Colombo: The Sri lankan Government will set up a welfare centre to assist thousands of women widowed due to the country’s three-decade-long war, the Prime Minister’s Office said on Monday. The National Centre for the improvement of the Households headed by women will be set up in Kilinochchi, the former stronghold of Tamil Tiger militants, the PMO said in a statement, Xinhua news agency reported.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe initiated the decision on a request made by the people of the country’s Northern province to establish the centre in the area since many women, who lost their husbands, live in that region.
“In the north alone, there are nearly 50,000 families that are headed by women. They are made destitute due to their inability to provide food, accommodation and educational needs to their children,” the statement said. The new government came into power in January pledging to promote reconciliation between the majority Sinhalese and minority Tamil community after the war ended.
lanka, Pak sign six MoUs to enhance ties
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and visiting Sri lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday announced the signing of six memorandums of understanding between the two countries. Sirisena arrived in Islamabad on Sunday at the invitation of President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Sharif. This is his first visit to Pakistan.