Popular Sri Lankan baila singer Saman De Silva passed away

Chinese FM says Chinese people deeply affected after Sri Lanka floods

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has?sent a message to his Sri Lankan counterpart Mangala Samaraweera, extending condolences over the flash floods and landslides hitting the island country, the Xinhua news agency reported. In the message, Wang expressed deep sympathy to the Sri Lankan Government and people in the stricken area and conveyed profound condolences to the victims of the disaster. As China and Sri Lanka are traditional friendly neighbors, the Chinese people are deeply affected by th

22 May, 2016

United States offers additional assistance to flood affected

The United States Government will provide an? additional 36 million Sri Lankan Rupees (250,000 U.S. dollars) to support flood relief efforts in Sri Lanka, the US Embassy in Colombo said today. This is in addition to the previously announced 7.2 million Sri Lankan Rupees (50,000 U.S. dollars) that is supporting humanitarian assistance activities in the worst affected areas and a three-year program of approximately 144 million Sri Lankan Rupees (U.S. $1 million) designed to provide safe, disaster

22 May, 2016

Deputy CM of Penang in Malaysia insists Tamils still suffering

The Deputy Chief Minister of Penang in Malaysia P Ramasamy?insists Tamils in Sri Lanka are still suffering despite the end of the war. He said that while peace dividends might have brought benefits to political elites, foreign investors and tourists the?Tamils are still suffering. Free Malaysia Today quoted Ramasamy?as saying if not for the harsh and brutal policies of the Sri Lankan Government, the LTTE would not have arisen in the first place. “Wanton killings of Tamils, ethnic massacres, a

22 May, 2016