by Kurulu Koojana Kariyakarawana in Daily Mirror online, Aug 26m 2023A Chinese national who was caught distributing illegal Chinese-branded cigarettes in Colombo was imposed a fine of Rs.1 million by the Fort Magistrate yesterday. Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage imposed this fine when Kollupitiya Police produced the foreigner arrested for distributing a stock of Chinese branded cigarettes, which the sale and consumption is entirely prohibited in Sri Lanka. Two officials attached to the Kollupitiya Police on…
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By Saman Indrajith in The Island, Feb 24, 2023SBJB MP Harsha de Silva said that he had asked the Gotabaya Rajapaksa administration to seek IMF assistance in 2020. “At that time a U.S dollar was selling at Rs 200. The interest rates were around six percent. Inflation was around six percent. The situation is completely different today. Our interest rates are around 35 percent and the inflation is over 50 percent. Dollar sells at Rs…
Report in Dawn, Feb 5, 2023KARACHI: Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a suspected militant of the outlawed Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army (SRA) for his alleged involvement in attacks on Rangers and Chinese citizens. They also claimed that he got militancy training in Afghanistan. “We have arrested Hanif alias Billu, who is affiliated with outlawed SRA,” said Malir SSP Irfan Bahadur. He said that the name of the held suspect was included in the ‘Red…
report in The Mirning, Feb 5, 2023The Sri Lankan Government has informed the Chinese Government of the expectations of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from Sri Lanka’s key bilateral creditors in order to proceed with Sri Lanka’s planned Extended Fund Facility (EFF) with the fund, The Sunday Morning learns. A highly-placed Government source told The Sunday Morning that the Government had last week conveyed to the Chinese envoy in Sri Lanka of the IMF’s expectation…
by Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press, Jan 31, 2023 .Since August 2021, China has increased its diplomatic relations and economic investments with Afghanistan’s de facto government. In the recent past, Islamic State-Khorasan and other terror outlets in Afghanistan have targeted these significant investments. Sources reported that an attack on Chinese projects is considered a kind of retaliation for the cruel behaviour of the Chinese government against the Uyghur Muslim population in China. Earlier in January,…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press, Jan 24, 2023Taliban authorities have arrested five men including two Chinese nationals over the alleged smuggling of lithium-bearing stones out of the country, according to local sources. In collaboration with their Afghan allies, two Chinese nationals were trying to smuggle precious stones from Afghanistan to China through Pakistan. According to sources, the rocks contained 30 percent lithium, extracted from Nuristan and Kunar, the two provinces sharing a border with…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press, Jan 23, 2023Chinese Foreign Minister issued a request in a phone conversation with his Afghan counterpart to ensure the safety of Chinese personnel and institutions in Afghanistan. Qin Gang, the foreign minister of China, held a phone conversation with Muttaqi, the acting foreign minister of Afghanistan, hoping that the Afghan government would take decisive action to ensure the security of Chinese personnel and institutions in Afghanistan. The request was…
report in Prothom Alo, Jan 10, 2023Newly appointed Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang held an hour-long meeting with his Bangladeshi counterpart at a brief stopover at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka early Tuesday. The aircraft carrying Qin stopped at the airport at 1:58 am en route to his visit to Africa. Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen welcomed the Chinese minister at the airport and held a meeting with him at the VIP lounge. Qin…
AFP report, Dec 13, 2022KABUL: Armed men opened fire on Monday inside a hotel in central Kabul popular with Chinese nationals in an attack that ended when at least three gunmen were killed by security forces, the Taliban-run administration said. Two foreigners were injured while trying to escape by jumping from the hotel balcony, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid wrote on Twitter. Kabul’s Emergency Hospital, run by an Italian non-profit near the attacked hotel in the…
by Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary in The Daily Star, Dec 10, 2022A Chinese state-owned company has proposed to implement Dhaka-Chattogram High Speed Railway Project by forming a company, where China will have an 80 percent share. China Railway Design Corporation (CRDC), a subsidiary of state-owned China State Railway Group Co Ltd, proposed to implement the project following BOO (build-own-operate) model. BOO is a project delivery mechanism in which a government entity sells to a private sector…