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...
Colombo, February 3. It is widely acknowledged that Sri Lanka has not been in such dire straits economically as it is now in its 74 th. year as an independent nation. Seven decades of erratic economic policies adopted in...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, February 3: The recently announced multi-faceted US$ 200 million plan to develop Galle harbor both as an enhanced commercial port and as a water sports and leisure hub hosting cruise ships, is an attractive proposition.
Indeed, the Public-Private...
The Sri Lankan Tamil parties have sent a letter to the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his help to establish a Federal Constitution in Sri Lanka in place of the present unitary one on the plea that the...
The Sri Lankan government has been making frantic efforts to meet the expectations of the Western countries on the human rights issue in the country, ahead of the February-March session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva,...
Colombo, January 27: Turkey, which is emerging as a power for the second time in history after the Ottoman Empire, is spreading its wings beyond the Middle East to South, South East Asia and Africa. Under Recep Tayyip Erdogan, ...
