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COVID-19 Information – Sri Lanka  Last updated: January 27, 2021 Effective January 26, all airline passengers to the United States ages two years and older…

January 13:  The United States donated a mobile testing unit to the Regional Health Services in Moneragala, received by Dr. B.M.C. Dasanayaka, as part of…

U.S. Department of Justice News Release: Three Foreign Nationals Charged in Federal Court in Los Angeles with Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIS The men…

COLOMBO, December 17, 2020: On December 15, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) board decided to discontinue the proposed Rs. 89 billion MCC development assistance grant to…

December 10, 2020: The United States launched a new LKR 3.6 billion (USD 19.5 million) initiative to help small businesses and economically empower Sri Lankan women.…

November 10, 2020 Thank you very much and good afternoon.  Excellencies, distinguished panelists, participants, Foreign Secretary, I’m very pleased to be able to join everyone…

September 29, 2020 I’m pleased to be here and have a chance to see people in person as opposed to virtually which was our fashion…

September 17, 2020 Good evening.  It’s a pleasure to see everybody live and in person after months of virtual meetings or having to forego contact…

COLOMBO, September 24 – U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives Alaina B. Teplitz donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to Sri Lanka’s Minister of Health, Hon…

August 26, 2020 Distinguished guests, teachers, staff and students, as-salamu alaykum, Vannakum, Ayubowan and good morning. I’m pleased to be here today to help formally…

COLOMBO, September 02 – The United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has donated 200 brand-new, state-of-the-art ventilators to Sri Lanka, delivering…

SAMPUR, August 31 – U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina B. Teplitz opened the new Khoonethivu Navalar school in Sampur on August 26. The new facilities…

Colombo, August 25 – On June 15, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) handed over a U.S.-funded COVID-19 test kit to the Faculty of Medicine, University of…

COLOMBO, AUGUST 10 – The U.S. Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), awarded US $1.5 million to the Sarvodaya  Shramadana Movement to support local…

Reconsider travel to Sri Lanka due to COVID-19. Exercise increased caution in Sri Lanka due to terrorism. Read the Department of State’s  COVID-19 page before you plan any international travel. The Centers for…

On August 5, the people of Sri Lanka exercised a fundamental democratic right and went to the polls to elect their next parliament.  The United…

COLOMBO, JULY 27 – The United States is helping Sri Lankan apparel producers to export Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the United States.  In partnership with…

July 22, 2020 Location:  Sri Lanka   Event:  COVID-19 in Sri Lanka.  New information is listed in the top bullets.   Recent Updates:   The  Sri Lanka Ministry of Health  confirmed 2,730 cases of COVID-19 in…