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CID probes forged document with Chinese Embassy letterhead!

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8 months ago

February 1, 2023

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The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has launched an investigation into a forged document released with the letterhead of the Chinese Embassy distorting the Chinese Government’s position on debt restructuring of Sri Lanka.

The investigation has been launched based on a complaint made by the Chinese Ambassador in Sri Lanka, Public Security Minister Tiran Alles told the Sri Lanka Mirror.

The Ambassador has requested to look into the personnel who made the fake document and shared it initially.

The fake document with the Chinese Ambassador’s name was addressed to the President and the Minister of Finance.

With the circulation of this letter on social media, the Chinese Embassy in Colombo issued a Tweet saying it was fake.

“The Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka clarifies that a letter circulating on social media, under its official letterhead and written to Sri Lankan President & Financial Minister, is completely forged. Please follow the official sources of information,” the Tweet said.

The Tweet posted by the Chinese Embassy:

The Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka clarifies that a letter circulating on social media, under its official letter head and written to Sri Lankan President & Financial Minister, is completely forged. Please follow the official sources of information. pic.twitter.com/nf5ehZyj6g
— Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka (@ChinaEmbSL) January 24, 2023

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Govt. to set up mechanism to prevent & control forest fires

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September 26, 2023

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Taking into consideration the number of forest fires reported in the recent past, the Cabinet has approved a proposal to implement a programme to prevent the occurrence of forest fires and extinguish forest fires.

Government said that there is a rapidly increasing risk of forest fire caused by man-made fires around forests, especially during dry weather conditions.

“This situation is common in Badulla, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Matale, Monaragala, Polonnaruwa, Kurunegala, Puttalam and Rathnapura Districts. The number of forest fires reported so far this year is about 150. As a result, around 2,600 hectares of forests have been destroyed,” it said.

Accordingly, the Cabinet approved a proposal presented by the Forest and Wildlife Conservation Minister to implement a programme with the support of the government and other relevant parties from the national-level to the rural-level to prevent the occurrence of forest fires and extinguish forest fires.

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Cabinet approves proposal to obtain USD 200mn from ADB

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28 mins ago

September 26, 2023

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The Cabinet has approved a proposal to obtain an amount of USD 200 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) subject to an annual interest rate of 2%.

Initial discussions between the ADB and the Sri Lankan Government were held to obtain two loan facilities worth USD 200 million each based on policies to implement two sub-programmes under the economic stabilization and reformation programme.

It has been proposed to implement accelerated reformations to enhance the conflict management framework and the stabilization in the finance sector under the first sub-programme while it has been proposed to develop an all-inclusive resistant finance system under the second sub-programme.

Accordingly, the proposal submitted by the President as the Minister of Finance, to enter into a loan agreement with the ADB to obtain USD 200 million with a repaying period of 25 years inclusive of a grace period of 05 years in relation to the first sub-programme, was approved by the Cabinet.