COLOMBO (News 1st); Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardane will undertake an official visit to the United Kingdom from 02-06 September 2024 to attend the Commonwealth Senior Officials meeting scheduled to be held at the Commonwealth Headquarters, Marlborough House in London prior to the Commonwealth He...

COLOMBO (News 1st); A Commonwealth Observer Group (COG), led by His Excellency Danny Faure, former President of Seychelles, will observe Sri Lanka's Presidential Election, which will be held on 21 September 2024.The 14-member group was deployed by the Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patri...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Election Commission has announced that representatives from 12 countries have been invited to observe the upcoming Presidential Election. Chairman R.M.A.L. Ratnayake confirmed that countries such as India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and the Maldives are among those par...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka's Rohan De Lanerolle Snr clinched three major awards at the Commonwealth Business Excellence Awards held in South Africa. Rohan, an inventor from Sri Lanka won the awards for Sustainable Innovator of the Year, Engineering Innovator of the Year, and Male Innovator o...

Marrakech (News 1st); Sri Lankan officials have discussed the debt framework with the Secretary General of the Commonwealth Secretariat. State Finance Minister Shehan Semasinghe who is in Marrakech, Morocco for the 2023 Annual Meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank met with &...