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Monday, 29 June 2009 17:59 |
The Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau has appointed Mr. Dillan Ariyawansa as Representative for Sri Lanka Tourism in the USA. In this capacity, Mr. Ariyawansa will spearhead marketing and promotion of Sri Lanka as a tourist destination.
Mr. Ariyawansa is currently Senior Vice President, USA, Canada and Caribbean of Sri Lankan Airlines.
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Tuesday, 23 June 2009 14:11 |
~ New target of 2.5 million tourists annually by 2016
~ 2011 declared Visit Sri Lanka Year
This is a momentous phase for the Tourism Industry. With terrorism defeated after three decades, our people can now travel freely in our motherland. Tourists should have no fear to visit our attractions. And, I believe, we have ended the need for Travel Advisories that crippled Tourism, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa in an address to the launch of the new image of Sri Lanka Tourism.
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Friday, 19 June 2009 12:06 |
The President of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed accompanied by a high level delegation visited Sri Lanka from 18 -19 June 2009.
During the visit, President Nasheed met with President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the President’s House in Anuradhapura today (19 June 2009) and discussed a wide range of issues of both bilateral and regional interests.
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Wednesday, 03 June 2009 16:06 |
Address by President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Victory Day Parade and National Tribute to the Security Forces following the defeat of terrorism, Galle Face Green, Colombo - June 03, 2009
I declare with great pride and dignity that I have hoisted the national flag in a single country unified under a single standard. Before me are our armed forces who astonished the world by their skill in war, discipline, efficiency and valour. It is with great expectation for the future that I address the Sri Lankan nation that is having pleasant dreams of bringing about the dawn of a great and distinguished future.
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Saturday, 30 May 2009 15:55 |
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Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama, commenting on the elimination of LTTE terrorism, says that Sri Lanka is now wide open for democracy with peace returning to the country almost after three decades. The Minister also added that the international community should be happy with the manner terrorism was rooted out from the island nation. |
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Thursday, 25 June 2009 12:03 |
Statement by Honourable (Prof.) G. L. Peiris, Minister of Export Development & International Trade
Mr. President,
Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
At the outset, Mr. President, allow me to congratulate you on this timely initiative by the United Nations General Assembly to meet at the highest level to look into the causes and consequences of the world financial and economic crisis - the worst since the ‘Great Depression’ in the 1930s - and its impact on development. I also take advantage of this opportunity of conveying to you and the members of this august body, the best wishes of His Excellency President Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka, to arrive at a positive outcome, founded on consensus, from this global conference. We have today the potential to make a beneficial impact on the billions of people affected by this crisis.
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Monday, 22 June 2009 13:08 |
A Workshop on the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 dealing with Non-State Actors and Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) will be held in Sri Lanka from 23 - 25 June 2009. The Workshop is being organized by Sri Lanka and the United States in cooperation with the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs. Participants from the Government of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have been invited to attend as well as representatives of UN Agencies, regional and the other international and inter-governmental organizations.
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Tuesday, 16 June 2009 11:02 |
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Priority of the Sri Lankan government is to rehabilitate the war torn region and bring normalcy to the lives of the people said President Mahinda Rajapaksa at a meeting with the Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of Myanmar, Senior General Than Shwe. |
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Sunday, 31 May 2009 16:04 |
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In conducting military operations to eliminate terrorism, the Government’s primary concern was to safeguard the innocent civilians, many of whom had experienced multiple displacements over the years, and had their children forcibly conscripted by the LTTE to be used as cannon fodder. Many of them had lost one or more of their family members. Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama made these observations, while addressing the final day session of the 8th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore today (31 May 2009). |
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Friday, 29 May 2009 15:54 |
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, Rohitha Bogollagama, is currently attending the 8th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. The Shangri-La Dialogue is a high-profile global conference, primarily focusing on security and security related aspects and is participated by Ministers of Defence, Ministers of Foreign Affairs, military strategists and top brass, academia, diplomatic corps, think-tanks and senior bureaucrats from world over. Sri Lanka is participating at this three day Conference for the 3rd consecutive year. The fundamental objectives of this event are to assess and deliberate on new developments and dynamics in the realm of global and regional security.
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