The Chinese ambassador to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong, officially handed over the supplies in Colombo, which include tents, beds, generators, and water pumps.
Tourism professionals in Nepal have expressed optimism about the decision.
The government recently launched an unlimited data package for schools, which costs just 5,000 rupees ($17) per month.
Sri Lanka’s power minister Kumara Jayakody blamed the power outage in the country on “a monkey that disrupted a grid station in a Colombo suburb.”
Sri Lanka’s parliament consists of 225 members, with 196 elected through direct votes and 29 appointed via the national list.
Sri Lanka’s navy arrested eight Indian fishermen for poaching in the country’s territorial waters on Monday, the navy said in a statement on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to import eggs to stabilise market prices.
At least seven people were killed and 21 others injured after a race car rammed into spectators at a motorsports event in Sri Lanka on Sunday.
Currently, onions are sold between 35 and 40 Indian Rupees (41 and 47 U.S. cents) per kilogramme in retail markets across India.
On Tuesday, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said it launched a new country partnership strategy for Sri Lanka from 2024 to 2028.
