SAARC Cultural Centre, Colombo is presenting its upcoming Fourth Session of the SAARC Talk Series 2024 on 30th April 2024 (Tuesday) at 2:00 pm (Sri Lanka Standard Time). The lecture will be delivered by Dr. Aly Shameem, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Arts, Maldives National University. Dr. Aly Shameem will deliver his lecture on the topic […]
Participatory Programme – Royal Government of Bhutan 1. IntroductionIt is believed that rice was domesticated in Asia more than 5,000 years ago and since then has been a part of the diet in Asia. Rice is one of the most important staple foods of the SAARC Region and has been cultivated in all SAARC Member […]
Introduction The SAARC Puppetry Day was introduced this year to highlight fast disappearing traditional entertainment of puppetry. The pandemic had rather adverse effect on this traditional entertainment due to travel restrictions and many of the traditional puppetry craftspeople had to leave their trade and look for new avenues of economic support thereby having a detrimental […]
Applications for the following positions are invited from the Nationals of SAARC Member States for appointment at the SAARC Development Fund Secretariat, the umbrella financial institution of the SAARC, which is located in Thimphu, Bhutan: The Job Description and Application Form for the above-mentioned positions are available on SDF website http://www.sdfsec.org/career. Application Form, CV, copies […]
Director Ms.Renuka Ekanayake and Deputy Director Research Dr.Bina Gandhi Deori, SAARC Cultural Centre attended the Bangla New Year celebration at the Bangladesh House,Horton Place on the invitation of the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Sri Lanka.
Director Ms. Renuka Ekanayake, SAARC Cultural Centre attended the Pakistan’s National Day Reception on the invitation of the High Commissioner of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Sri Lanka, H.E. Faheem Ul Aziz HI (M) on 25th April 2024. The reception was also attended by a large number of dignitaries.
Introduction The first SAARC Film Day was held on 5th April 2024 in Open Air at the Moon Bastion of the UNESCO World Heritage City of Galle. The movie was screened on a large LED screen. The Film PINK was directed by Mr. Aniruddha Roy Chowdhary and produced by Mr. Ronnie Lahiri who kindly confirmed […]
Introduction This event was organized at the Moon Bastion of the UNESCO World Heritage City of Galle on 5th April 2024. Two shows were organized with a school show at 3:00 pm and an evening show at 7:00 pm. The school show started at 3:00 pm and was extended until 5:30 pm due to the […]
The Bangladesh High Commission in Sri Lanka celebrated its 53rd Independence Day at the Shangrila Hotel on Tuesday, 26th March 2024. Hon. Bandula Gunawardana, Minister of Transport, Highway and Mass Media attended this occasion as the Chief Guest. Hon. Susil Premajayantha Minister of Education and Leader of the House of Parliament, Hon. M.U.M. Ali Sabry […]
The third session of the SAARC Talk Series 2024 (Virtual Mode) was held on (Wednesday), 13th March 2024,3:00 pm (Sri Lanka Standard Time) at the SAARC Cultural Centre (SCC), Sri Lanka. The speaker of the third SAARC Talk Series 2024 session was Mr Samten Yeshi. Mr Yeshi is a researcher within the European Research Council-funded […]
The Fifty-ninth session of the SAARC Programming Committee Meeting for Regional Centres (RC) and Specialized Bodies (SB) was held at the SAARC Secretariat in Kathmandu from 6th to 7th March 2024. The Director of the SAARC Cultural Centre Ms. Renuka Ekanayake attended this meeting. This meeting was chaired by Ms. Rita Dhital, Joint Secretary (Regional […]
The Director of the SAARC Cultural Centre Ms. Renuka Ekanayake paid a courtesy call on H.E. Santosh Jha on Monday 4th March 2024. H.E. Santosh Jha assumed duties as the Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka in December 2023. The activities of SAARC Cultural Centre and proposed activities to be held in India in 2024 […]
The second session of the SAARC Talk Series 2024 (Virtual Mode) was held on 20th February 2024 by the SAARC Cultural Centre, Sri Lanka. The speaker was Dr. Shrikant Ganvir, Assistant Professor, Department of Ancient Indian History Culture and Archaeology, Deccan College, Post-Graduate and Research Institute, Pune, India. In the presentation, Dr. Ganvir emphasised the […]