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India to deploy military to Sri Lanka to offer assistance

The Indian Army is readying separate teams to be deployed in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Afghanistan to help those countries boost capabilities to deal with rising cases of coronavirus, official sources said on Tuesday, according to the Press Trust of India. A?14-member Indian Army team was sent to Maldives?last month to help the island nation set up coronavirus testing laboratories and train local medical professionals to fight the pandemic. Earlier this month, India dispatched a 15-mem

21 Apr, 2020

Muslim community call for unity against violence and injustice

Sri Lanka’s Muslim community today called for unity against violence and injustice as the country commemorated one year since the Easter Sunday attacks. The Muslim Council of Sri Lanka, in a statement, said that today is a day to grieve, a day for reflection of what took place and what we lost on this day, its aftermath and the way forward for Sri Lanka. The Muslim Council of Sri Lanka said that while words only will not suffice to convey their condemnation of this dastardly act and to console

21 Apr, 2020

Japan grants USD 1.2 million to combat COVID-19 in Sri Lanka

The Government of Japan has provided a total sum of US$ 1,212,500 (approx. Rs. 230 million) through the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) for tackling the novel COVID-19 in Sri Lanka. UNICEF was provided US$ 500,000 of this total grant to formulate key risk communication messages, facilitate the prevention and control of infections through the provision of e

21 Apr, 2020