Sri Lanka has granted permission to the Chinese built-Pakistani guided missile frigate PNS Taimur to make a port call at Colombo while on its way to join the Pakistan Navy in Karachi.
Colombo Port City Special Economic Zone has been promoted among commonwealth countries attracting potential investors by creating awareness on facilities and incentives of this special zone located in a strategic position in the Indian ocean.
UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, has launched an appeal for US$10.7 million to deliver lifesaving healthcare to more than 2 million women and girls in Sri Lanka in the next six months.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expressed confidence that through economic stability and administrative reforms, the crises faced by the Government of Sri Lanka will end very soon and as a service centre in the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka can be made into a state with great development.
In the wake of Sri Lanka’s request to defer the planned docking of a high-tech Chinese research vessel at the strategic Hambantota Port, China on Monday took a dig at India, saying it was “senseless to pressure” Colombo by citing the issue of security concerns.
