In his inaugural address at the Indian Ocean Conference in Dhaka on May 12, the Indian External Affairs Minister D.S.Jaishankar pointed out that the “Indo-Pacific is a reality and becoming more so with each passing day.”
“It is a statement...
Colombo, November 9: Sri Lanka is set to gain from the intensified Big Power rivalry over Colombo port.
With the US and the Adani group now collaborating in building the West Container Terminal (WCT), and China already in through the Colombo...
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...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, April 24: In the recent past, a number of media reports have shone a light on the plight of Sri Lankan rural folk, mostly women, who are caught in a debt trap, having taken loans from...
By P.K.Balachandran
: Seven Indian States are due to have their Legislative Assembly elections in 2022. These elections are expected to give a foretaste of the political scenario in 2024, when the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be facing...
The recent death of 33 year old extremely sick Sri Lankan girl student Wishma Sandamali in a Japanese Immigration Detention Center, allegedly due to callous neglect on the part of the authorities, has highlighted several issues pertaining to human...
Indian strategic experts worry that increased Chinese presence in the Bay of Bengal is aimed at strategically “encircling” India. But Nilanthi Samaranayake of the Virginia-based Center for Naval Analysis (CAN) says that the aims of the two rivals are...
