Lohan, Pillayan, Sanath Nishantha among new State Ministers

Euro 19.35 million interest free soft loan from Austria

The Austrian Government will step up its assistance to Sri Lanka by providing (Euro 19.35 million) Rs 3546 million interest free soft loans to upgrade the Katunayaka Engineering Technology Institute and to obtain 100 ambulances for Government hospitals in the country. The loan facility provided through Raiffeisen Bank of Austria will set aside EUR 9.85 million to procure 100 ambulance cars for Government Hospitals and another 9.5 million Euro for Enhancing and Upgrading of Institute of Engineer

28 Nov, 2017

Sri Lankan appears in New Zealand court to face rape charges

A Sri Lankan man appeared in a? New Zealand court today to face charges of raping a woman. A brief fling between the man and woman living at the same house?deteriorated into allegations of rape and sexual assault, a Nelson jury heard. The woman alleged?she woke?to find the?man in her room, where he pinned her down, raped her and left her shaking on the bed, the Stuff website reported. The Sri Lankan faces 12 charges including five of sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection, two of?sexu

27 Nov, 2017

Reconciliation results framework to track reconciliation efforts

The Ministry of National Integration and Reconciliation in collaboration with Sri Lanka Evaluation Association (SLEvA) has organized a national workshop to develop a reconciliation results framework and scorecard which was a felt requirement for national integration and reconciliation. The purpose of the national workshop is to develop a reconciliation results framework with key performance indicators to track the progress on reconciliation efforts in Sri Lanka. The workshop was funded by the

28 Nov, 2017