Following are the top foreign stories at 2030 hours

    
     FGN60: LANKA-PORT CITY
     Colombo: Crisis-hit Sri Lanka has decided to give special 40-year tax relief for Chinese-built Colombo Port city to attract potential investors as the island nation’s largest foreign direct investment failed to attract investments after the much-touted project opened for nearly one year, a senior minister said on Tuesday.
    
     FGN42: LANKA-INDIA-LOAN
     Colombo: Sri Lanka has sought a USD 55 million loan from India for the procurement of urea amidst its worst economic crisis threatening a severe food shortage, an official said on Tuesday.
    
     FGN61: CHINA-BRICS-FINANCIAL-COOPERATION
     Beijing: The BRICS nations comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa have reached a consensus on deepening financial cooperation and strengthening coordination on macroeconomic policy, the official media here reported on Tuesday.
    
     FGN45: LANKA-INDIA-TOURISM
     Colombo: India has emerged as Sri Lanka's top inbound tourist market in May, even as there is a slump in the cumulative arrivals of holiday makers due to the ongoing economic and political situation in the country, the tourism authority here said on Tuesday.
    
     FGN52: UK-JOHNSON-LD CABINET
     London: A defiant British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday led his first Cabinet meeting after a tense day of political intrigue, which ended in him securing a victory in a no-confidence ballot of his party members with a narrow margin as a major chunk of his MPs voted against him as the leader.
    
     FGN43: LANKA-INDIA-AID
     Colombo: Sri Lanka's foreign minister G L Peiris has met India’s High Commissioner here Gopal Baglay and they appreciated the pivotal importance of multifaceted relations between the two countries which have stood the test of time as close neighbours, the Sri Lankan foreign ministry has said.
    
     FGN47: PAK-GERMANY-KASHMIR
     Islamabad: German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Tuesday said that a constructive approach and confidence building measures between Pakistan and India were key to improvement of their ties and solution of the Kashmir issue.
    
     FGN46: VIETNAM-RAJNATH
     Hanoi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday arrived here in Vietnam on a three-day visit, in reflection of the growing congruence in maritime security cooperation with the key Southeast Asian country amid China's increasing muscle-flexing in the region.
    
     FGN57: PAK-GERMANY-LD COVID
     Islamabad: German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Tuesday cut short her three-nation foreign trip after testing positive for COVID-19 while in Pakistan.
    
     FGN54: BIZ-WORLDBANK-INDIA-GROWTH
     Washington: The World Bank on Tuesday cut India's economic growth forecast for the current fiscal to 7.5 per cent as rising inflation, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions taper recovery.
    
     FGN56: CONTROVERSY-BJP-LD ARAB
     Dubai: Iraq, Libya, Malaysia and Turkiye have joined over a dozen Muslim countries in condemning the controversial remarks made by now-suspended and expelled BJP leaders against Prophet Mohammad. PTI
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