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Sri Lankan officials lobby for Chinese company to get elevated highway pro
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 30 (ANI): Despite an official freeze on costly mega projects, Sri Lankan Highway Ministry officials are pressurising the country's Road Development Authority (RDA) to finalise a USD 550 million elevated highway, to a Chinese company local media reported.
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China pushes Sri Lanka to continue with organic fertilizer project despite
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 29 (ANI): After the Sri Lankan government rejected an order of organic fertilizer from a Chinese company on the issue of the presence of harmful bacteria, Beijing is pressuring Colombo to continue with its organic fertilizer project.
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Sri Lankan Navy arrests 6 Indian fishermen
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Rameshwaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 28 (ANI): The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested six Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu and apprehended their boat.
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China maintains deafening silence over Sri Lanka's debt restructuring requ
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 27 (ANI): Even as Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has requested China to restructure its debt amid a severe economic crisis and shrinking foreign reserves, Beijing has chosen to maintain a deafening silence which reveals how disinterested the country is
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Indian Coast Guard presence ensures there is no influx from Sri Lanka: DG
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 27 (ANI): The Indian Coast Guard Director-General Virender Singh Pathania on Saturday said that the presence of his force ensures that there is no influx of people from Sri Lanka amidst the crisis in the island country.
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US donates 3,000 metric tons of food to feed Sri Lankan school children
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 27 (ANI): The United States through the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and in partnership with Save the Children, donated 320 metric tons of split yellow peas as a part of 3,000 metric tons of food to nourish school children across Sri Lanka.
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Has China's Belt & Road Initiative lost its lustre?
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], August 27 (ANI): Almost ten years after the inception of China's ambitious Belt & Road Initiative (BRI), London- based NGO The Democracy Forum invited a panel of experts to an August 25 virtual seminar to discuss the gains and costs of this global project.
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Sri Lankan PM Wickremesinghe requests China for debt restructuring amid ec
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 25 (ANI): Amid economic turmoil, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe urged China on Thursday to restructure its debt as Beijing is Colombo's largest bilateral lender.
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Former Tamil Nadu CM Panneerselvam calls for release of Indian fishermen d
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai [Tamil Nadu], August 25 (ANI): Citing the arrest of Indian fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy, Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK Coordinator O Panneerselvam urged the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to take steps for the release of fishermen.
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FairPlay News roped in as the official national team sponsor of the Sri La
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The CEO of Sri Lanka cricket welcomed the new sponsors aboard and hoped the partnership will prove beneficial for Sri Lankan cricket.
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Sri Lanka: US, EU voice concern over protesters being detained under count
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 23 (ANI): The United States and Canada along with the countries in the European Union have expressed concern over Sri Lanka's use of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) on protestors who participated in the agitation that led to Gotabaya Rajapaksa stepping down
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Sri Lankan Navy arrests 10 Indian fishermen
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 22 (ANI): Ten Indian fishermen have been arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly engaging in "illegal fishing" in Sri Lankan waters, the Sri Lankan fishermen association said.
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