International donors to play supplementary role

The Government has told international donors that they should only play a supplementary role to the agenda’s mooted by local authorities, when it comes to enacting relief and rehabilitation efforts, targeting displaced people in the north.

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Canada increases aid to civilians upto $7.5 million

Canada announced that it would increase its aid for civilians upto $7.5 million after International Cooperation Minister Beverly J. Oda toured Sri Lanka.

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Prabhakaran trapped within four sq km - PM

Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka told Parliament yesterday that intelligence reports revealed that LTTE leader Prabhakaran remained trapped within a four square km strap in the No Fire Zone on which Security Forces have now laid siege.

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Move to prevent money laundering, terrorist financing :

FIU issues strict guidelines

Threshold raised to Rs One million:

The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), an arm of the Central Bank has issued strict guidelines for the securities sector to report on financial transactions above the threshold level in the Colombo Stock Exchange.

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