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USAID Signs Agreements with Eight Businesses to Promote Commercial Mediation
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Eight Sri Lankan business conglomerates have signed agreements to pursue commercial mediation to settle disputes as opposed to always using litigation, a move that will help make the Sri Lankan judicial system more efficient and effective by reducing case backlogs.
A Plastic Recycling Center Opens in Kaduwela
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The Kaduwela Municipal Council opened the first of four Plastic Recycling Centers at 567/3, Yashodara Mawatha, Dedigamuwa as a pilot to improve standards in plastic waste collection and apply environment, health, and safety best practices. The Plastic Recycling Centers, supported under United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Clean Cities Blue Ocean activity will sort, clean, and bale or crush large quantities of plastic in the municipal areas for commercial recycling.
USAID and IREX Organize Mojo Lanka - Sri Lanka's First Mobile Journalism Festival
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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) are pleased to announce the MoJo Lanka festival, a two-day event celebrating the power of mobile journalism and digital storytelling.
Remarks delivered by USAID Sri Lanka and Maldives Acting Mission Director, Debra Mosel, at the “Malaiyaham 200” - an event to mark 200 years of Malaiyaha Tamil community in Sri Lanka.
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As the Malaiyaha Tamils mark their 200 years in Sri Lanka, I am encouraged by the hope of their youth. They are bold and assertive. This community of Sri Lankans is now spread out in all parts of the Island with a distinct political voice. This new generation asks not for sympathy but for dignity and equality. The United States supports these aspirations and looks forward to them becoming reality.