Press Releases

• Prime Minister Modi distributed Aids and Assistive Devices in Samajik Adhikarita camp; Three Guineas World records created

  September 27, 2016

• Mr. Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom

  September 27, 2016

• Visit of the Hon'ble Commerce and Industry Minister to Sri Lanka (September 26-27, 2016)

  September 27, 2016

• Taranjit Singh Sandhu appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Sri Lanka

  September 22, 2016

• Gandhi Jayanti - Commemorating the Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on Sunday, 2nd October 2016, at 4.00 pm at the Indian Cultural Centre

  September 21, 2016

• India and Sri Lanka sign MoU to establish training school for Dalada Maligawa

  September 20, 2016

• India and Sri Lanka sign MoU to support fishing and farming communities of Hambantota district

  September 15, 2016

• Inauguration of English Language Lab, built with grant assistance of Government of India, in Ratnapura

  September 14, 2016

• Inauguration of  English Language Lab, built with grant assistance of Government of India, in Ratnapura

  September 14, 2016

• Advisory on introduction of Machine Readable Passports and on phasing out of handwritten passport.

  September 09, 2016

• Admission of Sri Lankan Students uo Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT)

  August 30, 2016

• 70 th Independence Day of India Celebrations in Sri Lanka

  August 15, 2016

• Open House by the High Commission of India in Colombo on August 18, 2016 on issues under its consular jurisdiction

  August 12, 2016

• Independence Day Function

  August 08, 2016

• Applications are invited from the children of estate workers, who are resident on estates, for award of scholarships by the Ceylon Estate Workers Education Trust (CEWET).

  August 02, 2016

• Launch of Emergency Ambulance Service in Western and Southern Provinces of Sri Lanka

  July 28, 2016

• Statement by External Affairs Minister of India on Kashmir (23 July 2016)

  July 24, 2016

• India lays foundation stone for Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Auditorium in the University of Ruhuna, Matara

  July 21, 2016

• Sri Lanka celebrates Yoga Day with gusto

  June 23, 2016

• Mahatma Gandhi Scholarships for 2015-16

  June 21, 2016