Present-day Indian rulers, who are keen on establishing India’s presence in Central Asia, can draw inspiration from the daring and enterprising Indian traders of the medieval era, who were key participants in the trade along the Central Asian Silk...
hat do you call a country where nearly one in 10 adults have medical debts and a broken bone can boot you into bankruptcy? A country where a city of more than 160,000 residents recently had no safe drinking...
With the Rajapaksas pushed into the background and due to the high powers vested in the Sri Lankan Executive Presidency, President Ranil Wickremesinghe is now in a position to take his island nation closer to India and away from...
Addressing the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry stated that, notwithstanding severe constraints and challenges in the current economic situation, Sri Lanka remains firmly committed to pursuing tangible...
Introduction
This article looks at the current political situation in Sri Lanka from a comprehensive strategic point of view. Developments therefore, have a national security perspective keeping India’s objectives and interests in mind. The note will briefly cover political and...
In her report on Sri Lanka to the September 2022 session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Wednesday, the High Commissioner of Human Rights (HCHR) said that the present economic crisis the island nation is going through...
A worker makes his way to a wholesale market to find jobs in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Photographer: Buddhika Weerasinghe/Bloomberg
By Ronojoy Mazumdar and Asantha Sirimanne
Sri Lanka is contending with a high risk of default on its local currency bonds as it seeks to...
That the committee of officials is headed by an Additional Secretary to the President testifies to the importance given to the issue
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, September 5: The appointment of a high-level committee of officials to facilitate the repatriation of Sri...
Responding to questions from the media about China’s position on restructuring debts vis-à-vis Sri Lanka, the Chinese embassy here said on Thursday that in April this year Chinese financial institutions reached out to the Sri Lankan side and expressed...
Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, hospital officials in Moscow said.
Gorbachev, the last Soviet president, forged arms reduction...
Sri Lanka’s interim budget presented by President cum Finance Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in parliament here on Tuesday, is intended to lay the foundation for a progressive economy even as it provides a buffer to the poor who are bearing...
Responding to a newspaper article written by the Chinese Ambassador in Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong, the Indian High Commission on Saturday accused the Chinese envoy of violating “basic diplomatic etiquette.” In a series of tweets, the mission pointed out...
