EPDP candidate files complaint saying he was attacked

ADB provides US $ 2 million grant for disaster relief efforts

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided a US $2 million grant to finance relief efforts of the recent floods and landslides victims in the country. An agreement in this regard was signed today at the Ministry of Finance by Dr R.H.S. Samarathunga Secretary Ministry of Finance and Mass media and Tadateru Hayashi, Senior Country Economists / Officer-in-Charge of the Sri Lanka Resident Mission of the ADB. The grant is being provided to the Government of Sri Lanka under the ADB?s Asia Pacific

09 Jun, 2017

Ravi and Mangala given key institutions by the President

Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake and Finance and Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera were given key Government institutions, as per an Extraordinary Gazette notice issued today. The?Extraordinary Gazette signed by President Maithripala Sirisena allocates the Government institutions which will operate under the new cabinet Ministers appointed recently. Accordingly, the new Foreign Minister has been given Diplomatic Missions Abroad, the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute for International?Relations

10 Jun, 2017

UN asserts unity is the only way forward for Sri Lanka

The?United Nations (UN) asserted that unity is the only way forward for Sri Lanka. UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka?Una McCauley noted that all communities united following the floods in Sri Lanka. “At height of #FloodSL all communities united for those affected. Unity is the only way forward-racial attacks & perpetrators must be stopped,” she tweeted. The comments follow fresh incidents of hate crimes being reported in parts of the country this week. (Colombo Gazette)

10 Jun, 2017