An agreement in this regard was signed at the Ministry of Finance today (9th June) by Dr. R.H.S. Samarathunga, Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Mass Media and Tadateru Hayashi, Senior Country Economists / Officer-in-Charge of the Sri Lanka Resident Mission of the ADB.

This USD 2 million is provided to the government of Sri Lanka as a grant under ADB’s Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund to purchase emergency relief materials and help restore community services.