On March 26, 2019 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka and Madame Sanja Jayatilleka attended the celebration of the 49th Independence and National Day of the People's Republic of Bangladesh at the invitation of the Ambassador H.E. Dr. S. M. Saiful Hoque and his spouse Dr. Gopa Chokroborty. The reception was held at the Bangladesh House.

H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka and Madame Sanja Jayatilleka participated in the tour of the State Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) named after Pushkin organized by the State Protocol Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 25th of March 2019. It was a second of two such events arranged by the Ministry in honour of March 8, International Women's Day.

On March 25, 2019 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka and Madame Sanja Jayatilleka attended the reception held on the occasion of the Pakistan Day.
The National Day reception was attended by representatives of Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Russian State Authority, Heads of Diplomatic Missions and Defence Attaches.