Sri Lanka will provide US $ one million as well as dry rations collected with the guidance of Buddhist clergy as part of its contribution to the earthquake relief efforts in Myanmar.
A group of relief services comprising medical officers and other health workers too are standing by for immediate departure to Myanmar if the end arises.
These measures were announced by the Government after the Cabinet decided on ways in which Sri Lanka can assist the people who have been affected by the devastating earthquake last week which has left hundreds dead and many missing.
The cabinet has taken the decision to assist the people of Myanmar given the centuries-long close relationship between the two Buddhist nations.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
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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