As aid groups brace for a dengue fever outbreak among flood survivors in Sri Lanka, Australia will chip in $500,000 for emergency assistance, Australian media reported.
Torrential rain has sparked widespread flooding and triggered landslides in south-western parts of the Indian Ocean island nation, killing at least 177 people and displacing 70,000.
According to AAP Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Australia's assistance will go towards inflatable rescue boats, delivery of clean water and health services.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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