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The residence of the Sri Lankan high commissioner in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera – (1961 – 1963) L. S. B. Perera – (around 1967) William de Silva – (1970 – ?) Velupillai Coomaraswamy – Henry Thambiah – (September 1975 – December 1977) Vernon Mendis – (December 1977 – 1980) Rodney Vandergert ...
News Papers catering Sri Lankan Canadians A number of newspapers are printed in Ontario to cater the Sri Lankan diaspora. They are printed in English, Tamil and Sinhalese languages and distributed free. These news papers mainly tell the stories from Sri Lanka (current and old) and talks about the achievements of Canadian Sri Lankans.
The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) is a government agency of Sri Lanka, tasked with overseeing overseas employment of Sri Lankan Citizens and their welfare. It was established in 1985, under the provisions of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment Act. No. 21 of 1985 from which it derives its remit and powers. [1]
This is a list of Sri Lankan Canadians, including both original immigrants who obtained Canadian citizenship and their Canadian descendants, but not Sri Lankan nationals living or working in Canada. The list includes a brief description of their reason for notability.
South Asian Canadians in the Greater Toronto Area form 19% of the region's population, numbering 1.2 million as of 2021. [3] Comprising the largest visible minority group in the region, Toronto is the destination of over half of the immigrants coming from India to Canada, and India is the single largest source of immigrants in the Greater Toronto Area. [4]
Sri Lankan High Commission, 13 Hyde Park Gardens, London, United Kingdom: Nominator: The President of Sri Lanka: Term length: No fixed term: Inaugural holder: Sir Claude Corea (As Representative of the Government of Ceylon) Formation: 1946; 78 years ago () Website: srilankahc.uk
Sri Lankans will vote for a new president in a tightly contested election on Saturday, with the outcome expected to determine the fate of fragile economic recovery led by incumbent Ranil ...
She held these positions until 2019, when she became the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Vienna. [5] [4] In March 2020, she began her position as Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. [8] In 2023, she was awarded the Diplomat of the Year from Asia and Oceania [9] at The Diplomat magazine's annual ...