Imran Khan expected to leverage the military and political help rendered to Sri Lanka during and after the war against terrorism to weaken India’s influence on the island nation.
Colombo, January 19: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is to...
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) came into existence 36 years ago in 1985. The South Asian Preferential Trade Agreement (SAPTA) had come into existence in 1993 and the South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) was operationalized...
India and the US have designated themselves as “strategic partners” with political, economic and military dimensions to the relationship. But the partnership has kept coming under strain.
The reasons are two-fold: Firstly, its contours are not defined. Secondly, Washington’s‘America First’...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, March 13
The March 11 notification on the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act of 2019 (CAA) has already triggered an agitation in Assam, shaking the foundation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government there.
And if the CAA...
By N Sathiya Moorthy
8 May 2024
Had it not been for the slow but sure emergence of China as a threat to the Western order, would India have been accepted as a near-equal partner by individual Western nations, jointly and...
The financial crisis in Sri Lanka is one of the first major challenges faced by the ruling Rajapaksa family as traders, importers and the opposition are up in arms against the government’s mishandling of the situation. Prices of food...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, April 5:
The Maldivian parliament has called for trade and tourism sanctions against Israel for its atrocities in Gaza. But President Mohamed Muizzu and his cabinet are yet to respond to the parliament’s call. Given his commitment or...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, November 30:
Sri Lankan Malays, who are Muslims, had, for at least two centuries, drawn inspiration from the Hindu epic Ramayana to overcome the traumas of exile to Ceylon from their native Java in the Indonesia archipelago.
The...
By Tang Lu
India has a large population and is one of the fastest- growing economies in the world. But when it comes to developing competitive sports, with the exception of cricket which is popular across the country, India has...
Beijing proposes extensive schemes for the “joint development” of the Blue Economy of the “China-Indian Ocean Region”
By P.K.Balachandran Colombo
17 December 23
In opposition to the traditional practice of using the term “Indian Ocean” for the sea stretching from the Bay...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, December 7:
Global revenue from arms sales had plunged in 2022 due to the failure of the US arms industry to meet orders, says the international arms monitor Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in its latest report.
In...
Colombo, April 18: A leading Buddhist monk, Ven.Muruththetuwe Ananda Thero, head of the politically influential Abayarama temple in Colombo, has thrown his weight behind petitions in the Sri Lankan Supreme Court against the China-funded US$ 1.4 billion Colombo Port...
