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Sri Lankan court: China-built port board needs approval by public referendum
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Sri Lankan court: China-built port board needs approval by public referendum
AP / May 19, 2021, 13:24 IST
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File photo: A Chinese construction worker stands on land that was reclaimed from the Indian Ocean for the Colombo Port City project.
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka s top court has ruled that some provisions of legislation to set up a powerful economic commission in a Chinese-built port city violate the constitution and require approval by a public referendum to become law.
At the center of the dispute are fears that the $1.4 billion port city, part of China s sweeping Belt and Road infrastructure initiative, could become a virtual Chinese outpost or colony.
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A timeline of investigation into 2019 Sri Lankan bombings ANI | Updated: Apr 03, 2021 19:34 IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): As Easter Sunday approaches this year, it is time to take stock of the developments following the series of bomb blasts on April 21, 2019 that ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka, killing over 250 people and injuring hundreds.
The explosions targeted Christians at Easter Sunday church services in Colombo, Negombo and Batticaloa, and tourists staying in luxury hotels in the capital. The toll puts the attacks on par with the deadliest atrocities since the 9/11 attacks in the United States
Throughout the morning and afternoon, in and around the capital, Colombo, Negombo, and in the eastern city of Batticaloa, the bombs went off at churches and upscale hotels.
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