His Excellency Santosh Jha, the Indian High Commissioner, met with the Minister Bimal Rathnayake, Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports, and Civil Aviation, at the Ministry for a brief discussion yesterday.
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Sri Lanka announces the successfulexpiration of its consent solution and exchange offer related to its International Sovereign Bonds
His Excellency Santosh Jha, High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka, held a meeting with the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, at the Prime Minister’s Office today. This meeting underscored the longstanding friendship and strategic partnership between the two neighboring nations.
Rs. 232 million has been the expected revenue from the Department of Excise for the year 2024, and the Department of Excise has stated that the department has been able to collect a revenue of exceeding Rs. 200 million as at 30.11.2024.
Eleven newly appointed Ambassadors and High Commissioners to Sri Lanka presented their credentials to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake today (25) at the Presidential Secretariat.
Representatives of the World Food Programme (WFP) met with the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, on 24 August at Temple Trees.
The “Colombo 75 Medics” Association officially donated six Intensive Care Unit (ICU) monitors worth Rs. 1.7 million to the Ministry of Health and Mass Media yesterday (24).
A discussion on the project to develop Colombo Fort as a tourism zone, being implemented with World Bank loans and assistance, as well as the promotion of Sri Lanka’s tourism industry, was held yesterday (24) at the Presidential Secretariat between Chief of Staff to the President Prabath Chandrakeerthi and a delegation led by World Bank Country Manager for Sri Lanka and Maldives, Gevorg Sargsyan.
Showers will occur at times in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-Western provinces, as well as in the Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts, according to the latest weather forecast.
The inaugural programme of the educational scholarship scheme to be provided by the President’s Fund from 2026 for children of low-income lottery sales assistants was held today (23) at the North Central Provincial Council Auditorium in Anuradhapura, under the patronage of Speaker Dr Jagath Wickramaratne.
Sri Lanka expects to further strengthen cooperation with ASEAN member states in trade and investment, tourism, education and culture, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Minister Vijitha Herath said.
Sri Lanka recorded 125,562 tourist arrivals during the first 18 days of August, according to the latest report released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Authority.
Showers will occur at times in the Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in the Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Galle and Matara districts, according to the latest weather forecast.
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