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...
Beginning on August 28, Leicester and surrounding areas in the UK, saw confrontations between Hindu and Muslim youths instilling insecurity in the minds of a largely peaceful South Asian community. Leicester is 40% South Asian and hence the worry...
At first glance the Declaration issued after the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s summit at Samarkand on September 15 and 16 looks like a string of worn-out platitudes. But the meeting did enable the member countries to state both their concerns...
The Opposition is all out to open another front for the government, which is struggling to tackle the economic crisis and recover lost ground. It is demanding that the much-delayed local government (LG) polls be held soon. Nothing is...
The Dutch were a pre-eminent politico-economic and military power in Ceylon and South India in the 17 th. and 18 th.Centuries, having driven out the Portuguese from the region’s lucrative spice trade. But the Dutch could not withstand the...
The joint communique issued at the end of the visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to New Delhi on September 7 was quite impressive, with India being involved in a number of big-ticket infrastructural and connectivity projects. But...
The wellbeing of a democratic system of government depends on the robustness of political parties, pressure groups, civil society organizations, etc., and, most of all, public trust in the ruling party and the Opposition. A democracy cannot remain healthy...
Protestant missionaries faced a variety of challenges in converting the people of Ceylon whether from Buddhism, Hinduism or Roman Catholicism. Islam is not on this list because there is no authenticated case of any Ceylonese Muslim converting to Christianity...
A weekly paper said on Sunday that the government is to revive an earlier proposal to set up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) to address the long-standing issues of rights violations, alleged war crimes and...
Colombo, September 4: Sri Lanka is said to be burdened by an unsustainable debt to China. The Chinese are blamed for trapping Sri Lanka in debt which could lead to servitude. While this may not be an entirely accurate...
Sri Lanka on Thursday succeeded in arriving at a staff-level agreement with the IMF for an Extended Fund Facility of US$ 2.9 billion spread over a four-year period. This facility was given following the submission of a credible plan...
Colombo, August 31: As September (or March) approaches every year, the Sri Lanka government gets the jitters. This is because it is hauled over the coals for its war-related and post-war human rights record at the March and September...
