A Pakistan Tehreek –e-Insaf victory could jeopardise government-army relations
P.K Balachandwab
February 10
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led by jailed Imran Khan is currently way ahead of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) led by Nawaz Sharif and the Pakistan Peoples’...
By.K.Balachandran
Colombo, April:28 Located in a geo-strategically important place, and for that reason, much sought after by rival foreign powers, Sri Lanka has had to maintain its sovereignty and independence through deft diplomacy.
And the cornerstone of its diplomacy has been...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, October 24: Even 53 years after becoming an independent country, Bangladesh has not developed a stable system of transfer of power from one government to another.
Governments have also been shaky, fearing either the restive masses or the...
In an unprecedented step, the US and its allies imposed wide-ranging sanctions against Russia, cutting off economic and trade links; seizing Russian assets, and blocking Russians from global payment systems like SWIFT, PayPal, Visa, and Mastercard. Sanctions have made...
The Maldives is set to have its Presidential election on September 9. But in sharp contrast to the 2018 Presidential poll, this time round it is hazardous to make predictions about the result.
There is now a multiplicity of candidates,...
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...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday marked India’s stint as a rotating president of the UN Security Council for the month of August, as one of the 10 current non-permanent members, by presiding over an open debate on enhancing...
China is strengthening itself in Colombo port with the April 21 agreement with the Sri Lankan government to build, operate and transfer a warehousing hub within the port. The China Merchants Port Holdings Company (CMPH) will have an 85%...
Colombo, November 20:
India is now facing a conundrum in the Maldives, a strategically located island nation in the Indian Ocean. A pro-Chinese President, Dr. Mohamed Muizzu, is in power having beaten the pro-Indian predecessor Ibrahim Solih in the October...
N Sathiya Moorthy
21 February 2024
On the one hand, South Indian states have been complaining about denial of a proportionate portion of the sharable funds from the Centre, which is now based on population. On the other hand, they stand...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, December 27:
The sustained attacks on international merchant shipping in the Red Sea by the Houthis of Yemen in support of the Hamas in the Gaza war, could divert the attention of the West and its allies...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, January 4: The persecuted Muslim Rohingyas of Myanmar are a community no country, including their own, wants. Their plight and their search for a home, have drawn world attention and yet no country except The Gambia in...
