#Democracy is a messy thing Joining the panel on #FaceTheNation | Newsfirst.lk Sri Lanka Bhavani Fonseka shared her thoughts on local govt. elections, campaign financing and democracy. watch the full discussion here: youtube.com/watch?v=FFgpOT…

Mark your calendars and join us on Thursday for a cross-party panel discussion on #LGBTIQ rights in #SriLanka. Co-hosted by NextGenSL and Canada in Sri Lanka and Maldives, the event will bring together activists and politicians to discuss how to end discrimination against the LGBTIQ community in 🇱🇰.

Delighted to have partnered with NextGenSL for an insightful panel discussion with parliamentarians on achieving non-discrimination for the LGBTIQ community in #SriLanka. Many thanks to our panelists & members of the audience for constructive contributions. 📷 NextGenSL Pulse

Pleased to participate in the launch of training supported by #CFLI & Peace Council SL for Office on Missing Persons staff. The grief endured by the families of the missing is unending. The role of the OMP is crucial in helping them find healing/closure.

All this and coach Pubudu Dassanayake too! Great opportunity to learn from some of the best.

I couldn’t agree more. Legislated hatred.

Congratulations to all recipients of the “Vizhithelu Penne International Women's Achievers Award 2023" presented last week! Proud to celebrate the #empowerment of #Women in #SriLanka!

🌈 We proudly raise the Pride flag high at Canada House for #PRIDE month! 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 🎉 Throughout the month of June, we will celebrate diversity, love, and equality together with our incredible partners in #SriLanka. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 #Canada4Pride #EqualityForAll #2SLGBTQI+

🇨🇦🤝🏼🇱🇰 Editor-in-Chief Abdul Thawwab Ishaque & our crew had a fruitful meeting today with Mr. Daniel Bood, the Counsellor of Canada in Sri Lanka and Maldives. The shared vision of promoting Sustainability & empowering Youth paves the way for a promising future of cooperation. Exciting prospects ahead!

Happy Canada Day 🇨🇦 🍁 Celebrated the 156th anniversary with colleagues and special guests hosted by Canada in Sri Lanka and Maldives for a Canada day reception.

CLMBO Trade Commissioner Service partnered with the The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce of Commerce for the Canada Education Expo 2023, which showcased a range of Institutions that offer quality & affordable education opportunities in 🇨🇦. Great turnout of students and parents! Watch this space for more CAN SL colabs

This is the craziest time in history. Never have certifiable lunatics had such ability to broadcast their insanity to the world, for the instruction of the naive, the credulous and the uninformed.

Congratulations to Albanian MEFA 🇦🇱 for your election to the HRC. Foreign Policy CAN looks forward to working with you in this vital role.

Congratulations to Maldives’ newly-inaugurated President Dr Mohamed Muizzu and VP Hussain Mohamed Latheef. Our best wishes for success in your administration. Félicitations au Président des Maldives Dr Mohamed Muizzu et au VP Hussain Mohamed Latheef à leur investiture. On vous souhaite plein succès dans votre mandat.

A pleasure to meet Mr. Raj Thavaratnasingham (of Canadian Tamil Congress and Global Tamil Forum) today, to receive a copy of the Himalaya Declaration, and to discuss next steps.

We share the concerns that Sri Lanka’s Online Safety Act has the potential to harm economic recovery and restrict the legitimate discourse expected in a democratic society (1/2)

To avoid this, any measures taken to address harmful content online must ensure protection of fundamental rights, including freedom of expression (2/2)

This is very disturbing news indeed. Thinking about my Malawian friends. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Dr Tedros. There are many reasons for a ceasefire - an end to killing, suffering, to get the hostages out, to allow for humanitarian supplies to get in. Canada 🇨🇦 calls for a ceasefire, both in Gaza and Lebanon, and Israel. No more escalation, so called targeted bombing,