Mevan Pieris writes on ‘Mudaliyar class Goyigama Family Combine’ Source:Dailymirror A book titled ‘The Community’ and penned by Mevan Pieris will be launched on March 21, 2023 at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute at 6 pm. Prof. G.L Peiris is expected to grace the occasion as the Chief Guest while S. Skandakumar and S.Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia Warden Marc Billimoria will be the Guests of Honour. ...
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Foreign Minister in talks with Australian Home Minister Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris with visiting Australian Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews, at the Foreign Ministry on Monday. Source:Dailynews Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris met visiting Australian Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews on Monday (20) at the Foreign Ministry and discussed avenues for enhanced cooperation on a broad spectrum of areas. The Foreign Minister expressed satisfaction with Australia’s significant involvement in preventing people smuggling and transnational crimes in Sri Lanka as well as in the region. The Minister reiterated that the vibrant partnership between Australia and Sri Lanka exemplified the highly effective and successful collaboration between the two countries in the field of preventing people smuggling and border security matters. ...
SL reiterates strong concern with Canada Source:Dailymirror Sri Lanka registered its strong concern with Canada regarding the Private Members Public Bill passed earlier this year in the Ontario Legislative Assembly including Sri Lanka’s objection to the unacceptable association of genocide into the past conflict, a statement from the Foreign Ministry said. Foreign Minister Prof G.L. Peiris raised concerns when he met the High Commissioner of Canada David McKinnon at the Foreign Ministry. A number of areas of ongoing bilateral cooperation were discussed. The Minister also briefed the High Commissioner on Sri Lanka’s recent multilateral engagements in Geneva and New York. The High Commissioner stated that this issue, which was a decision by the Ontario Legislative Assembly, is in a judicial process relating to a Constitutional Question. He agreed to keep the Minister informed of developments. ...
Sri Lanka, Australia foreign ministers discuss enhancing cooperation Source:Colombopage Sept 21, Colombo: Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris met his Australian counterpart Marise Payne in New York and discussed avenues for enhanced cooperation on a wide spectrum of areas, a Foreign Ministry statement said. Foreign Minister Payne conveyed the warm greetings of the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to his Sri Lankan counterpart and stated that the Prime Minister is personally interested in the preparations for the upcoming celebrations to mark the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Minister Peiris referred to the experience of Australia in vocational education and expressed that Sri Lanka is very much interested in gaining assistance in this area. ...
Minister discusses strengthening mutual cooperation with Australia Foreign Minister Prof.G.L.Peiris with High Commissioner David Holly. Source:Dailynews Foreign Minister Prof.G.L.Peiris at a courtesy call paid by the High Commissioner of Australia David Holly on August 25 discussed avenues for advancing bilateral relations with Australia across multiple fields of mutual interest. While appreciating Australia’s continued assistance on numerous fronts, Foreign Minister Peiris particularly, underlined Sri Lanka’s commitment and interest to enhance cooperation in countering irregular migration by sea, combatting COVID-19, education, technical and vocational training, economic and investment sectors, which was reciprocated by Australia. ...
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Provincial study centres to help students without internet and computer facilities Source:island Education Minister Prof. G.L.Peiris yesterday (21) said that provincial education centres would be established for the benefit of students unable to engage in online education due to various issues faced by them, amidst the pandemic. Addressing the media at the Government Information Department, the Minister said, schoolchildren had to cover the syllabuses online as the schools were closed due to Covid-19 and to facilitate their educational TV programmes such as “Guru Gedera”, “Thaksalawa” and through the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation while study courses had been organised for teachers through “virtual classrooms” on the e-thaksala programme. E-thaksala has over 6,500 lessons and they are accessed by around 250,000 persons a day and last month the lessons were accessed by 3.5 million. ...
