The High Commission of Sri Lanka in the United Kingdom organized an almsgiving for twenty Venerable members of the Maha Sanga representing the Buddhist temples in the UK, on Wednesday 14th May, with the participation of the Sri Lankan community, as part of its Vesak Celebrations, and also to invoke blessings on H.E. President Mahinda Read More
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Pakistan Naval Ships PNS SHAMSHEER will be arriving at Colombo Port for a 3-day visit from on 13-15 May 2014.
A senior British commander has described the behaviour of two British servicemen, disrespectfully posing next to the dead body of an Afghan, as an “understandable joy.”
At least 12 soldiers and a civilian have been killed in a bomb attack on a military base in southeast Yemen, an official says.
Petlee Peter The Coast Guard on Friday night apprehended 11 Sri Lankan fishermen on two trawlers, who were found fishing inside the Indian Maritime Boundary.
Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha has said a ’10 Point Action Plan’, between the Government of Sri Lanka and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) that would benefit a cross section of sectors dealing with intellectual property in the country has become operational.
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