Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya visited the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines, on 11 March 2026, and held a bilateral discussion with **Yvonne Pinto, Director General of IRRI, focusing on strengthening cooperation in the field of rice research and sustainable agricultural development.
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya held a series of bilateral meetings with senior officials of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on 10 March at the ADB Headquarters in Manila, during her official visit to the Philippines.
The United Nations-flagged research vessel Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, operating under the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka today to conduct a marine scientific survey in the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
The printing of vehicle number plates, which had been inactive since last year, will be reactivated and all backlogged number plates will be issued expeditiously, according to the Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, Highways and Urban Development, Senior Professor Kapila C. Perera.
The Economic Monitoring Committee, established on the proposal by the President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to safeguard Sri Lanka’s economic stability and protect the welfare of citizens in the face of external pressures, met yesterday (10) afternoon at the Presidential Secretariat.
A few showers are likely in Northern and Eastern provinces.
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The inaugural session of the Student Parliament of Boys’ Model School, Malabe was held today (10) at the Old Parliamentary Chamber of the Presidential Secretariat.
The Ambassador of Switzerland to Sri Lanka, Dr Siri Walt, met with the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Prabath Chandrakeerthi, this morning (10).
Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya participated in the International Women’s Day Flagship Event hosted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on 10 March at the ADB Headquarters in Manila, Philippines.
An advanced MRI machine equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) technology was inaugurated yesterday (09) at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka in Colombo under the patronage of Health and Mass Media Minister Nalinda Jayatissa.
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Dr. Harini Amarasuriya held a series of meetings with key Philippine institutions during her official visit to the Philippines from 09–11 March 2026, focusing on strengthening cooperation in education, higher education, technical skills development, and agricultural research.
SriLankan Airlines has announced that flights to Riyadh and Dubai, which were temporarily suspended due to the situation in the Middle East, have now resumed.
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