By Ifham Nizam in The Island, Dec 28, 2023A visiting Chinese trade delegation assured top officials of the Ministry of Agriculture that it is ready to purchase five tons each of all Sri Lankan spices annually. A senior official of the ministry told The Island Financial Review that the quantity to be exported is minimal and steps would be taken to increase it in keeping with the demand. The visiting Chinese trade delegation discussed the…
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By Nazir Shinwari in ToloNews, Dec 17, 2023 at 9:08 PMThe Ministry of Border and Tribal Affairs said that the renovation work of border signs with Iran have been fifteen percent completed. The ministry’s spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat told TOLOnews that the work on a plan to renew the border signs with Afghanistan’s neighboring countries, including Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China, is still ongoing. “The process of renewal of border marks with Iran has so far…
by Shahid Rao in The Nation, Nov 21, 2023ISLAMABAD – The Ministry of Defence has asked the Supreme Court of Pakistan to set aside its order dated October 23 declaring the trial of civilians, arrested aftermath of 9th May incident, as null and void, and they be tried in criminal courts established under the ordinary and/or special law. A five-member larger bench, headed by Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan and comprising Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Yahya…
By Saman Indrajith in The Island, Aug 11, 2023Foreign Minister Ali Sabry told Parliament yesterday that his ministry had received no information about CIA Chief William J. Burns’ alleged visit to Sri Lanka on Feb 14. Making a ministerial statement in response to a series of questions raised by SLPP dissident MP Ven. Aturaliye Ratana Thera on June 22, the minister said that his ministry only provided necessary diplomatic clearances for the aircraft to fly…
by Kelum Bandara in Daily Mirror, Mar 6,2023The Foreign Ministry is once again under pressure for the appointment of various ruling party politicians’ relatives to diplomatic posts, Daily Mirror learns. In the foreign service, there are 98 vacancies to be filled, both at 55 Sri Lankan missions abroad and the Ministry in Colombo. Daily Mirror learns that the politicians with links to the government had sought to secure posts for their relatives, including children. The…
By Nazir Shinwari in ToloNews, Jan 7, 2023 at 10:03 PMThe foreign ministers of Iran and Pakistan in a telephonic conversation emphasized the need for the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday. Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also expressed concerns over the ban on women’s education and working. “Amirabdollahian expressed his concerns about the problematic situation in Afghanistan.…
By Mirudhula Thambiah in The Morning, Dec 16, 2022 Following the announcement of a general amnesty period by the Ministry of Defence to tri-forces absentees, over 15,000 military personnel have come forward to resign from their respective services. Speaking to The Morning, Army Spokesman Brigadier Ravi Herath said that these personnel are longstanding absentees. Out of 15,891 other rank officers who were absent and have reported to their regimental centres, 15,619 were given the clearance…