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Humanitarian assistance worth over Rs 2 billion arrives from India

Humanitarian assistance worth over Rs 2 billion arrived in Sri Lanka from India, the Indian High Commission in Colombo said. High Commissioner Gopal Baglay handed over the large consignment of humanitarian assistance to Foreign Minister Prof. G.L Peiris in Colombo on 22 May 2022. The handing over function was attended by Minister for Ports and Shipping Nimal Siripala de Silva, Former Minister Vajira Abeywardena, Sagala Ratnayaka, Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister, Senthil Thondaman, Leader

22 May, 2022

Kenya?s debt obligations towards China more than double in one year

Nairobi [Kenya], May 20 (ANI): Kenya?s debt obligations towards China have shot up by a staggering 135.15 per cent in the last one year on the back of Chinese-funded infrastructure projects in the African country. Expenditure data published this week by the Treasury shows the amount repaid to Chinese lenders has surged by 135.15 per cent compared with KES (Kenyan Shilling) 31.25 billion in the year ended June 2021, Business Daily Africa reported. The repayments to Chinese lenders accounted for

23 May, 2022

Sri Lanka registers strong protest with Canada on motion

Sri Lanka has formally registered its strong protest and deep concern over the adoption of a motion in the Canadian Parliament on the alleged genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka. In a meeting with the Acting High Commissioner?of Canada in Sri Lanka Amanda?Strohan at the Foreign Ministry, Minister of Foreign Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris categorically rejected the blatantly false content of the motion, and highlighted that its erroneous substance is fundamentally inconsistent with and contradicts the po

22 May, 2022