About 300,000 new families are eligible for Sri Lanka’s Aswesuma social welfare programme, according to a statement from the Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National...
All branches of the People’s Bank within the Hambantota district will be open today (29 July), to facilitate the opening of Aswesuma bank accounts.
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena instructed the officers to finalize the Aswesuma bank account opening process for the payment of social welfare benefits by this weekend and...
By Dr. C. S. Weeraratna (csweera@sltnet.lk) Poverty is a condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs, such as food, shelter, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities,...