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Navigation needs, including how to use limited dollars to maintain infrastructure, were some of the issues highlighted at the recent NWC annual meeting.

Khaleda must return to jail if she wants to go abroad: minister

By Shamindra Ferdinando Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday (8) gave up his finance portfolio to accommodate founder of the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Basil Rajapaksa in President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s cabinet. Basil Rajapaksa took oaths as the Finance Minister while PM Rajapaksa was sworn-in as minister of economic policies and planning before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat. PM Mahinda Rajapaksa earlier held finance, economy and policy devel...

By Dinasena Ratugamage Health and Security officers of Kilinochchi are investigating a funeral procession which was attended by over 500 people in the area. Health officials told the media on Wednesday that it was a violation of the COVID-19 health guidelines. Recently, a young man died in a road accident. Over 1200 garment factory workers in Kilinochchi and 400 people living in the deceased youth’s village, held a funeral procession through the Kilinochchi town. “Only 15 people can take pa...

by Sanath Nanayakkare Sri Lankan importers and exporters are blamed for the mismatch in cash flows into the country even though the problem is due to successive governments having borrowed heavily from international lenders beyond their means without any sustainable strategy to repay those loans, says an expert. At a virtual press briefing held by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka yesterday, Deputy Governor Dhammika Nanayakkara responding to a question on the shortage of foreign currency liquidity ...

Of great significance for the region is an additional $500,000 for the Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study, a new start project that includes the three USACE Great Lakes districts – Buffalo, Chicago and Detroit – with a goal to create a plan identifying vulnerable coastal areas and recommending actions to bolster the coastal areas’ ability to withstand, recover from and adapt to future hydrologic uncertainty with respect to the built and natural coastal environments. The Chicago District...

The President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2022 includes about $6.8 billion in gross discretionary funding for the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, including about $100 million in funding for the USACE Chicago District.

It’s a gas, gas, gas: How Aussie richlisters plan to unlock a fracking fortune in the NT We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss May 29, 2021 The Beetaloo basin, which lies 600km south of Darwin, has the “potential to rival the world’s biggest and best gas resources,” according to the federal government. Save Normal text size Very large text size In June 2018, federal politician Jane Hume rose in the Senate to hail the recipients of that yea...

Tue May 25, 2021 - Midwest Edition #11 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District Drill crews arrive on-site at the Hamburg levee on April 6, 2020, to begin geotechnical investigations. The information gathered by the drill crew will be used to complete the levee repair design. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, in conjunction with the city of Hamburg, Iowa, conducted a groundbreaking ceremony May 5 to kickoff construction to rehabilitate the Hamburg Ditch 6 levee. The ceremo...

The European Commission (EC) said on Tuesday that it has approved the allocation of €173.6 million to Bulgaria, which can be used as compensations related to the coronavirus pandemic. The funds aim to support the labour market and retain jobs, help small businesses and low-income families. The money will be part of OP Human Resources Developments budget. Some 50,000 employees have received support to maintain their employment during temporary restrictions of their activities caused by the ...