AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoIndia-Sri Lanka diplomacy: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and other Sri Lankan leaders in Colombo, agreeing to push ahead on updating the India–Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement and reviewing key projects. A major outcome was the exchange of agreements for India’s INR-denominated Lines of Credit worth the equivalent of USD 350 million under Cyclone Ditwah relief—USD 250m for rail and USD 100m for livestock and priority sectors. Monsoon misery: Severe monsoon flooding and landslides in India have killed 100+ since July, while Sri Lanka’s monsoon-linked flooding has killed at least 8 and displaced around 12,000. Legal accountability in Easter case: A Sri Lankan court judgment in the Easter Sunday trial-at-bar has reaffirmed that the failure was not intelligence, urging clearer separation between intelligence, policing and executive decision-making. Police and politics: SLPP rejected claims that remarks by its General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam against the IGP amounted to a death threat, saying the comments were misinterpreted. Sports—LPL: Former India pacer Zaheer Khan became co-owner of Jaffna Kings after Anchor Sports AB acquired the franchise, rebranded as Anchor Jaffna Kings. FIFA turmoil: Gianni Infantino held an emergency FIFA crisis meeting in Morocco amid mounting opposition to the abandoned private investment plan.
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