Finance Ministry clearance sought to waive tax on aid
After being stranded at the port facing a series of barriers to its release to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP), the 884 tons of aid sent through the controversial Captain Ali ship might be finally on its way to be distributed.
[Views:164] [Sat, Oct 03, 2009] [Full Article]

Heavy vehicles worth Rs. 2,353 million presented to Army
Over one-hundred heavy vehicles worth Rs. 2,353 million were presented to the Sri Lanka Army for development activities currently under way in the Northern Province.
[Views:168] [Sun, Sep 27, 2009] [Full Article]

Japan provides Rs. 8.6 m for water supply project
The Japanese Government has provided Rs. 8.6 million for "the Project for providing safe drinking water for war affected and poverty stricken people in the Ampara district" to be implemented by the Child Rehabilitation Centre.
[Views:162] [Thu, Sep 24, 2009] [Full Article]

India to supply 500 MW power
A high profile Indian delegation is due in Sri Lanka at the end of this month to strike the historic deal to begin the construction of Indo-Sri Lanka Electricity Interconnection project. Under this project the country will receive electricity of 500 mega watts (MW) initially.
[Views:217] [Fri, Sep 04, 2009] [Full Article]

Bahrain donates 20 mts. of dates
Department of Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs Director Y.L.M. Navavi said the Government of Bahrain had donated twenty metric tons of dates to be distributed among the Lankan Muslims during the Holy Month of Ramadan.
[Views:195] [Sun, Aug 23, 2009] [Full Article]

India ready to help reconstruct North
Deputy Foreign Minister Hussein Bhaila told Parliament yesterday the Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee during his recent visit to Sri Lanka, expressed India's readiness to participate in the reconstruction of Northern Sri Lanka so as to overcome the ravages of armed conflict and also lay the economic and political foundation for a sustainable peace in which all communities in Sri Lanka feel comfortable.
[Views:209] [Fri, Aug 21, 2009] [Full Article]

Brazil President calls for enhanced economic ties with Lanka
Brazilian President Luiz In- acio Lula da Silva underscored the importance of enhancing economic and trade ties between his country and Sri Lanka.
[Views:231] [Fri, Aug 21, 2009] [Full Article]

Canada triples aid to Sri Lanka
Canada has decided to triple its humanitarian aid to Sri Lanka to assist people displaced by the country's conflict with Tamil separatists, Canada's top development minister said Saturday.
[Views:216] [Sun, Aug 09, 2009] [Full Article]

Exim Bank gives US $ 350 million
Treasury Secretary Sumith Abeysinghe, signed two financing agreements relating to the construction of the Colombo - Katunayake Expressway and the Hambantota Bunkering Project with the Vice President Zhu Xinqiang, of the Exim Bank of China yesterday.
[Views:231] [Fri, Aug 07, 2009] [Full Article]

IMF approves 2.6 bln dlr loan for Sri Lanka
The International Monetary Fund approved a 2.6-billion-dollar loan for Sri Lanka to support its economic reform program and help the country weather the severe global downturn.
[Views:246] [Sun, Jul 26, 2009] [Full Article]

Confidence of international community very high
July 23 (Bloomberg) The Asian Development Bank plans to increase its lending to Sri Lanka by 50 percent to help rebuild it after ending its 26-year conflict.
[Views:200] [Fri, Jul 24, 2009] [Full Article]

WB gives US$ 24m
The World Bank has approved a US$24 million IDA credit providing further support to the Government’s health service delivery program, with emphasis on the special health needs in the North and East arising out of the recent developments.
[Views:237] [Sat, Jun 27, 2009] [Full Article]

World Bank increases social development package
The World Bank was giving a US dollar 900 million package for social development for a four year period and was considering an increase by another US dollars 60 million especially in view of the humanitarian problem in the North and the welfare services needed by the government,World Bank Country Director Naoko Ishii said at a panel discussion held in Colombo on Wednesday.
[Views:274] [Fri, May 15, 2009] [Full Article]

Italy gives Rs. 60m for WFP program
The Italian Government has decided to allocate an immediate voluntary contribution of 400,000 Euros, equivalent to over Rs 60 million, to the World Food Program to contribute to the implementation of the project "Food for peace building and recovery in conflict-affected areas", responding to the appeal for assistance addressed in the last few days to the international community by the Sri Lankan Government.
[Views:290] [Fri, May 08, 2009] [Full Article]

Crucial medical research on kidney disease
The National Health Services Fund jointly with the World Health Organization’s team of experts including Dr. Santhi Mendis are engaged and involved in a series of crucial medical research at world class, distinctive medical laboratories to discover the definite reason which causes the renal diseases, said the Healthcare and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva.
[Views:276] [Mon, Mar 23, 2009] [Full Article]

Pakistan committed to helping India in Mumbai probe : Rice
PAKISTAN: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday she found Pakistan’s leaders to be “focused and committed” in helping India probe attacks in Mumbai that stoked tension between the two countries.
[Views:416] [Fri, Dec 05, 2008] [Full Article]

Sri Lanka, relief groups discuss aid for displaced
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka | The government and international aid groups began working on Friday on a deal to deliver emergency food aid to 160,000 civilians displaced by Sri Lanka’s raging civil war in the wake of a ban on relief agencies in rebel-held areas.
[Views:522] [Sat, Sep 13, 2008] [Full Article]

Bed-ridden Lankan maid in Kuwait seeks help
A Sri Lankan maid who was employed in a house in Kuwait is now bed-ridden for eight months without any help at Al Razi hospital in Kuwait following crude ill-treatment by her masters, sources from Kuwait said.
[Views:605] [Wed, Aug 06, 2008] [Full Article]

Indian help for railway sector
The Indian Government has pledged US $ 168 million to Sri Lanka to develop the island’s railways sector.
[Views:557] [Tue, Jul 22, 2008] [Full Article]

Japan provides rice for IDPs
The Japanese Government donated 5,685 tonnes of rice and 110 tonnes of canned fish for the distribution among internally displaced people (IDPs), returnees and economically affected people in the most insecure and marginalised areas, states a Japanese Embassy press release.
[Views:551] [Thu, Jul 17, 2008] [Full Article]