Need for civilian authority over army
Xi Jinping asserts it through purges while India’s leadership appears to dither
India’s FTAs with advanced countries open new doors, but pose challenges too
By P.K.Balachandran/Sunday Observer Colombo, February 15 – India has signed seven Free Trade Agreements (FTA) and Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements (CEPA) since 2021, covering partners across Africa, West Asia, Europe and the Indo-Pacific. Generally, these FTAs were signed with the aim of expanding markets for...
Hard road ahead for post-election India-Bangla relations
Outstanding issues and attitudinal obstacles stand in the way of a true rapprochement
Indian PM Narendra Modi congratulates Tarique Rahman
New Delhi, February 13 – Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has congratulated the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its chairman Tarique Rahman on their electoral victory. In a message posted on X (formerly Twitter), Modi said he conveyed his warm congratulations to Tarique Rahman for...
BJP’s Nishikant Dubey files notice to cancel Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha membership
The BJP MP demanded that the “Lok Sabha membership of Gandhi be cancelled and he be debarred from contesting elections for life”
Delhi police investigating leak of ex-Indian army chief’s unpublished book on war with China
Penguin denies publishing Gen Naravane's book
Implications of the dispute over Chagos Islands for Indian Ocean
By P.K.Balachandran/The Daily Times of Bangladesh Colombo, February 10 – The revived Maldives-Mauritius dispute over the Chagos Islands and surrounding waters carries major implications for Maldivian domestic politics and broader Indian Ocean geopolitics, involving the US-led Western alliance, India, and China. Maldivian President Dr Mohamed...
Cricket across firelines – renewed South Asian solidarity in a fragmenting moment
By P M Amza/Colombo Telegraph Colombo, February 10 -Cricket in South Asia has long occupied a space far beyond the boundaries of sport. It is cultural memory, emotional identity, and a form of diplomacy that often succeeds where formal political mechanisms fail. Through periods marked...
Pakistan to play T20 World Cup match against India, Pakistan govt announces
Islamabad, February 9 (Dawn) – Pakistan celebrates after the dismissal of Netherlands’ Max O’Dowd during the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup group stage match between Pakistan and the Netherlands at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo on February 7. — AFP The...
Geopolitical fallout of the Maldives-Mauritius dispute over Chagos Islands
The issue resonates in the internal politics of the Maldives and upsets geopolitical relations in the Indian Ocean involving the US-led Western alliance, India and China
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