International Affairs
Reuters: Celebratory gunfire echoed across Kabul as Taliban fighters took control of the airport before dawn on Tuesday following the withdrawal of the last US troops, ending 20 years of war that left the Islamic militia stronger than it was in 2001
තවත් ෆයිසර් කොරෝනා මර්ධන එන්නත් මාත්රා එක් ලක්ෂ 50,000 ක් අද අලුයම දිවයිනට රැගෙන ආවා. කටුනායක ගුවන් තොටුපළට ලගා වූ කටාර් ගුවන් සේවයට අයත් භාණ්ඩ ප්රවාහන ගුවන් යානයකින් එම එන්නත් මාත්රා තොගය මෙරටට රැගෙන ආ බවයි නෙත් නිවුස් ගුවන් තොටුපළ වාර්තාකරු පැවසුවේ.
India’s Gujarat-based Shreeji Shipping Ltd. has won the two-year contract to supply automatic barge services to the Lakvijaya Coal Electricity Plant jetty via competitive tender.
ජපානයේ අපද්රව්ය සහිත මොඩර්නා එන්නත් ලබාගත් දෙදෙනෙක් මරණයට පත් වී තිබේ.එම මරණවලට හේතුව මොඩර්නා එන්නතදැයි තවම තහවුරු වී නැතත්, ඒ පිළිබඳ දැඩි විමර්ශන පැවැත්වෙන බවයි, විදෙස් වාර්තා සඳහන් කරන්නේ.
The Government yesterday said no final decision had been taken yet with regard to seeking financial support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The new High Commissioner-designate of Sri Lanka to India Milinda Moragoda, appointed with the Cabinet rank, assumed duties at a simple ceremony held at the High Commission of Sri Lanka in New Delhi yesterday.
Sri Lanka hoped that all those who possess travel authorization from other countries would be allowed to proceed in a safe and orderly manner to the points of departure and travel out of Afghanistan, the Foreign Ministry said.
Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev has met with Secretary of the Ministry of Defence of Sri Lanka Kamal Gunaratne in Moscow, the Security Council said on Thursday.
DUBAI (AFP): The United Arab Emirates announced it will resume issuing visas to all tourists fully vaccinated against COVID from Monday, a month before Dubai hosts the delayed Expo 2020 trade fair.
The United Nations said today they would stand in solidarity with the victims of enforced disappearances, their families and communities, here in Sri Lanka and across the world.
The Ambassador of the Netherlands to Sri Lanka Tanja Gonggrijp paid a courtesy call on Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris on Wednesday 25 August at the Foreign Ministry in Colombo. Ambassador Gonggrijp extended her warm felicitations to Foreign Minister Peiris at the outset of the courtesy meeting.
Bangladesh has released a further $ 100 million more out of the $ 200 million to Sri Lanka under the swap arrangement, increasing the total to $ 150 million.
U.S. Ambassador Alaina B. Teplitz said she continues to urge the government to leverage the resources of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) as a member state and take advantage of the tools that can come to assess Sri Lanka’s economic performance.
World Bank reallocates $ 56 m from ongoing projects into Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC) Pool funding, an emergency response mechanism
New mechanism established to provide funding for COVID-19 affected sectors including agriculture, education, ICT, transport, and disaster risk management
This example of CERC activation showcases how a country can be quickly assisted to improve disaster responsiveness and support affected population during an emergency
In early 2020 when the first COVID-19 wave swept across Sri Lanka, triggering lockdowns, and impacting livelihoods, the World Bank and the Government came together to support emergency response actions across multiple hard-hit sectors. The result was the creation of the Contingent Emergency Response Components (CERC) Pool covering key economic sectors of agriculture, education, ICT, transport, and disaster risk management.
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