Sri Lanka, Dec. 23 -- Sugath Rathnayake, a Sri Lankan academic and lecturer at Yunnan University in China, has been awarded the prestigious Yunnan Friendship Award, one of the highest honours conferred on foreign experts by the Yunnan Provincial Government.Sri Lanka Developers

Rathnayake, who serves in the Department of Sri Lankan Studies at Yunnan University, said in a Facebook post that he received the award last week, describing it as a great honour for both himself and Sri Lanka.

According to the post, ten foreign experts were selected for the award in 2023 in recognition of their outstanding contributions to fields including education, science and technology, health, media, publishing, culture, arts, and sports. Recipients are pres...