreme Court this week that the Local Government elections will take place on schedule. The Supreme Court was informed that the LG polls would be conducted in compliance with the Local Authorities Elections (Amendment) Act. The United National Party (UNP) and the

21 Jan, 2023

China to resume outbound group travel to Sri Lanka

China will resume outbound group travel to a selected group of countries, including Sri Lanka, early next month, the Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism said. The Ministry said in a notice on its website on Friday that a pilot program will take effect on Feb 6 to allow travel agencies to open outbound group travel for Chinese citizens to 20 countries – Thailand,Indonesia, Cambodia, the Maldives,Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Laos, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kenya, So

21 Jan, 2023

Foreign Minister to have talks in Saudi Arabia

Foreign Minister Ali Sabry is to have talks in Saudi Arabia next week, the Foreign Ministry said. Sabry is scheduled to make an official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 23-27 January 2023 on an invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud. The Minister is scheduled to meet with Foreign Minister Farhan Al Saud and discuss further enhancement of the cordial bilateral relations. The Minister will also meet with the senior officials of th

21 Jan, 2023