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...
The US sanction against the former Sri Lankan navy commander Adm.Wasantha Karannagoda and the Canadian sanctioning of former Presidents Mahinda Rajapaksa and Gotabaya Rajapaksa earlier, are portrayed as measures to enforce human rights.
But, in fact, human rights are but...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday accused the Centre of “cherry-picking” names for appointments to tribunals groaning under a backlog and left almost defunct by long-pending vacancies.
A Special Bench of Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana, Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and...
The Wagner mercenary group is completing the handover of its military hardware and weapons to the regular armed forces, according to Russia’s Ministry of Defence, two weeks after a short-lived mutiny that saw its columns advance on Moscow.
The ministry...
Ukraine’s finance minister on Friday said Kyiv should use its bilateral relationship with China as leverage to bring an end to Russia’s full-scale invasion.
His comments came shortly after a long-anticipated phone call between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Chinese President Xi...
TOKYO -- A week ago, global markets braced for a higher yen as the Bank of Japan loosened its grip on long-term interest rates. Instead, the currency fell to its lowest point in nearly a month.
The surprise result reflected...
Colombo, November 17:
In a thinly veiled reference to the Indian military presence in his country, the new President of the Maldives, Dr Mohamed Muizzu, on Friday made a firm commitment to ensure that the Maldives remained free of any...
Santosh Jha, who is tipped to be India’s envoy in Sri Lanka in place of the incumbent Gopal Baglay, is likely to vigorously pursue India’s economic goals in Sri Lanka, given his strong background in economic diplomacy.
Jha was Counsellor...
The bane of this country has been its preoccupation with partisan politics. The state of the economy and the Sena pest, which has eaten into the vitals of the rural economy, are now forgotten, to all intents and purposes....
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said his country is serious about building closer ties with India despite an ongoing diplomatic row.
His latest remarks come at a time when ties between the two countries are at an all time...
NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar was elected as the 14th Vice-President of India on Saturday as he defeated Opposition candidate Margaret Alva.
Mr. Dhankhar, a former Governor of West Bengal, secured 528 votes while 80-year-old Alva got 182. The numbers were stacked in...
The struggle of the ethnic Bengalis of Pakistan for political and cultural equality began five years after Pakistan was established by the departing British rulers in August 1947.
The imposition of Urdu as the sole official language of Pakistan led...
