The Japanese government is to provide 1,600 million Yen to Sri Lanka as grants under the Japanese Economic and Social Development Programme.
The donation is to be used for humanitarian grants for communities affected by the economic crisis prevailing by empowering the government sector to upgrade the economic situation of the country such as:
A Response and management enhancement project for oil spills of Sri Lanka Coastal Defense Force.
The project to supply assisting equipment for maternal and infant treatments in main hospitals of the Northern province and the project to distribute assisting equipment for garment courses in vocational training centres of the Northern province.
A project to award assisting equipment for the security of fishermen in Northern and Eastern provinces.
The Cabinet Ministers yesterday, approved the proposal furnished by President Ranil Wickremesinghe in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies to sign the exchange papers and other relevant documents with the Government of Japan.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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