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Sri Lankan Tamil parties urge India to press Colombo to hold provincial elections
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham Colombo, December 28 – As usual, Sri Lankan Tamil political parties met the Indian External Affairs Minister Subramaniam Jaishankar last week at India House in Colombo and requested him to exert pressure on the Sri Lankan government to hold elections to the...
From extremism to terrorism: Lessons for Sri Lanka from Bondi Beach
Colombo, December 27 (Pathfinder Foundation) -The terrorist attack at Archer Park, Bondi Beach, on December 14, 2025, is a modern-day example of ideology-driven terrorism inspired by the so-called Islamic State. A public religious festival with about 1,000 attendees was targeted by a father-son duo operating...
Returning to Bangladesh from exile, stiff challenges await BNP leader Tarique Rahman
Bangladeshis are yearning for law and order, checks on corruption and a sense of direction from Rahman who returned from a 17 year exile on December 25 to take charge of his disabled Bangladesh National Party
Bangladeshis’ expectations belied – Tarique Rahman’s oration missed the point
By Shiamak Ali Following the victory of Awami League in the 2008 general elections, Tarique Rahman, a leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, went into forced exile in London citing security concerns and politically-motivated persecution by...
Murder in the Cathedral – Christmas Killing of TNA MP Joseph Pararajasingham
By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Colombo, December 25 – This Article written in December 2020 is re-posted without changes to denote the 20th death anniversary of former Batticaloa MP Joseph Pararajasingham. “Murder in the Cathedral” is a drama written in verse by the great poet, essayist and playwright...
India and Sri Lanka – Partnership without dependence in the Indian Ocean
By Mohamed Ali Sabry/Daily Mirror Colombo, December 25 – Debate within Sri Lanka about India’s role in the island’s recent past and present is neither new nor unusual. As India has emerged as one of Sri Lanka’s most consequential partners during moments of economic distress...
Debt relief as disaster relief
By P.M. Amza/Daily FT Colombo, December 25 – At the time of writing this article, media reports indicate that a group of 120 leading global economists, including Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, have issued a welcome and timely call for the suspension of Sri Lanka’s debt...
Reuters says by 2026 end, India will be contemplating its next leader
By Sritama Bose/Reuters Mumbai, December 24 (Reuters Breakingviews) – India will start to contemplate its next leader. By the end of 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be halfway through his third five-year term. The 75-year-old’s tenure has delivered a strong and pro-business government for...
22 Years of Indian Space Wonders: A Chinese Journalist’s Front-Row View of ISRO
(Chinese journalist Tang Lu has reported from India and Sri Lanka for many years)
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