The opening meeting of the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) began at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Saturday, attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping and other state leaders. Premier Li Keqiang,...
India had abstained from voting on the US- sponsored resolution against Russia in the UN Security Council. While it’s closeness to both the US and Russia may have played a role in taking this decision, it is undeniable that...
By P.K.Balachandran
There is now a growing tendency, the world over, to view every issue from a “security”angle. The question of climate change is no exception. While climate change does have defense or geopolitical implications, it can be seen just...
Colombo, February 23
Sri Lanka is now taking a greater interest in keeping a watch over its maritime domain in the context of mounting pressure from India and the US to enhance its maritime defense capabilities and become a meaningful...
Colombo February 21: The International Mother Language Day, meant to highlight the role of the mother tongue in shaping people’s lives across the globe, was celebrated in Colombo with tuneful songs and enchanting dances performed by school children and...
'Let Tamil bind us together’, program has taken many meaningful steps towards promoting the commonalities and cohesiveness of the global Tamil community, say TNA and GTF
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) on Saturday jointly...
The International Mother Language Day, which is celebrated annually on February 21, is of critical importance. History and research tell us that the mother tongue has social, political, cultural and educational dimensions, which the world can ill afford to...
Colombo, February 13: Fathima Fahmida Rameez, a teacher in the State-run Sri Shanmuga Hindu Ladies College in the Eastern Sri Lankan district of Trinomalee, has not been allowed to resume work wearing the Abaya (a loose garment covering the...
The United States’ Indo-Pacific Strategy released on Friday says that it supports India’s “continued rise and regional leadership.”
The document says that the US will continue to build a “strategic partnership” in which the US and India work together...
Colombo, February 12:
Bangladesh is today a South Asian Tiger in economic development. But its early years as an independent country were blood-soaked. Born as a result of a liberation war in 1971 it had to go through a...
Colombo, February 10:
The 5 th. Summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is to be held at the end of March in Colombo. It is expected to be an in-person Summit...
India and Sri Lanka had been at odds for most of the 20 th.,Century. The question of the economic and political rights of the people of Indian origin troubled both pre-independence and post-independence governments in the two countries. Then,...
