The Lok Sabha is set to witness a fierce debate on the no-confidence motion against the BJP-led government with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, whose membership was restored following a Supreme Court direction, likely to be the lead speaker of...
The Foreign Ministry rejected the reference to a Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day in the statement issued on Sunday (July 23) by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
"Canada's continued reference to a false, distorted narrative of the past conflict in Sri...
When there is voting in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on a resolution on the human rights situation Sri Lanka, the island nation is expected to lose the vote as it did in March 2021.
But, as seen earlier,...
The roots of the conflict lie in sectarian and geopolitical differences
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, January 19
Even as the world’s attention was on the unending war in Gaza and the Houthis’ attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, there was an unexpected...
According to Brazil’s president, the BRICS economic alliance is officially set to abandon the US dollar for trade settlements. Moreover, the development aligns with recent de-dollarization efforts embraced by the bloc. As they continue to promote the use of...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has seized the opportunity to assert his nation's position in Eastern Europe at a time when the United States is both mired in domestic division and fixated on challenging China.
Tied down at home and abroad,...
mostly children and elderly Palestinian civilians – killed in the relentless Israeli attacks.
Undeterred, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen has vowed that the war will continue with or without international support until Hamas is destroyed and the last of the...
The Supreme Court today issued an interim order directing the the authorities to produce Convener of Inter University Students' Federation (IUSF) Wasantha Mudalige before a Magistrate.
Supreme Court two-judge-bench bench comprising Justices Vijith Malalgoda and S. Thurairaja further decided to...
The Government of Sri Lanka and the World Bank signed today a $80.5 million additional financing to help Sri Lanka access and distribute COVID-19 vaccines and to strengthen the country’s vaccination system and pandemic response.
Mr. Sajith Attygalle, Secretary to...
The Gotabaya Rajapaksa government appears determined to bring about an immediate and drastic change in Sri Lankan agriculture by replacing the conventional chemicals-based system to an organic-based one without the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Adopting a carrot...
While there is pressure on Sri Lanka from India and the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to hold the long-delayed Provincial Council (PC) elections, several political factors are preventing the Gotabaya Rajapaksa government from holding the polls in the...
People who identify as gay in Uganda risk life in prison after parliament passed a new bill to crack down on homosexual activities.
It also includes the death penalty in certain cases.
A rights activist told the BBC the debate...
