Bus topples injuring 15 in Welimada

At least 15 passengers were injured and hospitalized after a bus veered off the road and toppled in Balagala, Welimada this morning.

Police said a private bus traveling from Pannalawela to Welimada was involved in the accident which occurred at around 6.30am today.

The wounded persons have been admitted to the Welimada Hospital for treatment.

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China to lend $580 million for Sri Lanka development projects

China Development Bank Corporation will lend $580 million to Sri Lanka to help implement key infrastructure projects, a government document released on Wednesday showed.

The loan will bring CDB’s total lending to Sri Lanka to more than US$1.4 billion. China’s increasing influence in the island nation has stoked concerns in neighboring India.

According to the document, $300 million of the loan will be spent on developing roads and $200 million on water supply projects, with the rest going to the national business school.

It said CDB had already extended $652 million for road development projects and $214 million for an irrigation project.

The loan announcement comes ahead of a four-day official visit to China by Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

The $59 billion economy has increasingly relied on China for financing and technical expertise for reconstruction projects following the end of its long civil war in May 2009.

In March, China’s Export-Import Bank agreed a $278.2 million loan to finance a rail track to a port Beijing is building in Sri Lanka’s deep south of Hambantota.

China has loaned $1.5 billion for the port’s construction and $209 million for a nearby airport.

Similar port developments from Burma to Pakistan have raised Indian fears about Chinese political and military influence, but Rajapaksa has rejected such concerns, saying China’s presence in Sri Lanka is strictly business-related. - Reuters‎

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