The newly appointed Ambassador - designate of Sri Lanka to the Kingdom of Thailand Wijayanthi Edirisinghe assumed duties at the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Bangkok on 12th August . She is also concurrently accredited to the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sri Lanka, the Embassy of Switzerland to Sri Lanka and the Maldives and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) commemorated the 75th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions in an event themed “75 years of the Geneva Conventions: Global and Sri Lankan Perspectives” on 14th August 2024 at the BMICH in Colombo.
Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts.