Tamil Nadu says cannot interfere in Sri Lanka’s internal affairs

6.86 kg of gold smuggled from Sri Lanka seized near Rameswaram

The Q Branch police in Tamil Nadu have seized 6.86 kg of gold biscuits smuggled from Sri Lanka by sea and detained a person, even as three of his accomplices escaped. Acting on specific intelligence, a five-member team, headed by Inspector R. Kennedy, seized the gold biscuits with foreign markings from K. Nazeer (36), who landed at Mandapam north fishing jetty near Rameswaram, The Hindu newspaper reported. On coming to know that Nazeer and his accomplice Abudhagir had set out to the sea on Sun

21 Nov, 2017

Sri Lanka?s country strategic plan of the WFP approved

The Country Strategic Plan (CSP) for Sri Lanka for the period of 2018?2022, which reflects the World Food Programme (WFP) continued strong collaboration addressing Sri Lanka?s food security and nutritional issues, was approved at the second Executive Board Meeting of the WFP at WFP Headquarters in Rome, Italy. The WFP Sri Lanka?s CSP has focused on four main related areas to be improved, which include people in conflict affected areas, meals for under age school children, improved nutrition for

20 Nov, 2017

Next round of ETCA negotiations set for next month

The next round of talks on the proposed Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) with India is scheduled to take place next month. Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade Malik Samarawickrama told Parliament today that six rounds of talks on?ETCA have been completed. He said the key objective of ETCA is to resolve the implementation issues on the existing Free Trade Agreement with India. The Minister noted the importance of the deal for Sri Lanka, saying?India is

20 Nov, 2017