Announcements

  • SAARC Research Grants 2018

    Background The Research Grants will provide an opportunity for the Member States to explore new research areas and sites along the Hindu Cultural Trails.  This will also act as a precursor to the Cultural Trails proposed for the future and lay the ground work in research to look at Cultural Trails as connected routes where […]

  • SAARC International Women’s Day 2018

    In 2018, the SAARC Cultural Centre celebrated SAARC International Women’s Day, in collaboration with the Department of Cultural Affairs in Sri Lanka, on Thursday the 8th of March 2018, at the District Secretariat in Kalutara.  The International Women’s Day was celebrated in collaboration with the Department of Culture of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Wayamba […]

  • SAARC Development Fund Advertisement for Enlistment of Law Firms

    The SAARC Development Fund (SDF) having its Secretariat in Thimphu, Bhutan, invites applications from interested Law Firms for enlistment as SDF’s Panel Law Firms in SAARC Member States (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka). Interested Law Firms fulfilling the requisite qualifications are requested to send their proposals, firm profile and relevant […]

  • SAARC Literary Award and Ceremony 2018

    Background The Honoured Members of the 54th Programming Committee and the Governing Board Members of the 9th Governing Board Meeting of the SAARC Cultural Centre approved the presentation of the SAARC Literary Award 2018, which would bring attention to the Writers of South Asia within an International sphere.  The SAARC Literary Award commenced with a […]

  • The SAARC Film Festival 2017

    The SAARC Film Festival was successfully concluded with the SAARC Film Awards at the National Film Corporation Cinema Hall on 25th November 2017.  Mrs. Rosy Senananayake, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Hon. Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, former High Commissioner to Malaysia, former Parliamentarian and State Minister of Child Development and Media figure graced […]

  • SAARC Film Festival 2017

    A Powerful and Unique Experience in Cultural Diversity Dates: 21st to 25th November 2017 Venue:  National Film Corporation Cinema Hall, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka. Entrance:  Free Since its inception in 2011, the SAARC Film Festival has been held in Sri Lanka, and with every year, it has gained a reputation for promoting and […]

  • Ninth Governing Board Meeting of the SAARC Cultural Centre 2017

    The Governing Board Meeting of the SAARC Cultural Centre was held from 3rd to 4th October 2017 at the Mount Lavinia Hotel in Colombo.  All Member States were represented at the Governing Board Meeting and the representatives were as follows: Mr. Mohammad Shafiq Ahmadzai, Secretary to the Minister of Information and Culture in Afghanistan. Mr. […]

  • SAARC Research Seminar on Buddhist Cultural Trails: Journey Through Time and Space, of Merchants, Monks and Pilgrims

    The two-day Research Seminar organized by the SAARC Cultural Centre on “Buddhist Cultural Trails: Journey through Time and Space, of Merchants, Monks and Pilgrims” was held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) from 26th to 27th August 2017.  The Seminar was the first Seminar on “South Asian Cultural Trails” which aims to strengthen […]

  • SAARC Secretary General Visit Matara

    H.E. Mr. Amjad Hussain B. Sial, the Secretary General of the SAARC visited the construction site of the proposed SAARC Cultural Centre in Matara.  The Secretary General was accompanied by Mr. Wasanthe Kotuwella, the Director of the SAARC Cultural Centre, Mr. M.H.M.N. Bandara, Director – Education, Security and Culture at the SAARC Secretariat, Mr. Ali […]

  • SAARC Exhibition of Paintings

    The SAARC Cultural Centre held the SAARC Exhibition of Paintings 2017 in collaboration with the “Saundaryabhimani Festival” conducted by the University of the Visual and Performing Arts in Colombo over a period of one week, from 3rd July 2017 to 9th July 2017 at the University Premises. There was a vast array of paintings by […]