News: foreign aid

07/21/2011 | AFP
A US congressional committee voted to ban aid to Sri Lanka unless the nation shows "accountability" over the bloodshed in the final stages of its civil war in 2009.
07/10/2011 | Colombo Page
The Chinese government has become the top most aid provider to Sri Lanka this year with a total aid commitment of US$ 759.8 million during the period of January to end of April 2011, according to a recently released report by the Finance and Planning Ministry.
07/02/2010 | IRIN, United Nations
PILLUMALLAI, 2 July 2010 (IRIN) - Communities in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province - a region of 1.5 million people still recovering from civil-war violence - fear they have been forgotten as humanitarian agencies shift recovery efforts to the north.