Srilanka

The Committee on High Posts of the Parliament of Sri Lanka to Examine the Suitability of Persons Nominated/Appointed to the State Services and State Corporations (High Posts Committee) has approved the appointments of thirteen persons nominated by President Maithripala Sirisena, as Heads of Sri Lanka Missions overseas.

The Municipality cleaning units have now begun clearing piles of accumulated garbage from Colombo City streets, after several days of garbage piling up due to a halt in garbage collection following the overload at the waste processing plant at Kerawalapitiya. The process of collection and transporting of garbage to the new waste processing plant at Aruwakkalu began last Thursday.

NEW DELHI, Sunday - India have asked the International Tennis Federation to shift their upcoming Davis Cup tie from Pakistan to a neutral venue due to escalating political tensions between the two nations.The Indian team are scheduled to tour Pakistancapital Islamabad for the Asia/Oceania Group 1 tie to be held on September 14 and 15.

Minister of Finance Mangala Samaraweera says that nearly 90,000 projects in the country are being implemented successfully under the Gamperaliya program.Participating at the inauguration of several development projects in Matara, the Minister disclosed that sum of more than 48 billion rupees had been allocated during the last seven-month period for development work throughout the island under the rural development program.