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Indonesia to support clean Sri Lanka

Indonesia has offered support to clean Sri Lanka noting that measures have been taken to implement a similar initiative in Indonesia. A meeting between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the Indonesian Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Dewi Gustina Tobing, took place at the Presidential Secretariat on Tuesday. During the discussion, Ambassador Tobing extended Indonesia?s well wishes to the new government and reaffirmed Indonesia?s commitment to strengthening the 70-year-long friendship between the

25 Feb, 2025

First US-based RM Parks? Shell fuel station opens in Sri Lanka

The first US-based RM Parks? Shell fuel station opened in Sri Lanka on Wednesday at the BS Cooray Filling Station, in Ambatale. The US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung declared open the fuel station. “Proud to join the opening of the first California-based RM Parks? Shell fuel station in Sri Lanka, with 150 stations planned. This investment adds a reliable fuel provider to the market and makes America and Sri Lanka more prosperous. Diversifying fuel suppliers will help avoid the fuel shorta

26 Feb, 2025

UN urges Sri Lanka to lift restrictions on NGOs

The UN has urged Sri Lanka to lift restrictions imposed on non-governmental organisations, including women?s organisations. The?UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) issued its findings on Belarus, Belize, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo*, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Nepal, and Sri Lanka after reviewing these eight States parties during its latest session. On Sri Lanka, the Committee was concerned about the high prevalence of sexual violence and oth

25 Feb, 2025