The Nepalese parliament on Sunday passed the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact with the United States by a voice vote. The opposition Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist Leninist) led by former Prime Minister K.P.Sharma Oli stayed away vowing...
Religious diplomacy is coming to the fore in the South Asian region. Buddhism and Hinduism have become key instruments of diplomacy in India-Sri Lanka relations.
Given the trend, it was not surprising that Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to India, MilindaMoragoda,...
Michele Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in her report to the 49 th.Session of the UNHRC beginning on February 28, has slammed Sri Lanka for not implementing its pledge to establish war crimes accountability mechanisms, to...
India and Sri Lanka are heading towards an understanding wherein India will do its best to meet Sri Lanka’s pressing economic and financial needs, and Sri Lanka, in turn, will meet India’s needs vis-à-vis maritime security in the Indian...
By P.K.Balachandran
Nepal is a vigorous multi-party democratic country with extensive devolution of power going up to the grassroots level. Regular elections are invariably followed by a peaceful transfer of power. However, the country has become a by-word for fickle...
Colombo, February 24:
In a short note on the Ukraine crisis and its impact on Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) has highlighted what it could mean for small countries living in the neighborhood or the...
BY JOHN FENG
China advised its citizens in Ukraine to stockpile rations on Tuesday, but it resisted the urge to evacuate diplomats despite what it called "major changes" in the Donbas area, where Russian troops are now being deployed as...
Fifty years ago this coming week, President Richard Nixon ventured where no U.S. president had gone before him and carried out a state visit to China. A trip that, he humbly claimed, "changed the world."
The announcement of Nixon's trip...
The Bangladesh Foreign Minister A.K. Abdul Momen said on Wednesday that the government will “pursue every possible legal avenue” to bring back former Ambassador to Malaysia, M Khairuzzaman, who is an accused in the case relating to the killing...
Colombo
The Sri Lanka Collective for Consensus (SLCC), a group of concerned citizens from various walks of life, has made some suggestions to amend the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).
The PTA amendment Bill, prepared by the Gotabaya...
The European Union (EU) and Sri Lanka held their 24th meeting of the Joint Commission on 8 February in Brussels. The meeting, which was held in a friendly and open atmosphere, reviewed bilateral relations and entailed an exchange of...
By P.K.Balachandran
The Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G.L.Peiris’ visit to New Delhi from February 6 to 8, is of considerable importance to both Sri Lanka and India. Both have important expectations. While the financial issues involving emergency Indian aid have...
