Death toll from inclement weather goes beyond 90

Sri Lanka greets Donald Trump on his historic win

President Maithripala Sirisena today greeted US President elect Donald Trump on his historic win at the US Presidential elections. President Sirisena said the United States is the adopted home for a significant number of Sri Lankans and they serve as important agents to forge stronger people-to-people bonds, contributing in no small measure to the bilateral relationship between our two countries. “Sri Lanka and the United States are bound by deeply rooted and longstanding democratic traditions

09 Nov, 2016

Indian Government to act as guarantor in fishermen issue

The Indian Central Government is willing to act as a guarantor to help resolve the problems of fishermen, says Pon Radhakrishnan, Union Minister of State for Shipping, The Hindu newspaper reported. Asked why the Union Government should not give an assurance to fishermen of the Northern Province that it would ensure that Indian fishermen honour any agreement on the time frame for withdrawal of bottom trawling, Radhakrishnan, who participated in the talks held on Saturday at the level of Minister

09 Nov, 2016

Private land to be purchased to resettle war displaced

The Government has decided to purchase private land in the Jaffna District to resettle war displaced families. There are 971 families still in welfare camps in the Jaffna District and 682 of those families are landless families. Steps have been taken to resettle 462 of those families in alternative lands and lands are to be identified to resettle 220 families. As there are less state lands in Jaffna it has been proposed to purchase private land of 20 perches for each family. A proposal made

09 Nov, 2016