SAARC Cultural Centre, Colombo is presenting its upcoming Sixth Session of the SAARC Talk Series 2025 on 12th November 2025 (Wednesday) at 3:00 pm (Sri Lanka Standard Time). The lecture will be delivered by Intsab Sahi, Assistant Editor, The News on Sunday,Pakistan. Intsab Sahi will deliver his lecture on the topic “Oral Storytelling as a […]
1. Background SAARC Regional Seminar on Intangible Cultural Heritage for Food Storage in the SAARC Region was approved by the Fourteenth Meeting of the Governing Board of the SAARC Cultural Centre held from 22nd to 23rd October 2024, and at the Sixtieth Session of the Programming Committee Meeting held in Kathmandu from 28th to 30th […]
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 […]
The SAARC Energy Centre (SEC) is organizing four Knowledge Sharing Webinars in the months of November and December 2025. The Webinars will feature presentations and interactive discussion sessions led by renowned regional/international experts related to the title of the Webinar. The titles of the Webinars along with their scheduled date/time and registration link are given […]
Doha, 06 November 2025 – On the sidelines of the World Social Summit, Mr. Omar Abdi, Deputy Executive Director UNICEF met with Ambassador Md. Golam Sarwar, Secretary General of SAARC. The Secretary General and the Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF reaffirmed the longstanding and robust collaboration between SAARC and UNICEF. They engaged in constructive dialogue on […]
The SAARC Festival of Rice Culinary Arts and Spice Exhibition 2025 was held from 14-17 October 2025 at Kaja Throm, Paro, with a concluding cultural visit to Thimphu, Bhutan. This initiative was proposed at the 14th Governing Board Meeting of the SAARC Cultural Centre held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 22–23 October 2024, and was […]
SAARC Cultural Centre (SCC) organised the first SAARC Heritage Forum 2025 under the approved programme “SAARC Promoting Regional Art, Culture, Heritage Sites, Museums, and Archives”. This important regional initiative aims to bring together distinguished experts, professionals, and scholars in the field of Archaeology, Cultural Heritage and Museums to foster dialogue, share knowledge, and explore innovative […]
The SAARC Cultural Centre in Colombo, Sri Lanka, is the Regional Centre for Art and Culture established by the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) with the mandate to promote regional unity through cultural integration, inter-cultural dialogue, contribute towards preservation, conservation and protection of South Asia’s cultural heritage within the framework of the SAARC […]
Dr. M.H. Mozaffari, Director of the Iran Cultural Centre, paid a courtesy call on Dr. Kaushalya Kumarasinghe, Director of the SAARC Cultural Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 18th September 2025. The discussion focused on the Centre’s ongoing activities and future initiatives. Dr. Kumarasinghe expressed gratitude to the Iran Cultural Centre for its continuous support and […]
Director SAARC Cultural Centre, Dr. Kaushalya Kumarasinghe attended the 5 International Conference on Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICICH 2025) under the theme Bridging the Past and Future: The Role of Intangible Heritage in a Changing World as the Guest of Honor. The conference was organized by the University of Sri Jayawardenepura in collaboration with the SAARC […]
The fifth session of the SAARC Talk Series 2025 (Virtual Mode) was held on 28th August (Thursday) 2025, 3:00 pm (Sri Lanka Standard Time) at the SAARC Cultural Centre (SCC), Sri Lanka. The speaker of the fifth SAARC Talk Series 2025 was Ms. Maryam Thawfeega, Fellow at Maldives National College of Heritage, Ministry of Dhivehi […]
SAARC Literary Festival on South Asian Folktales organised by the SAARC Cultural Centre took place on 30th and 31st of August at the Colombo Public Library. The 2025 SAARC Literary Festival themed ‘Celebrating Folktales through Children’s Literature’ featured a range of activities for children aged from 4-15. The Festival was held in collaboration with the […]
The Fifteenth Governing Board Meeting of the SAARC Cultural Centre, Chaired by the Royal Government of Bhutan was held at the Galle Face Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka from 19-20 August 2025. The Meeting convened with Members representing the esteemed Governments of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, the Royal Government of Bhutan, the Republic of Nepal, […]
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