Chinese Defence Minister arrives in Sri Lanka today Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
Chinese State Councillor and Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe will arrive in Sri Lanka today on a two day official visit, the Government Information Department confirmed yesterday.
He will hold bilateral discussions with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and senior officials. This will be the second-highest visit by a Chinese official following senior Chinese diplomat, Yang Jiechi’s visit in October.
The visit is arranged under the air-bubble concept due to COVID-19.
Free Media Movement said the bill intended to curb false and misleading online posts could be detrimental to freedom of expression. It was approved by the Cabinet on 20 April.
Posted on April 25th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana
The Government Information Department reports that 133 new cases of COVID-19 have been identified increasing today’s coronavirus total to 783.
All 133 new cases are close contacts of infected patients from the Peliyagoda cluster.
The total number of COVID-19 cases associated with the Minuwangoda, Peliyagoda and prisons clusters has reached 95,746.
Sri Lanka’s tally of confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported so far has climbed to 101,369 with this.
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