The Asian Development Bank has scaled up its funding for Sri Lanka from $200 million to $300 million this year to speed up the rehabilitation of infrastructure in the war-torn nation. The regional lender,
reports, will support coastal development and road rehabilitation in the country's northern region. Meanwhile, the Australian government has also offered a further 2 million Australian dollars ($1.7 million) to assist Sri Lankans displaced by the civil war. United Nations agencies will administer the funding, according to the
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