ECONOMYNEXT –Australian firms are interested in investing in Sri Lanka, particularly in resource sector, but a more conducive investment environment is needed, High Commissioner Paul Stevens said. Sri Lanka is looking to foreign direct investment as a factor in taking the country out of an economic crises triggered by excessive deployment of ‘macro-economic policy’ involving […]

Leaders of India and Sri Lanka were on the same page over regional security following President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s latest visit to New Delhi, an official source said amid fears of China’s growing influence in the Indian Ocean region, Wickremesinghe addressed India’s security concerns over China’s increasing footprint in Sri Lanka and vowed to fast track […]

In a veiled attack on China, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval said BRICS could work together on listing terrorists and their proxies under the UN counter-terrorism sanctions regime but emphasised that the process should be free from “politics and double standards.” Ajit Doval made the remarks during the meeting of the National Security Advisers of […]

Foreign Minister of Japan Hayashi Yoshimasa paid a courtesy call to President Ranil Wickremesinghe in Colombo today (July 29).

Foreign Minister of Japan HAYASHI Yoshimasa paid a courtesy call on President Ranil Wickremesinghe in Colombo today (29). During the meeting, the two dignitaries engaged in discussions concerning the bilateral relationship between Japan and Sri Lanka, with a mutual commitment to further strengthen their traditionally robust ties. Their talks also revolved around key areas of […]

Sri Lanka was looking to explore new areas of cooperation with Egypt as the countries sought to take bilateral relations to the next level, a top foreign ministry official said on Thursday.

Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa, during talks with Sri Lankan authorities, has stressed the importance of a transparent and comparable debt restructuring process that involves all creditor countries.

Supply chains are at the center of the latest chapter in India-U.S. relations “When India and the U.S. work together on semiconductors and critical minerals, it helps the world in making supply chains more diverse, resilient and reliable,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress […]

The Foreign Affairs Minister of Japan, Hayashi Yoshimasa arrived in Sri Lanka a short while ago.

The Foreign Affairs Minister of Japan, Hayashi Yoshimasa is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka tonight (July 28) for a two-day official visit, the President s Media Division (PMD) says.

Kuwait said Thursday it executed five prisoners, including a convicted drug dealer from Sri Lanka and an inmate convicted over the bombing of a Shiite mosque in 2015 that killed 27 people and was claimed by the Islamic State group, foreign media reported.

Thursday 27th July, 2023 There have been umpteen all-party conferences (APCs) to explore ways and means of resolving Sri Lanka’s ethnic issues, and the latest one was held yesterday. The Opposition would have the public believe that President Ranil Wickremesinghe has undertaken to devolve more powers to the provinces in a bid to woo the […]

The Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation, Nimal Siripala de Silva, went on record a few days ago saying that if all the pilots in SriLankan Airlines leave, he will get foreign pilots to replace them. He stated this at a joint programme of CAASL and IATA on Aviation Day at Katunayake on Friday, July […]

The current foreign policy implemented by President Ranil Wickremesinghe is the best diplomatic approach put into action in independent Sri Lanka, State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya said.

State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya said that the best foreign policy of independent Sri Lanka is being implemented in the present era. He further noted that Sri Lanka would gain greatly in the future as a result of President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s non-aligned foreign policy and his strong cooperation with all countries.  

Sri Lanka ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), becoming the 178th state to endorse the treaty, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says.