Sri Lanka Minister of Cooperatives and Internal Trade Johnston Fernando says that the local potato farmers will be guaranteed a reasonable price for their product.

The price of potato has de-escalated in local markets as the farmers in potato growing districts are harvesting.

The United Nations said Tuesday that the recent wave of flooding in Sri Lanka had hit harder on the people who were still trying to recover from the last month's flooding.

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Sri Lank has reported that the magnitude and impact of a second wave of floods that hit Sri Lanka are worse than those which struck a few weeks ago.

Accord

Sri Lanka government has roughly estimated that the recent round of floods have caused a damage worth of 50 billion rupees to the economy while affecting over 1.2 million people of 18 districts.

Minister of Disaster Management Mahinda Amaraweera says that thousands of acres of cultivations, around 450 small and big irrigation schemes, at least 75,000 cattle and many thousands of poultry and oth

Sri Lanka cabinet of ministers today has decided to allocate 33 billion rupees (approximately 300 million US dollars) for rehabilitation and restoration programs in the districts affected by the recent floods and landslides.

The government issuing a statement said today that a Task Force appointed under the chairmanship of Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa is to direct and monitor the imple

Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa following a decision arrived at the Sri Lanka Freedom Party Central Committee meeting today has appointed a task force to rehabilitate the areas affected by the floods.

The government has allocated a further 70 million rupees to provide relief to those affected by floods, Minister Mahinda Amaraweera told the national radio SLBC.

Continuing heavy monsoon

Sri Lanka Minister of Agrarian Services and Wildlife S.M.

Sri Lanka's Transport Ministry has decided to import buses from India to add to the country's existing fleet of buses.

Jan 26, Colombo: The government of Thailand has donated US$ 100,000 to Sri Lanka as relief assistance for the rehabilitation of the areas ravaged by the recent floods.

Sri Lanka's Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Ministry has launched a new insurance scheme for fisher families.

Jan 23, Colombo: The year 2011 national immunization programme of Sri Lanka is to be launched tomorrow ceremoniously under the patronage of the Minister of Health Maithripala Sirisena and the Minis