Body found under debris of Wellawatta collapsed building

Mangala to brief Japan on reconciliation process

Mangala Samaraweera, Minister of Foreign Affairs will visit Japan from 17 to 20 June as a Guest of Fumio Kishida, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan. During the visit, Minister Samaraweera will hold bilateral discussions with Minister Kishida on issues of mutual interest including promoting cooperation in the political, economic and cultural spheres, in regional and multilateral fora, and in the reconciliation process in Sri Lanka. On the invitation of his Japanese counterpart, Minister

10 Jun, 2015

Authority to regulate Microfinance loans

The Government is to establish an independent authority to regulate and develop Microfinance loans, the office of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said . The relevant Draft Legal Framework has been included in the Department of Project Management and Monitoring web site. The Government is to obtain public observations, comments and recommendations/proposals in this regard, the Prime Minister’s office said. Public comments can be forwarded to U.G. Ratnasiri, Additional Secretary, Ministry o

10 Jun, 2015

Refugee from Lanka files case over daughter’s death

An inmate of a refugee camp for Sri Lankan Tamils at Tiruvadavur near Madurai?has approached the Madras High Court Bench seeking a direction to the State to pay his family a compensation of Rs.10 lakh for the death of his 11-year-old daughter when the asbestos sheets laid on the roof of their dilapidated house in the camp caved in on May 12 last year. When the matter came up for admission before Justice R. Mahadevan, he directed a government counsel to take notice on behalf of the Health and Fa

09 Jun, 2015