The Ministry of Labour and Foreign Employment has issued Circular No.02/2022 dated 31 August 2022 which grants permission to import electric vehicle for the Sri Lankan migrant workers based on the amount of foreign exchange remitted through the formal channels.
LankaRemit App, a new mobile application launched by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) together with the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE), will assist Sri Lankan expatriates with access to a fast, secure and more convenient remittance channel to send money to Sri Lanka. CBSL in collaboration with LankaClear (Private) Limited (LCPL) […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry assumed duties at the Ministry today (25 July, 2022) at a simple ceremony. Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardane and the senior officials were present.
The Parliament of Sri Lanka, on 20th July 2022, elected Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe as the 8th Executive President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka under the provisions of the Presidential Elections (Special Provisions) Act, No. 2 of 1981, following the resignation of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on 14 July 2022.
Letters of appointment to the new Secretaries appointed to the Cabinet Ministries were handed over by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the President’s House in Colombo this evening (24).
The new Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Aruni Wijewardane assumed duties at the Foreign Ministry on 23 May, 2022. She was appointed as the Secretary with effect from 20 May, 2022.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today (14) appointed four Ministers to maintain the legitimacy and stability of the parliamentary activities and other matters in the country until a full Cabinet is appointed.
As per the health guidelines issued on 18th April 2022 by the Director General of Health Services, fully Vaccinated travellers do not need to take pre-boarding and on arrival ( day 01) Covid-19 test (PCR or Rapid Antigen test) before travelling to Sri Lanka.
Currently Sri Lanka is facing social, economic and financial distress creating hardships to its people due to the long lasting impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, global political imbalances and macroeconomic imbalances of the country. Although the authorities are taking measures to address the above situation of the country, including taking steps to actively manage its […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs notes that attention has been focused on the revision of the U.S. Travel Advisory on Sri Lanka as at 6 April 2022.
