Sri Lanka, Jan. 14 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that, instead of an era in which rulers evaded responsibility by attributing failures to disasters and pandemics, the country will now rise again in the face of adversity and work to bequeath to the people a nation better than it was before.

Highlighting that the disaster will not serve as an excuse to reverse or hinder the Government's intended programmes aimed at steering the nation towards a sustainable development trajectory with transformation across all sectors, the President called upon everyone to unite in order to effectively promote the initiative to reconstruct the country by leveraging all available resources.

President Dissanayake made these remarks while addre...