Category: Politics
Sri Lanka Parliament appoints new members for COPE and COPA committees
Feb 05, 2020 (LBO) – Members of the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) and the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) have been appointed. Their names were announced today (05) in Parliament.However, the appointment of the Chairmen for these two Committees is yet to be decided at the meeting of the Committees. The Committee of Selection, […]
Pakistan Air Chief to visit Sri Lanka
Feb 05, 2020 (LBO) – Pakistan’s Chief of Air Staff, Mujahid Anwar Khan is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka on the invitation of SL Air Force Commander, Air Marshal Sumangala Dias. During his stay in Sri Lanka, Air Chief will meet Commanders of the Air Force, Navy and State Minister for Defence.He will also call […]
Russian Commander-in-Chief of Land Forces arrives in Sri Lanka
Feb 03, 2020 (LBO) – Russian Commander-in-Chief of Land Forces, General of the Army, Oleg Salyukov of Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation arrived in Sri Lanka today on a five-day goodwill tour at the invitation of his Sri Lankan counterpart, Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, acting Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the […]
Pakistan Naval Chief to visit Sri Lanka
Jan 24, 2020 (LBO) – Pakistan’s Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi NI (M) is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka on the invitation of SL Navy commander, Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva from January 25-29, 2020. During his stay in Sri Lanka, Naval Chief will meet Commanders of the Navy, Army, Air force […]
Sri Lanka democracy index slightly improved in 2019
Jan 22, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s democracy as measured by the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index has been slightly improved to 6.27 (overall score on a 0-10 scale) in 2019 against 6.19 reported in the previous year. According to their latest report, Sri Lanka’s global rank is 69 with a regional rank of 13 […]
US Ambassador Wells conveys desire to build stronger relationship with Sri Lanka
Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardena conveyed Sri Lanka’s appreciation for the development partnership the United States has extended to Sri Lanka as well as respect and appreciation for the democratic processes in the country. He articulated these sentiments during discussions in Colombo with US Principal Assistant Secretary of State Ambassador Alice Wells at the Ministry […]
Sri Lanka to draft new law regulating national intelligence services
Jan 15, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will draft a new law to regulate and empower all intelligence services in the country with the aim of preventing the incidents that pose threats to national security. Accordingly, the Cabinet has approved a proposal tabled by State Minister of Defence Chamal Rajapaksa calling for the drafting of […]
Russian Foreign Minister meets with Sri Lanka President
Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov met with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat today (14). The Minister who started his diplomatic career at the Soviet Embassy in Sri Lanka was delighted with Sri Lanka’s transformation since his time in the Island. He was also very happy with the fruitful discussion he had with […]
”s internal matters: Chinese FM
Jan 14, 2020 (LBO) – China stands for Sri Lanka’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence and will not allow any outside influences to interfere with matters that are essentially internal concerns of Sri Lanka, Foreign Minister of China said. Visiting Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi who called on the President at the Presidential Secretariat […]
US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Alice Wells travels to Sri Lanka
Jan 10, 2020 (LBO) – Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells will travel to Sri Lanka, India, and Pakistan, from January 13-22. From January 13-14, she will be in Colombo, Sri Lanka, to meet with senior government officials and members of civil society to discuss a range […]
Foreign Ministers of China & Russia to visit Sri Lanka
Jan 09, 2020 (LBO) – Foreign Ministers of China & Russia will meet their Sri Lankan counterpart during a transit visit to the country next week, Ministry of Foreign Relations revealed. Accordingly, visiting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Sergey Lavrov will hold a bilateral meeting and a joint media conference with Dinesh Gunawardena, Minister […]
Singapore Law & Home Affairs Minister called on President
Singapore Law and Home Affairs Minister Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam who was on a three-day official visit to Sri Lanka called on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today (8). President and Minister Shanmugam broadly discussed on a range of issues of importance to the two countries. The discussions that took place at the Presidential Secretariat mainly centered on improving […]