The Obama administration is planning to issue a sweeping directive telling every public school district in the country to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity.

The United States is working with Sri Lanka to implement the steps agreed to in the resolution the two countries jointly sponsored at the UN Human Rights Council last year, a top US diplomat said today.

Sri Lanka has been invited to take part in the high profile global forum on inclusivity and development for the first time ever. “Your invitation comes at a time when Sri Lanka enters a period of major economic and social reforms” voiced a pleased Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen on 11 May in Colombo.

In a recent meeting with a former Indian diplomat, leaders of fishermen from Jaffna raised the issue of the easy availability of drugs in the region, and sought India’s help to tackle the problem.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena arrives in Delhi on Friday for a “working visit,” where he will meet with Prime Minister Modi and attend the ‘Simhasth’ Kumbh Mela in Ujjain.

British Prime Minister David Cameron commended the commitment of the Sri Lankan Government for corruption free good governance.