By P.K.Balachandran
The horrible lynching of Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana, a Sri Lankan manager of a factory in Sialkot Pakistan last week, has been dubbed as “barbaric” by the Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, reflecting the general view of...
India and China are currently locked in a struggle over a wind cum solar energy project in three islands off the Jaffna Peninsula in North Sri Lanka which are very near India.
Though it is only a small US$ 12...
India has agreed to extend a helping hand to Sri Lanka as it tackles a multitude of economic problems created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
But while making offers of help it has also subtly laid down the condition that...
Colombo, December 2:
The global market for cannabis and its products is booming, with many nations de-regulating the weed or lifting the ban on it. The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (UNCND) had reclassified cannabis as a “therapeutic product” in...
Search for true multilateralism, and issues in climate change and COVID management, have brought India, China and Russia together. The three countries have reached a consensus on these issues, signaling the emergence of a new grouping outside the US...
A joint delegation of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and the Global Tamil Forum (GTF), which met top American officials between November 15 and 22, sought a proactive US government role “in alignment with India” in promoting a holistic...
There is no doubt as to where certain Muslim communities in Sri Lanka, such as the Malays, Bohras, Memons and Pathans, came from. But theories on the origin of Sri Lankan or Ceylon Moors, who are the majority among...
Sri Lankan Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa is planning to visit New Delhi at the earliest, to seek from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urgent help to tide over the economic crises in the island, especially the part concerning foreign debt...
When Sri Lankan military exploits are talked about or written about, only two of episodes are mentioned. They are: the defeat of the Tamil king Elara at the hands of the Sinhala prince Dutugemunu in 161 BC and the...
Poor electoral performance in the recent by- elections, and diminishing prospects in the 2022 elections, had made Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announce the repeal of three controversial farm laws which had made farmers in North India agitate relentlessly...
By PK Balachandran
Over a period of 30-odd years, spanning both the pre and post-independence periods, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru tried to balance the interests of India and Ceylon on the question of the people of Indian origin in...
Along with its ally Pakistan, China skipped the Delhi conclave of NSAs on Afghanistan.
Prof. Mohan Malik of Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu writes“Overawed by China’s growing wealth and power, India and other Chinese neighbors are expected to acquiesce...
