Sri Lanka High Commission in Ottawa
Address by President Maithripala Sirsena at the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly
Thursday, 21 September 2017 23:43
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ශ්රී ලංකා ජනාධිපති අතිගරු මෛත්රිපාල සිරිසේන මැතිතුමන් විසින් එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මහා මණ්ඩලයේ 72 වැනි සැසිවාරය අමතා කරන ලද කථාව
2017 සැප්තැම්බර් මස 19 වැනිදා, නිව්යෝර්ක්
ඔබ සියලු දෙනාටම සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් වේවා!
ගෞරවනීය සභාපති තුමනි,
සියලුම රාජ්ය නායකයිනි,
එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානයේ ගෞරවනීය මහ ලේකම් තුමනි,
සියලුම ආරාධිත අමුත්තනි,
නෝනාවරුනි/ මහත්වරුනි,
මා ඉතාමත්ම සතුටු වෙනවා 72 වන සමුළුවේ විශේෂයෙන්ම නව මහ ලේකම් වරයෙක්, මහ ලේකම් තුමෙක් පත්වූ අවස්ථාවේ එතුමාට සුභ පතමින් මගේ කතාව ආරම්භ කිරීමට ලැබීම පිළිබඳව. විශේෂයෙන්ම ශ්රී ලංකාවේ රාජ්ය නායකයා ලෙස තුන්වන වරටත් මේ ගරු සභාව ඇමතීමට ලැබීම පිළිබඳව මා ඉතාමත් සතුටු වෙනවා.
State Minister of Foreign Affairs Vasantha Senanayake attends 12th Bled Strategic Forum 2017 in Slovenia
Tuesday, 19 September 2017 00:00
State Minister of Foreign Affairs Vasantha Senanayake attends 12th Bled Strategic Forum 2017 in Slovenia and calls for further consolidation of bilateral ties during meeting with Slovenian counterpart
State Minister of Foreign Affairs Vasantha Senanayake attended the 12th Bled Strategic Forum in Slovenia on 4th to 05th September 2017 at the invitation of Hon. Karl Erjavec, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia. The visit was preceded by a bilateral segment on 30th August to 2nd September 2017 in the Capital Ljubljana.
Sri Lanka's Gethsie Shanmugam honoured with the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award 2017
Monday, 11 September 2017 20:55
Mrs. Gethsie Shanmugam has been awarded this year's prestigious Magsaysay Award at a ceremony on Thursday (31 August) in Manila for 'Rebuilding lives from the psychosocial wounds of war and violence'
Read more: Sri Lanka's Gethsie Shanmugam honoured with the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award 2017
Foreign Minister Marapana undertakes his first official overseas visit to India
Monday, 11 September 2017 20:42
Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana visiting New Delhi from 8th – 10th September 2017, called on the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and held talks with the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval called on Minister Marapana as well.
Read more: Foreign Minister Marapana undertakes his first official overseas visit to India
Sri Lanka provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Nepal
Monday, 04 September 2017 00:00
The Ambassador for Sri Lanka to Nepal Swarna Perera will handover USD 50,000 from the Government and people of Sri Lanka as humanitarian assistance for those affected by the devastation caused by floods and landslides in Nepal.
Read more: Sri Lanka provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Nepal
Address by Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana, Indian Ocean Conference 2017: 31 August 2017
Friday, 01 September 2017 00:00
Address by Hon Tilak Marapana
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka
Indian Ocean Conference 2017
31st August- 1st September 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Excellencies,
Distinguished Guests,
Ladies & Gentlemen,
The Indian Ocean has historically been a powerful communication channel for the spread of culture, global trade and commerce. Today, the Indian Ocean’s traditional status as a major source of livelihood is more valid than ever before, as it remains an important international trade highway.
Read more: Address by Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana, Indian Ocean Conference 2017: 31 August 2017
Notice for pensioners
Friday, 25 August 2017 14:41
IMPORTANT NOTICE The Department of Pensions will cease the practice of paying Sri Lankan pensions through Sri Lanka overseas Missions with effect from 1st October 2018. All Sri Lankan pensioners, including those residing overseas, will be required thereafter to hold a Sri Lankan bank account to which their pension will be paid. Pensioners currently receiving their Sri Lankan pension through the High Commission in Ottawa, are therefore kindly requested to take immediate action to open a bank account in Sri Lanka before 1st October 2018. Please follow the instructions given in the Department of Pensions website at the URL given below, on how to open a bank account. http://www.pensions.gov.lk/index.php/en/component/content/article?layout=edit&id=521. Application forms to open bank accounts can be sent through the High Commission. Life Certificates can continue to be sent through the High Commission, even after 1st October 2018. Sri Lanka High Commission Ottawa Obtaining of Life Certificates for Foreign Pensioners - 2018 Read in Sinhala and Tamil (in PDF format) It has been scheduled to conduct the obtaining of life certificates for foreign pensioners for the year 2018 from 01.12.2017 to 31.03.2018. Foreign pensioners should take action to submit their life certificates only through the Foreign Pension Division of the Department of Pensions or a Sri Lanka Diplomatic Mission or Post in their country of residence. 02. Specimen form of “Life Certificate 2018” should be downloaded from the www.pensions.lk website. The duly filled specimen form should be submitted to the Sri Lanka Diplomatic Mission or Post or the Foreign Pensions Division by the pensioner him/herself along with the confirmation of their identity by producing a valid passport. 03. Life certificates which are attested only by the Director General of Pensions/Director, Pensions/Assistant Director (Pensions) /authorized officers in a Sri Lanka Diplomatic Mission/Post or divisional head (Foreign Pensions) are accepted as valid life certificates. 04. Pensioners who are not able to visit a Sri Lanka Diplomatic Mission or Post due to old age or ill health, should hand over their life certificates certified by a doctor who is treating him/her to the Department of Pensions through the Sri Lanka Diplomatic Mission or Post. 05. Obtained life certificates through the Sri Lanka Diplomatic Mission or Post should be scanned the Sri Lanka Diplomatic Mission or Post and entered into the data system of the Department of Pensions using the application.pensions.gov.lk/foreignmenu. The acceptance/rejection would be done after an inspection by the Department of Pensions. 06. Life certificates of those foreign pensioners who submitted their life certificates to the Foreign Pension Division of the Department of Pensions will be entered into the data system directly after the attestation of the Director General of Pensions/Director (Pensions) /Assistant Director (Pensions) or Divisional Head (Foreign Pensions). Notifying to pensioners on the life certificates entered into the data system and life certificates rejected due to incomplete information provided will be done through the Department website from 01.04.2018 to 30.04.2018. 07. Pensioners who are abroad for less than three (03) years and obtain their pensions via the Divisional Secretaries should submit their life certificates through their Divisional Secretaries. 08. Action will be taken to suspend pension payments temporarily from May 2018 of pensioners who have not submitted their life certificates by 31.03.2018. A relief period to re-submit the life certificates will be granted from 01.04.2018 to 30.04.2018 to pensioners who had already submitted their life certificates but the certificates were rejected due to incomplete information. Action will be taken to suspend the pension payments temporarily from May 2018 to those pensioners who have not submitted their life certificates during the stipulated period. Arrears of pension payments on behalf of pensioners who have not submitted life certificates would be notified later. 09. Your cooperation in the submission of life certificates for the year 2018 would be highly appreciated, as the pension payment process is depended on the confirmation of the identity of the pensioners.
Suspension of monthly pensions for pensioners who had not submitted the life certificates for the year 2017 |
This High Commission has been informed by the Assistant Director/ Foreign Pensions of the Department of Pension that the Department of Pensions has decided to suspend the monthly pension payment of all overseas pensioners who had not submitted the duly filled life certificate during the period between 1st December 2016 to 31st of March 2017. |
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