The first payment of USD 292.1 million from the China Merchant Port Holdings (CMPort) Co. Ltd for the handing over of operations of the Hambantota Port has been credited the Central Bank said in a statement.
The amount was credited to the US Dollar account of the Government of Sri Lanka maintained by the Central Bank.
The Port was handed over to the Chinese company on December 9, where Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was given a cheque of USD 292,097, 400 million as an advance payment.
The Government in November decided to amend the clauses of the Hambantota Framework Agreement between CMPort, Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA), Government of Sri Lanka, CMPort, Hambantota International Port Group (Pvt) Ltd, and Hambantota International Port Services Company (Pvt) Ltd to fast track the scheduled payments from the deal.
The new agreement stated that “30 percent would be paid on the date of signing, 10 percent after a month since signing and to pay the remaining 60 percent within six months of signing”- the government news portal reported.
The Government signed the Framework Agreement with CMPort for USD 1.12 billion.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
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