By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, December 8: Bashar Al-Assad, the ruthless ruler of Syria since 2000, fled from his country on Sunday after his iron-clad security and political structures fell like a house of cards in the face of an unexpectedly strong...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, December 7: Not getting an invitation from New Delhi to visit to India after he took over as Nepal’s Prime Minister in July this year, K.P.Sharma Oli broke a long standing tradition of Nepalese Prime Ministers visiting...
The Sri Lanka Easter Sunday Bombing of 2019 is often portrayed as a conspiracy shrouded in mystery. However, several in-depth reports offer detailed insights, uncovering the complex factors behind the attack and its aftermath. These reports are essential for...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, December 2: Alauddin Mohammad, a member of the Bangladesh National Citizens’ Committee Executive, seeks people-to-people contacts between Bangladesh and India to clear misunderstandings that had vitiated the relationship after the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a...
By P. K. Balachandran
Colombo, December 2:
The Indian freedom fighter Tipu Sultan (1751-1799) is glowingly described by his admirers as the “Tiger of Mysore” who died bravely fighting the British on the battlefield.
But in the eyes of British commentators...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, November 28: Maldivian President Mohamad Muizzu recently took a couple of critical steps to bring about stability in politics and in the handling of finances, as part of his efforts to reform and tone up the Maldivian...
An Indo-Maldivian Comprehensive Economic and Defence Partnership Agreement is on the cards.
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, November 23: Maldives was ardently pro-China from 2013 to 2018 during the Presidency of Abdulla Yameen. But it swung completely to the Indian side when Ibrahim...
By PK.Balachandran
Colombo, November 22: Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, who presides over a multinational business empire worth tens of billions of dollars, is now facing an arrest warrant from a New York court.
According to Reuters, prosecutors are planning to hand...
By P.K.Balachandran
The assassination of Mahatma Gandhi by a Hindu fanatic on January 31, 1948 in New Delhi, though immeasurably unsettling, played a seminal role in uniting a conflict-ridden India both emotionally and politically, says Cambridge University historian Prof. Yasmin...
The Interim Government of Dr.Muhammad Yunus is assailed by multiple domestic and international challenges.
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, November 19: Late last week, the post-Hasina Interim Government of Bangladesh led by Nobel Laureate Prof.Muhammad Yunus crossed the first 100 days of its...
In the Sri Lankan Presidential election held on September 21, the candidate of the leftist National Peoples Power (NPP), Anura Kumara Dissanayake, just scraped through. But in the parliamentary elections held on November 14, his party, the NPP, romped...
The Muhammad Yunus regime in Bangladesh is unsettled by Trump’s remarks on the communal situation in Bangladesh. But the ousted Awami League sees in them the seeds of covert American support for any effort it might make to come...
