Without naming Russia and China, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticized Russia’s on-going misadventure in Europe and ticked off China for its transgressions in Asia, in his address to a joint session of the US Congress in Washington on...
Following are excerpts of the interview;
President Ranil Wickremesinghe;
If I look back to May-June last year, Sri Lanka was on the verge of chaos. No one seemed willing to take charge or show leadership. I found myself in a peculiar...
NEW YORK/NEW DELHI -- Taking ties to a new high, India on Thursday sealed key defense deals with the U.S. during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's state visit to Washington, including on joint production of fighter jet engines in the...
STORY HIGHLIGHTSUS Coast Guard announced that the missing tourist submersible was involved in a catastrophic
implosion. Five people on board, including Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son, Suleman
Dawood died in the accident. Hamish Harding (CEO of Action Aviation in Dubai),
Paul-Henri Nargolet,...
By Robbie Gramer, a diplomacy and national security reporter at Foreign Policy,
and Christina Lu, a reporter at Foreign Policy.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, second from the left, attends a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, sitting at...
A year-long BBC investigation has uncovered a sadistic global monkey torture ring stretching from Indonesia to the United States.
The World Service found hundreds of customers in the US, UK and elsewhere paying Indonesians to torture and kill baby long-tailed macaques on...
Binalakshmi Nepram, founder-leader of the Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network (MWGSN) blames successive Indian central governments since 1949 for the current ethnic violence in Manipur which has so far claimed more than 100 lives and displaced more than 50,000...
But food consumption continues to be “well below” the pre-crisis period
By P.K.Balachandran
The Special Report of the FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) to Sri Lanka said in its report dated May 25, 2023, that the “food insecurity...
TOKYO -- Osaka-headquartered Fujiya produces professional wire cutters known for their sharpness and durability. Keeping the century-old business going are eight Vietnamese craftsmen working at the factory under the Japanese government's Technical Intern Training Program.
"We really can't keep up...
As a result of the free education policy adopted in 1947, Sri Lanka achieved universal primary education in 1964. The adoption of Swabhasha education (in the Sinhala and Tamil mediums) also helped bring about universal literacy. However, due to a variety...
Dr Sulakshana Jayawardena, Additional Secretary of the Presidential Secretariat, strongly denied the claims propagated in multiple media reports asserting that 7.5 million Sri Lankans were lacking adequate meals. Contrary to these reports, the Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission...
The soft power of Yoga can be harnessed for strategic purposes
By P.K.Balachandran
During this year’s International Day of Yoga (IDY), June 21, Indian missions abroad will hold Yoga sessions in select port locations across the world to form a ‘Global...
