Press Releases
Embassy Press Releases / Special Notices
Veteran Sri Lankan Children’s book author and illustrator, Sybil Wettasinghe passed away
Sri Lanka–Thailand Medical Partnership to Deliver 71 Free Knee Surgeries
A special Buddhist fundraising event was held in support of a landmark humanitarian medical initiative aimed at enhancing access to orthopedic care in Sri Lanka.
15 Sri Lankans Rescued from Cybercrime Centres in Myawaddy, Myanmar to be Repatriated on 07 May 2025
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and Tourism, in close coordination with the Embassy and Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka in Thailand and the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Myanmar, has successfully facilitated the rescue of 15 Sri Lankan nationals who had been trafficked and forcibly employed in cybercrime centres in Myawaddy, Myanmar on 06th May 2025. The rescued individuals are scheduled to be repatriated to Sri Lanka on 07 May 2025.
on 1 July at the age of 93 years. Affectionately called as “Aunty Sybil” by over several generations of kids, with her unique style of storytelling and arts, she won many accolades for her work spanning 70 years.
Her recent work titled ‘Wonder Crystal’, was entered into the ‘Guinness Book of World Records’, in March 2020, which had in its printed version 1200 different endings, selected from among over 20,000 creations sent by children to mark this year’s International Children’s Day.
She has authored over 200 children’s story books and several of them have won international awards such as ‘Umbrella Thief’, and also been translated into many other languages.
As she leaves the mortal world, she is surely going to remain in the hearts and minds of not only the children, but all those of us, who enjoyed her stories as kids. We join in bidding farewell to ‘Aunty Sybil’…
May she attain the supreme bliss of Nibbana!