COLOMBO (News 1st); Minister of Foreign Affairs, M.U.M. Ali Sabry will travel to Phnom Penh, Cambodia to take part in the forthcoming 29th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Ministerial Meeting from 4 to 5 August 2022. The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) is composed of 27 members, consisting of 10 ASEAN member ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Ambassador of Japan in Sri Lanka, Mizukoshi Hideaki called on the newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, Ali Sabry on 28 July 2022 at the Ministry. Minister Sabry and Ambassador Mizukoshi discussed improving the multi-faceted bilateral relations which attained...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Department of Meteorology says that showery and windy conditions are expected to continue in the western and southern sea areas and over the southwest quarter of the island due to the activity of the Southwest Monsoon. Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that he would establish an office to protect the peaceful protesters and support them. "I will not allow any kind of prejudice to the peaceful activists," said the President while noting that some groups are trying to spre...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) published the daily exchange rates on its official website. Here are today’s exchange rates: USD Buy 357.3077 Sell 368.5388 GBP Buy 435.8015 Sell 453.2626 EUR Buy 365.2414 Sell 380.0447 JPY Buy 2.7219 Sell 2.8316 AUD Buy 248.7958 Se...