China and Sri Lanka entered into a Sports Exchange Programme enabling the sportsmen of both countries to take part in competitions organised domestically.
"With the visit of the Vice President China National corporation for Overseas Economic Cooperation Xie Lutao to Sri Lanka a new chapter had been opened for Sri Lankan Paddlers to enter into a Sports Exchange programme with China which will benefit Sri Lanka’s Table Tennis players of all age groups. It was proposed to start this programme by inviting the Chinese Mercantile Table Tennis team to a series of matches with Sri Lanka’s Mercantile firms," stated a media release issued by the Mercantile Badminton Association.
Further according to the press release; "Xie Lutao being himself an active table tennis player had been requested to send a table tennis team from his corporation to take part in table tennis matches with Sri Lankan mercantile firms and to start a reciprocal sport exchange programme between China and Sri Lanka."
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
In his special statement, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that debt restructuring agreements will postpone all bilateral loan payments to foreign countries until 2028. Additionally, Sri Lanka will have until 2043 to repay these loans on concessional terms.
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