Seventy-Five Years Old and Still a “Basket Case”!
The word “basket case” was used by notorious political pundit Kissinger as a scornful phase to look down upon Bangladesh when it was born out of a liberation struggle in 1971. After 50 years...
Category: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Looks to India for Economic Revival
Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India, Milinda Moragoda, emphasized the expanding trade between the two nations using the Indian Rupee as a crucial part of Sri Lanka’s economic recovery strategy with India. The High...
EAM’s Sri Lanka Visit: Addressing Economic Challenges and Strengthening Ties
The Indian External Affairs Minister visited Sri Lanka (19-20 January) and had a series of meetings with various government officials and leaders. The visit included discussions on cooperation in areas such as infrastructure, connectivity,...
EAM’s Upcoming Visit to Sri Lanka: All eyes on Talks about Debt Restructuring
The upcoming visit of India’s External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar to Sri Lanka on January 18-20, 2023 is crucial as Sri Lanka is facing a debt crisis and the country’s leaders are seeking...
Tamil issues and reconciliation at the forefront: Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe
Sri Lankan President, Ranil Wickremesinghe, said that his government is actively working towards resolving the issues of the North and the Tamil people, in an effort to reconcile the nation that has suffered three...
Canada Imposes Sanctions on Four Sri Lankan Officials for Human Rights Abuses, Including the Rajapaksa Brothers
Canada has imposed sanctions against four Sri Lankan state officials including former Presidents Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Mahinda Rajapaksa for “gross and systematic violations of human rights” during the armed conflict in the island nation,...
Analyzing the unrest in Sri Lanka
“Every religion contains, in varying degrees, elements of the soft and the hard. For the sake of world peace, dialogue within religions and among them must strengthen the softer aspects” “Every religion contains, in...
IMF provisionally agrees on $2.9 bln loan for Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has reached a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a loan of about $2.9 billion, the global lender said on Thursday, as the country seeks a way out its...
The diplomatic showdown over Chinese spying vessel
The past week saw a flurry of tense exchanges in the Indian subcontinent. The purported visit of a Chinese space and satellite tracking vessel to the port city of Hambantota in Sri Lanka raised...
Will the battered Sri Lanka be able to obey China while pleasing India?
India’s apprehensions that China is using Sri Lanka to expand its clout in the Asia-Pacific region seem to be not borne out of a far-fetched imagination. India has every reason to suspect the movement...
