Supreme Court extends stay order on Geetha’s MP seat

Chinese companies continue assisting affected Sri Lankans

The Colombo Port City Company and the Chinese owned Zhongtian Construction Group have delivered relief items to families affected by the major floods and landslides which hit Sri Lanka earlier this week, the Xinhua news agency reported. Representatives from the two companies on Friday visited the Pahiyangala Village, in southern Sri Lanka and handed over relief items to officials from the Disaster Management Center and the army, who thanked the two companies for their prompt assistance, at the

03 Jun, 2017

Sri Lanka to pursue ?friendship with all, enmity with none?

Sri Lanka will pursue a ?friendship with all, enmity with none? policy, new Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake said during a meeting with the diplomatic corps in Sri Lanka. Minister Karunanayake, at his first briefing session held for the Diplomatic Community and Honorary Consular Corps, thanked the countries for their generous and timely assistance following the floods and landslides. He also expressed his gratitude to the countries that sent messages of sympathy and expressed support for the

02 Jun, 2017

Interim report on floods and landslides submitted to PM

An interim report on the floods and landslides has been submitted to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. The report was?handed over to?Prime Minister’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake who in turn briefed the Prime Minister who is overseas. The report was compiled to look?at ways at uplifting the economic livelihood of those affected by the disaster. Based on the recommendations of the report a special discussion is to be held next week with international lending agencies, the Prime Minister’s offi

02 Jun, 2017