Colombo gets 1st district level multi-purpose resource centre on NGOs
Colombo now has the first district level multi-purpose resource centre on nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).
Colombo now has the first district level multi-purpose resource centre on nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).
(Reuters) - The Paris Club of creditor nations is ready to provide financing assurances to Sri Lanka, a key step needed to unlock a $2.9 billion bailout by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
IUSF convener Wasantha Mudalige alleged several attempts on his life during the period of his detention by the police.
Around 108.893 acres of land in North Valikamam in Jaffna, which was under the custody of security forces during the civil war, will be released and handed over to 197 families on February 03, a statement by the President's Media Division (PMD) said.
Former Colombo Archbishop Oswald Gomis passed away in the early hours of this morning (03), aged 90.
The English place name Slave Island is to be changed to Kompanna Vidiya to be used uniformly in all three languages on a directive by the prime minister.
SLPP general secretary Sagara Kariyawasam believes its breakaway group will return to the party soon.
Former Kotte mayor Janaka Ranawaka has been accused of preparing fake deeds and acquiring a state-owned land worth more than Rs. 250 million.
Sumedha Arunashantha of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has been elected mayor of Kurunegala.
The dissolution of several local government bodies is under consideration, said subject state minister Janaka Wakkumbura.