President Wickremesinghe was on a four day visit to China to attend an event to mark the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) where he also geld meeting with the Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Sri Lanka and the IMF have reached a crucial staff-level agreement to release the second tranche of about USD 330 million out of the USD 2.9 billion bailout package
India participated in the 23rd COM meeting and the 25th Committee of Senior Officials of the IORA held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, led by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
Almost all the matches in the Sri Lankan leg of the Asia Cup were affected by rain. Even the final on Sunday had a delayed start because of wet outfield.
Despite Gill's impressive performance with eight fours and five sixes, and Axar Patel's brisk 42 off 34 balls towards the end, India's total fell short as they were bowled out for 259 in 49.5 overs.
Tens of thousands of passengers have been greatly inconvenienced because of the strike. Hundreds of scheduled train journeys were cancelled on both days and only a few trains operated.