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Colombo, November 25: With the closure of the Afghan embassy in New Delhi that had represented the ousted Ashraf Ghani government, India is now giving “de facto” if not “de jure” recognition to the Taliban regime in Kabul, says Talmiz...
A decade and a half has passed, yet the wounds of one of India’s worst terrorist attacks remain raw and the emotional scars refuse to heal. The 26/11 Mumbai attacks did not just expose holes in the intelligence and...
Colombo, November 11: For the G7 countries, the primary source of worry appears to be Russia rather than China. The Foreign Ministers of the G7 countries comprising Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the US, and the High Representative...
  Colombo, November 20: India is now facing a conundrum in the Maldives, a strategically located island nation in the Indian Ocean. A pro-Chinese President, Dr. Mohamed Muizzu, is in power having beaten the pro-Indian predecessor Ibrahim Solih in the October...
Colombo, November 24: Nepal is in the news again. This time it is due to the resurgence of a movement to restore the monarchical system that was abolished in 2008. Monarchy was abolished to contain a violent Maoist movement that had...
      When Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on January 30, 1948, the leaders of the new country Pakistan were shaken, and in their speeches in the Constituent Assembly and the Provincial Assemblies, they fulsomely acknowledged the Indian leader’s life-long fight for...
Colombo, November 20:         The Maldivian President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu has appointed Mohamed Hussain Shareef (aka Mundhu Shareef) and Dr.Ali Naseer Mohamed as Ambassadors-at-Large. Mohamed Shahudy joins as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. Mohamed Hussain Shareef better known as Mundhu Shareef had...
By P.K.Balachandran The US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung is confident that Sri Lanka will recover from its present political and economic troubles, but she cautions that it will have to ensure political stability and take hard decisions in...
PUNE: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said there was a need for India to embrace “international relations with Indian characteristics.” Speaking on Saturday at an international relations conference in Pune, Jaishankar stated that the “rebalancing” of global power towards India...
The Supreme Court, in a landmark judgement on Friday (6), held that the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) decision to expel Minister Naseer Ahamad from the party membership is valid in law. The judgement by the Supreme Court will inevitably...
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has sacked a top general in charge of the war against Ukraine as he continues his purge of the top brass following Wagner's attempted coup last month. General Valery Gerasimov, 67, has been ousted as conflict commander less...
Colombo, November 1: Bangladesh, as indeed the rest of South Asia, is at a crossroads. Parliamentary elections are due in January 2024 in which Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of the Awami League is seeking a fourth consecutive term as Prime...

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