More countries have signed the resolution on Sri Lanka in Geneva as co-sponsors, Daily Mirror learns. The resolution has now been signed by Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Marshall Islands, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Slovakia, Sweden, Türkiye, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United
The USA has donated medical equipment worth $ 12 million with the intervention of Sri Lankan Embassy in Washington DC , The President’s office said yesterday. The donations have been provided by three leading humanitarian agencies in USA. The stock of medicine which is the last part of the assistance was handed over to Sri Lanka yesterday October 2nd 2022.
Duties imposed on 5 imported raw materials required for sanitary napkins waived. Accordingly, the price of a pack of 10 sanitary napkins produced locally will be reduced by Rs. 50-60 with these tax concessions, the maximum retail price of a pack will be Rs. 260- 270, President’s media division said.
When the Yahapalana regime handed the government to Rajapaksa’s in 2019, Sri Lanka’s foreign reserves stood at a healthy US$ 7.8 billion but the ad-hoc and short sighted tax policy, mismanagement, inefficiency and corruption of the Gota-Ranil regime has brought the forex reserves of Sri Lanka to a mere US$ 1.7 billion by August this year, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) cha
President Ranil Wickremesinghe proposed to establish an International University on Climate Change in Sri Lanka with the support of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in order to enable students from any country in the world to engage in educational activities. President Wickremesinghe made this proposal during a meeting with the President of the Asian Development Bank Masatsugu Asakawa, held this morning (30) at the Asian Development Bank Headquar
“Development of aviation infrastructure facilities, which include expansion and modernization of the main International Airport of Sri Lanka – the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) terminal building, apron, and access roads are progress
The Colombo District Court has ordered the State to pay a sum of Rs.30 million as compensation to a disabled child following the revelation that her mother had given birth to her as a disabled child due to the negligence on the part of the doctors and staff of the Gampaha District Hospital. Colombo Additional District Judge Kalhari Liyanage made this order pursuant to a law
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