Reports

President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga yesterday reiterated that she was ready to take forward the process regarding the Joint Aid Distribution Mechanism 'carefully' without making any 'mistake' if the people's blessings are for the process. The President said there was no…

By Ken Gewertz, Harvard News Office A group of students at the Graduate School of Design (GSD) have won a competition to design permanent housing for survivors of the December 2004 tsunami disaster. The Special Interest Group in Urban…

Overall Situation The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank Group's private sector financing arm, will provide up to US$150 million in loans to companies that can help rebuild commercial tourism ventures in tsunami-affected countries in South Asia and South East…

Singapore, 25 May 2005 - Singapore International Foundation (SIF) has embarked on two projects that aim to bring about much-needed help to tsunami-stricken communities in Sri Lanka. In all, SIF will send 35 teams under the Youth Expedition Project…

More than 100,000 people in tsunami affected areas in Sri Lanka will receive up to 20 litres of high quality drinking water each day thanks to Australian made water purification units, the Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Trade,…

Highlights An MOU was signed with the Colombo Department of Fisheries for the distribution of 400 fishing boats, engines and fishing gear in Batticaloa. 30 three wheelers distributed in Matara 34 three wheelers repaired in Batticaloa Security Situation A grenade attack took place…

L'espace/temps selon Nazreem Lorsqu'on lui demande où il habite, Nazeem, 12 ans, ré-pond avec une pointe de solennité dans la voix: «Dans une maison...». Ici cela semble évident, mais pour Nazeem cela prend une importance toute autre, après le raz-de-marée…

Prepared By Asian Development Bank Japan Bank for International Cooperation and World Bank Colombo, Sri Lanka January 10 -- 28, 2005 A. INTRODUCTION 1. At the request of the Government of Sri Lankan (GOSL), a joint mission comprising of…

The first baby has been born at the new maternity ward built by Merlin in Kattankudy, Batticaloa district, on Sri Lanka's tsunami-devastated east coast. Wahida A. W., 29, gave birth to a healthy baby girl, weighing 3.2kg (7lbs), at 20.06…