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Colombo-New Delhi: Lanka does U-turn, offers deep-sea port to India, Japan: Southern neighbour's volte-face a fine balancing act


Updated Mar 03, 2021 | 12:04 IST
The latest development comes just weeks after Colombo decided to reverse course on a 2019 agreement that would have seen India and Japan build the East Container Terminal at the Colombo Port.
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.  |  Photo Credit: PTI
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According to the latest reports, the Indian High Commission in Colombo has “approved” the offer, yet no statement has been released from India s Ministry of External Affairs
Following Sri Lanka s difficulties in servicing Chinese debt, the government ceded ownership of the China-financed Hambantota Port Project with Colombo giving the port on lease to Beijing for a period of 99 years in December 2017 ....

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President says he will seek expert advice before releasing forest land for road


by Ifham Nizam
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday turned down a plea by villagers to allocate three kilometres of forest cover to build a new road in Deraniyagala, officials said.
“I cannot agree to it without consulting environmental experts”, he said during an interaction with villagers in the area on Saturday.
Environmentalists believe that some local politicians had coaxed villagers to urge the President to release the forest land ostensibly for a road for which hundreds of valuable trees will have to be felled.
“For all we suspect, there seems to be more interest in the timber than on building a new road from Pallebaga to Kitulgala through Makandawa Reserve, a haven for birds. ....

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AMS says Covishield vaccine most effective and best solution against Covid-19


The Association of Medical Specialists (AMS) urged all those eligible to receive the Covishield vaccine to do so, and not lose the opportunity as it is the most effective and the best solution now available against Covid-19.
The vaccine has been approved by the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) following the ‘due process’. It’s the same Oxford Astra Zeneca vaccine, approved by two stringent drug regulators in the world from UK and EU as safe and efficacious, AMS President, Dr. L A. Ranasinghe said in a statement.
“Almost all members of our association leading from the front obtained vaccination to allay anxiety of the rest of the health sector. There are several myths and misconceptions circulating especially in social media probably to scare innocent people creating an unwarranted anxiety towards this vaccine”, it said. ....

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