By P.K.Balachandran
China will be giving Maldivians 30-day free visas as soon as the COVID-19 pandemic loses its virulence and travel becomes possible. This is one of the agreements signed by the two countries during the two-day visit of the...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, January 8: The visit of the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Sri Lanka from January 8 to 9, and the Indian Foreign Minister S.Jaishankar’s recent phone call to his Lankan counterpart G.L.Peiris, have given the impression...
A string of new studies has confirmed the silver lining of the omicron variant: Even as case numbers soar to records, the numbers of severe cases and hospitalizations have not. The data, some scientists say, signal a new, less...
The Omicron threat is lurking large in India as the total number of cases has reached 1,892 in the country so far. Delhi currently has 382 cases, second only to Maharashtra with 568 cases. While Maharashtra continues to remain...
Colombo, January 3: The Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, begins his swing through Eritrea, Kenya, the Comoros, Maldives and Sri Lanka, all in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), from January 4 to 9.
Wang has good geopolitical reasons for undertaking...
Colombo assures New Delhi that its security interests will not be jeopardized
By P.K.Balachandran
Sri Lanka appears poised to regain control over a majority of the 99 oil tanks in the Trincomalee Oil Tank Farm which were given to India by...
Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa would lead a delegation to the ‘Vibrant Gujarat’ summit to be held from January 10 to 12, official sources said. He is likely to hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during this...
A proposal to form an India-Sri Lanka joint venture to refurbish and manage the 99 giant,British-built, World War II vintage, oil tanks in Trincomalee in Eastern Sri Lanka was first made by India in 1987. The Indo-Lanka Accordof July...
China is assiduously cultivating North Sri Lankan Tamil fishermen in an effort to fill a gap created by India’s inaction in regard to the suffering these fishermen undergo as a result of massive poaching and bottom trawling indulged in...
In a series of strategic moves aimed at getting the support of the Tamil-speaking fishermen of Sri Lanka’s Northern Province, China has set up a sea cucumber hatchery and a foodstuff factory and has also gifted fishermen with fishing...
On Friday, World Human Rights Day, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated 15 individuals and 10 entities for their connection to human rights abuse and repression in several countries around the globe,...
