With the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan by August 31 this year, the resultant vacuum is expected to be filled by a variety of powers, namely, Pakistan, India, China, Russia and Iran, though the US might still be...
Thirty one Sri Lankan human rights organization and civil society groups have jointly released a statement demanding an end to impunity on child labor, trafficking, and sexual exploitation following the suspected rape and murder of an underage female domestic...
Sri Lanka was shocked by the suspected rape and suicide of a female teenaged domestic, Ilashini, in MP Rishad Bathiudeen’s residence in Colombo. But Ilashini’s case appears to be an exception in Sri Lanka, going by a survey of...
There is widespread condemnation in Sri Lanka of the government’s brazen, unconscionable and partisan use of the pandemic containment regulations to quell public display of dissent.
The immediate issue is the forced 14-day quarantining of a small group of demonstrators...
A series of unconstitutional actions on the part of Nepalese Prime Minister K.P.Sharma Oli and his party colleague, and Nepalese President Bindya Devi Bhandari, forced the country’s Supreme Court to annul the dissolution of the House of Representatives, order...
Colombo, July 12: With the US withdrawing all its troops from Afghanistan by August 31, and the radical Islamist Taliban likely to seize power from the pro-Western, ideologically middle-of the-road government in Kabul, there is intense speculation on what...
By saying that the US is not in Afghanistan for “nation building” but only to protect itself from Islamic zealots based in that country, President Joe Biden may be handing over the economically devastated Afghanistan to China on a...
Colombo, July 5: As in other countries of the world, the outbreak of the COVID-19 led to lockdowns and severe border restrictions in Singapore. But come July 2021, with 40% of its population vaccinated and with an aim to...
Colombo, June 28: While Sri Lanka’s connection with the Tamil country in South India is repeatedly mentioned in the island nation’s ancient chronicles, the Mahawamsa and the Deepawamsa, its connection with Kerala, which is also in South India, finds...
Colombo, June 24: Bangladesh, which has made a success of agriculture in the South Asian region, could be the model Sri Lanka should adopt for its fertilizer policy. To an appreciable extent Bangladesh has succeeded in regulating the use...
The Indian Foreign Minister Dr.S.Jaishankar spoke to his Sri Lankan counterpart, Dinesh Gunawardena on Monday and discussed a range of bilateral and regional issues.
Jaishankar tweeted on Monday to say: “ Goodconversation with FM@DCRGunawardena of Sri Lanka. Reviewed our bilateral agenda....
Colombo, June 21: The Sri Lankan government is determined to make farmers immediately switch over to organic farming citing health and environmental reasons as well as the severe foreign exchange shortage which impairs the import of chemical fertilizers. Government...
