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China’s anti-India stand at UNSC casts shadow on Xi-Modi Varanasi summit
While Pakistan can be managed, the worrying part is managing China, which can breathe down India’ its neck quite menacingly.
Lanka re-launches Ramayana Trail to attract tourists from India
Manavari temple, Ravana cave, Ashoka Vatika, Seetha Amman temple, Divurumpola, Ussangoda, Thiru Koneswaram temple, and Kathirkamam are part of the Ramayana circuit in Sri Lanka.
China says US and UK fomenting Hong Kong unrest
Those who trample the law will be brought to justice, China warns, as it arrested 589 persons in connection with the protests which began on June 9.
US$ 16.9 million Mahindra-Ideal Lanka auto assembly plant in Sri Lanka inaugurated
This is the first time a globally-acclaimed auto major is investing directly in Sri Lanka together with a local automotive company,
UNSC decides against taking action on Kashmir, wants India and Pakistan to talk
UN diplomats said countries disagreed on wording of a statement, with some fearing any comment would escalate tensions or would show bias towards Pakistan by simply holding the meeting.
Bangladesh High Commission in Lanka observed National Mourning Day by serving cancer patients
A leading Bangladeshi oncology pharma company "Beacon" will offer cancer drugs free for every second drug purchased by the Institute of Palliative Medicine.
UN Security Council permanent members exchange views on Kashmir but do little else
Earlier in the day, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan had a telephonic conversation with US President Donald Trump and took him into confidence over the UNSC meeting.
Shiv Kumar Sharma’s Santoor recital was a fitting finale to Indian I-Day celebrations in Colombo
The audience saw the amazing potential of the 100-stringed Santoor, which before Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma’s time, was but a Kashmiri folk instrument meant to play simple rural melodies.
Colombo’s property value to rocket following completion of mega project
Colombo, Aug. 15 - With the completion of a mega China-funded port city project in capital Colombo, property value here is expected to increase within six years, a leading property report said. The report, titled Lanka Property Web, 2019, Real Estate Trend, said that with the completion of the Colombo Port City, business and residential areas in central Colombo will...
China asks UN Security Council to hold closed door discussions on Kashmir on Aug 15 or 16
France wanted an informal discussion next week but Radio Pakistan reported that the UNSC will discuss the issue on August 16.
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