The United States (US) will help Sri Lanka's new government to restore democracy and heal "fragile ethnic tensions", a senior American official said on Tuesday. Addressing a two-day seminar here, US Department of State Regional Affairs' deputy director Neil Kromash said: "Positive developments have taken place in Sri Lanka where the January elections brought a new government, overthrowing a longstanding autocratic regime. "The US will do all it can to support the new government in restoring democracy and heal fragile ethnic tensions," he said. (IANS)
The final rites of veteran broadcaster, writer, and lyricist Nirmala de Alwis will be held today at Peradeniya.
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