Blouquets and brickbats for Lankan leaders on cyclone relief
By Sanjana H/Facebook Colombo, December 1 – President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s address to the nation after Cyclone Ditwah, on the evening of 30 November 2025, was posted to his official accounts on YouTube, and Facebook generating 430, and 240 comments respectively (at the time of...
Tejas crash in Dubai raises questions about fighter jet’s reliability
Ajai Shukla/The Diplomat New Delhi, December 1 – On November 21, an Indian Air Force (IAF) test pilot was killed in the Dubai Air Show 2025, while landing a Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA) at the end of a flight demonstration. This was the Tejas...
Accountability in Sri Lanka’s flood relief work
By P.M.Amza/DailyFT Colombo, December 4 – Sri Lanka is once again confronted with the harsh realities of nature’s fury. Cyclone Ditwah, intensified by days of relentless monsoon rains, has left the country grappling with a humanitarian emergency of vast proportions. Over 450 lives have been...
JVP General -Secretary Tilvin Silva’s encounters with different Tamil diaspora groups in London
By D.B.S.Jeyaraj/Daily Mirror. Colombo, December 2 – The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) or People’s Liberation Front,founded and led by Rohana Wijeweera is not the same party of which Anura Kumara Disanayake is the current leader .For one thing the party is no longer a ‘lone...
Europe and Russia use Indian media to push their clashing Ukraine narratives
By P.M. Amza Colombo, December 3 – With Putin’s New Delhi visit approaching, competing Western and Russian narratives are occupying India’s media space. A fierce debate has taken place in the pages of The Times of India—between the envoys of the United Kingdom, France and...
Sri Lanka’s friend in need India continues to provide disaster relief
Colombo, December 3 -India continues to expand its humanitarian assistance to Sri Lanka under Operation Sagar Bandhu, with extensive air, sea, and ground operations delivering urgent relief to communities affected by Cyclone Ditwah. The relief consignment brought to Trincomalee on 01.12.2025 by INS Sukanya of...
Cyclone Ditwah and India-Sri Lanka relations: playbook for diplomacy in the neighbourhood
By Milinda Moragoda/Hindustan Times Colombo, December 3 – Cyclone Ditwah struck Sri Lanka with devastating force. This prompted the government to request international assistance. India responded within hours I vividly remember boarding the then INS Vikrant — formerly HMS Hercules — with my father during...
Rs. 25000 for flood damaged houses in Sri Lanka
Colombo, December 2 (Daily Mirror)- The Ministry of Finance has approved an increase in the assistance granted for cleaning flood-affected houses and property from Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 25,000. This decision is intended to accelerate the restoration of normal living conditions for communities impacted by...
Leading UK lawyers condemn ‘contrived’ Bangladesh trial of Hasina’s niece Tulip Siddiq
By Daniel Boffey/The Guardian London, November 25 – The trial in Bangladesh of the former UK City minister Tulip Siddiq has been “contrived and unfair”, leading lawyers including a former Conservative justice secretary have told Bangladesh’s ambassador before Thursday’s verdict. Siddiq, who resigned from the...
Symbiotic relations between Indian and Lankan Muslims
By P M Amza/Colombo Telegraph Colombo, December 2 – Across the narrow waters of the PalkStrait, Indian and Sri Lankan Muslims have shared a continuous story ofexchange — of trade, faith, learning, and language. Long before modern borders,the Indian Ocean served as a cultural highway....
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