The India - Sri Lanka Foundation (ISLF) was established by a Memorandum of Understanding between the governments of India and Sri Lanka in 1998 in order to foster India - Sri Lanka relations through the enhancement of economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation and to promote greater understanding between the people of the two countries.

Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau and Zhongshan Municipal Tourism Bureau of China recognizing the importance of further enhancing tourism promotion on friendly exchanges and cooperation between Sri Lanka and Zhongshan City in China will be signing an MoU on Tuesday (28) at the Taj Samudra Hotel. The objective of signing of the MoU is to strengthen the promotional prospects.

In view of “National Reading Month”, the Education Ministry and the Sri Lanka National Library organised a seminar titled “Improving Reading Skills” at Batticaloa Vincent Girls High School , recently.

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee released a postage stamp to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Bodhisatva Anagarika Dharmapala, at Rashtrapathi Bhavan, on October 25.