Transcript – Burn Bag Podcast with Ambassador Alaina B. Teplitz
October 20, 2021 Question: Welcome to the Burn Bag Podcast. My name is A’ndre Gonawela. This is the latest and the last episode in our miniseries on Sri Lanka,…
United States Provides Additional $2.5 Million for Urgent COVID-19 Assistance in Sri Lanka
October 21, Colombo - The United States, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), announced an additional $2.5 million in urgent COVID-19 assistance for…
U.S. 7th Fleet Band Collaborates with Colombo Wind Orchestra on Musical Exchange
COLOMBO, October 14: On October 12th, the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet Band and the Colombo Wind Orchestra held a virtual musical seminar focusing on woodwind and brass instruments that…
USAID’s Private Sector Development project signs MOU with HNB to expand financing to MSMEs
COLOMBO, October 13: The U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Private Sector Development project signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hatton National Bank PLC…
Transcript of Ambassador Teplitz’s Interview with Centre for Strategic Studies
October 5, 2021 Q. Can the current political situation in Sri Lanka be seen as a challenge to the United States? There is a reason…
Fact Sheet – U.S. Response to COVID-19 in Sri Lanka
The United States and Sri Lanka have worked closely together to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic since its outset. The American people have donated nearly 2.4…
U.S. donates nearly 800,000 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines to Sri Lanka
October 1, 2021 Colombo, Sri Lanka — Nearly 800,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines arrived in Sri Lanka this week to continue the fight against COVID-19, a…
United States Delivers $40 Million in Financing to Support Small Businesses and Empower Sri Lankan...
COLOMBO, September 16, 2021: Today, the United States provided $40 million in financing to SDB Bank in order to bolster Sri Lanka’s Small and Medium…
Transcript of Ambassador Teplitz’s interview with Awarelogue Initiative
August 31, 2021 Question: As your tour of duty comes to an end in Sri Lanka, what were the most significant developments of your ambassadorial term. Ambassador Teplitz: Serving as…
U.S. to support conservation of historical Kandy monuments
COLOMBO, September 2, 2021: The United States government, through the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP), has awarded a grant to conserve a 17th…
Transcript of Ambassador Teplitz’s Interview with Daily Mirror
August 30, 2021 Question: My first question is, when you met with the journalists in your latest interaction you mentioned something about this Port City law…
U.S. donates over 100,00 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines to Sri Lanka
August 28, 2021 Colombo, Sri Lanka — The United States donated over 100,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Sri Lanka today. These vaccines,…
Public inquiries regarding USG repatriation efforts on Afghanistan
We continue to closely monitor events and carefully assess conditions in Afghanistan. The safety and security of U.S. citizens overseas remain a top priority. More…
Entities List Fact Sheet
The U.S. Department of Commerce publishes the names of certain foreign businesses, research institutions, government and private organizations, and individuals, that are subject to specific…
COVID-19 Information
COVID-19 Information – Sri Lanka Last updated: August 16, 2021 Effective January 26, all airline passengers to the United States ages two years and older…
Ambassador Teplitz’s Remarks at Launching of USAID Funded Export Management Training Program
August 5, 2021 Thank you and good afternoon everybody. Mr. Minister, Chairman De Mel and our colleagues from the Ceylon Chamber and of course implementers of the partner program and everyone…
Transcript of Ambassador Teplitz’s Interview with Ada Derana 24
Derana TV: A warm welcome. You’re joining us at Hyde Park on Ada Derana 24. Tonight on the show you will see a guest who…
COVAX is providing COVID-19 vaccines to the world
By U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives, Alaina B. Teplitz and British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Sarah Hulton COVID-19 has shown us that no nation…
