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The United Kingdom has increased the number of Chevening scholarships for Sri Lanka, for the second consecutive year.

• Updated: 2 September 2016

First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Mark Field, Minister for Asia and the Pacific, has commented on the tenth anniversary of the end of long conflict in Sri Lanka

• Updated: 18 May 2019

First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

The UK's Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva gave a statement during Sri Lanka’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the Human Rights Council.

• Updated: 28 February 2023

First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Baroness Anelay visited Jaffna and confirmed £1.2 million of UK funding to remove land mines in the north of Sri Lanka over the next 3 years.

• Updated: 7 November 2016

First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

This joint statement was delivered at the 37th Session of the Human Rights Council on behalf of Macedonia, Montenegro, the United States & the United Kingdom the during the UN High Commissioner's report on Sri Lanka,…

• Updated: 21 March 2018

First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

UK's International Ambassador for Human Rights, Rita French, delivered the statement on behalf of Canada, Germany, North Macedonia, Montenegro and the UK, the Core Group on Sri Lanka.

• Updated: 30 June 2020

First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

The British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, James Dauris, together with the Director of the British Council in Sri Lanka, Gill Caldicott, hosted a Commonwealth Big Lunch on 07 April, bringing together fifty members of the ar…

• Updated: 12 April 2018

First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

With the year drawing to a close it’s a good time to take a look back at some of the things we’ve done over the past 12 months, a year in which the UK’s relationship with Sri Lanka has continued to flourish. It’s also worth…

• Updated: 21 December 2017

First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe this afternoon.

• Updated: 30 May 2022

First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

61 young people from nine schools and organisations across Sri Lanka were recognised and presented with a top international honour, after receiving their Gold Award from the National Youth Service Council, Sri Lanka.

• Updated: 6 February 2018

First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government