The Kuwait government has decided to extend financial assistance to Sri Lanka promoting the ties between the two countries, Government Information department said.
Accordingly, the Kuwait government will provide assistance to several projects in Sri Lanka including promoting the Mushroom Cultivation Enterprise, providing school bags and stationeries to most needed children in war affected areas in the North and setting up a four-storied building to East Ceylon Arabic College in Addalichanai.
Sri Lanka will be granted USD 34, 589 through World Vision Organization to promote the Mushroom Cultivation as well as to provide school bags and stationeries children in the North. In addition, USD 372,000 will be provided to set up the four storied building to East Ceylon Arabic College in Addalichanai.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
The NPP government has been at the wheel for almost 6 months now. The time to keep looking at the rear view mirror and living in the past is about over.
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