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India allocates Rs 125 crore for Sri Lanka in 2017 budget

India has allocated?Rs 125 crore for Sri Lanka in the 2017 budget which was presented today. The Indian External Affairs Ministry has been given Rs 14,798 crore in the Union Budget, an increase of mere Rs 135 crore compared to last year with a major decline in allocation for projects in Afghanistan from Rs 520 crore to Rs 350 crore, the Press Trust of India reported. However, the allocation for Nepal has been increased from Rs 300 crore to Rs 375 crore in the Budget, presented by Finance Minis

01 Feb, 2017

Magistrate Asanka Dissanayake removed from his post

For the first time in Sri Lanka’s judicial history a magistrate has been stripped of his position following a complaint lodged by a Civil Society Organization. The official who was stripped of his position is D.M.A.I Dissanayake, who obtained his position by allegedly submitting an application using a false address. Executive Director of the Centre for Human Rights (CHR) Rajith Keerthi Tennakoon lodged a complaint against Dissanayake’s appointment at the Judicial Services Commission. He stated

02 Feb, 2017

Sri Lankans at JFK airport affected by Trump’s immigration ban

A group of Sri Lankans had reportedly been detained?at New York?s John F. Kennedy International Airport in?the chaotic aftermath of U.S. President Donald Trump?s controversial immigration ban. News has emerged that 71 individuals from 20 countries ? most of which were not on the U.S. travel blacklist ? were detained Tuesday at New York?s John F. Kennedy International Airport, the Asian Correspondent website reported. Those detained, according to No Ban JFK, a coalition of volunteer attorneys c

01 Feb, 2017