The government will provide a special cash allowance to provide relief to identified low income families from May to July.
Low income families entitled to Samurdhi, Elderly, Kidney and Disability Allowances have been severely affected by the current economic crisis in the country, the government noted.
The government has identified the need for immediate relief to those families and their families on the waiting list.
Accordingly, Cabinet approved the proposals presented by the Minister of Finance and Minister of Samurdhi regarding the special cash allowance to provide the relevant relief to the identified families from May to July. Funding for this purpose will be provided through the Contingent Emergency Response Component in projects funded by the World Bank.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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