“Sri Lankan New Year” is celebrated in the harvesting season of Sri Lanka, also called as the festival of the Sun. The celebration includes traditional New Year games where the winning teams win exciting prizes. A special marathon event to be organized, marking the “Year of Tolerance”. Most of the games events are open [...]
Over sixty Food & Beverage exporting companies from Sri Lanka successfully participated in the 24th edition of Gulf Food 2019 trade exhibition which is considered as the world’s biggest Food & Drink event held annually. It was held at Dubai World Trade Centre in Dubai, UAE during 17th to 21st February from 11.00am to [...]
Making wellness tourism a catalyst to boost the thriving tourism industry of the country, six (06) leading companies in the wellness tourism sectors from Sri Lanka participated at Arab Health 2019 which was held in Dubai, UAE from 28th to 31st January 2019 at Dubai World Trade Center, under Sri Lanka’s country pavilion, promoting [...]
The Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Dubai and the Northern Emirates celebrated the 71st National Day of Sri Lanka at a formal function held on Monday 4th February 2019. The programme of the celebrations included hoisting of the National Flag by the Consul General, singing of the National Anthem by the participants, remaining [...]
Among many other initiatives to serve the Sri Lankan Community in Dubai and the Northern Emirates in efficient manner, the Consulate General of Sri Lanka commissioned a smart queue system with the sponsorship of the Bank of Ceylon on Monday 22 October 2018. With this new smart queue system in place, it has been [...]
Hon. Harin Fernando, Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment visited the Consulate General of Sri Lanka on 18th August 2018 as part of his brief official visit to the Sri Lanka Missions in Middle East. During the visit, the Hon. Minister had a fruitful discussion with the officials of the Consulate General [...]
Signifying the importance of keeping the harmony among different religions, the Consulate General of Sri Lanka hosted an Iftar function in Association with the Sri Lankan Muslim Community in Dubai and Northern Emirates on Thursday 24th May 2018. This is the third time that an event of such nature has been organized by the [...]
The Arabian Travel Market (ATM), which is the industry’s leading travel and tourism exhibition within the Middle Eastern and Pan Arab Regions, was held in the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Center, UAE, from 22nd to 25th April 2018 celebrating the 25th edition of the ATM. Over 60 companies in the travel and Tourism [...]
මාධ්ය නිවේදනය (සිංහලෙන්) Press Rlease (English) செய்தி வெளியீடு (தமிழில்)
In display of solidarity towards the family members of fellow Sri Lankan citizens who lost their lives and properties due to the tensions triggered by some extremist activities in Kandy during the last week, the Consulate General of Sri Lanka has organized a special programme in coordination with the Sri Lankan community living in [...]
