Sri Lanka
THE INDIAN ARMED FORCES IN MALDIVES: STORM IN A TEACUP
Nations deploy personnel from their armed forces in different neighbouring countries mostly for security and good will, that is if the politico-diplomatic relationship is cordial or something even better. Receiving…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
What Leads to a Pakistan Like Economic Crisis
By Prasenjit Deb Anyone who is around and aware of the Indian Sub-Continent knows that the last 3 years have been turbulent, to say the least, and no one can…
The Sri Lankan Crisis – Need to Look Within
A particularly ugly financial crisis reared its fierce visage in front of Sri Lanka with hardly any public notice in the early months of 2022 with such rapidity that, within…
By G S Iyer
Millions found inside Sri Lankan President’s House during uprising against Rajapaksa produced before court
Colombo, Jul 30 (PTI) Sri Lankan police have produced before a court millions of rupees in cash found by anti-government protesters inside former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official residence after he…
India reacted swiftly to help Sri Lanka: USAID administrator Samantha Power
New Delhi, Jul 27 (PTI) India reacted "really swiftly" with an absolutely critical set of measures to help Sri Lanka tide over its economic crisis, but calls to Beijing to…
Sri Lanka: Road From Anarchy Towards Stability
After some intense and somewhat violent nationwide protests against the current dispensation, followed by the fight of and subsequent resignation by President Gotabaya Rajapakse, Sri Lanka finally got a president…
By JK Tripathi
Rights group files criminal complaint with Singapore; demands arrest of Gotabaya Rajapaksa for war crimes
Singapore/Johannesburg, Jul 24 (PTI) A South Africa-based human rights group has filed a criminal complaint with Singapore, demanding the arrest of Sri Lanka's former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa for his role…
TN sends more relief material to crisis-hit Sri Lanka
Tuticorin (TN), Jul 23 (PTI) The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday dispatched another round of essential items to the economic crisis-hit Sri Lanka, with DMK MP Kanimozhi flagging off the…
China Plundered, India Blundered And Sri Lanka Surrendered
On Wednesday, Ranil Wickremesinghe, present acting President, was voted in as the next President of Sri Lanka by the Sri Lankan parliamentarians. Sri Lankans are not rejoicing this news. The…
By Cdr Sandeep Dhawan (Retd)
Veteran politician Dinesh Gunawardena appointed Sri Lanka’s PM as 18-member Cabinet swears in
Colombo, Jul 22 (PTI) Dinesh Gunawardena, a veteran politician and a close ally of the Rajapaksa family, was appointed on Friday as Sri Lanka's prime minister as President Ranil Wickremesinghe swore…
Top UN official in Sri Lanka calls for inclusive consultations to resolve economic crisis
United Nations, Jul 22 (PTI) The top UN official in Sri Lanka has called on all stakeholders in the country to engage in broad and inclusive consultations to resolve the…
Anti-government protesters vacate President’s Secretariat in Sri Lanka
Colombo, Jul 22 (PTI) Sri Lankan security forces on Friday removed a group of anti-government protesters, which continued to occupy the President’s Secretariat here despite Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation as president,…
