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Sri Lanka wins global applause for flawless hosting of India–Pakistan T20 clash in Colombo
By Camelia Nathaniel/Daily News Colombo, February 18 – When India and Pakistan met in a high-stakes T20 World Cup clash in Colombo last Sunday (15), the contest was always going to transcend sport. The rivalry between the two nations is among the fiercest in global...
Modi invites Tarique to India- pledges support and calls for developmental cooperation
Dhaka, February 17 (TOB)- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has formally invited Bangladesh’s newly inaugurated Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to visit India at his earliest convenience. The invitation also extends to the prime minister’s wife Zubaida Rahman, and their daughter Zaima Rahman. In a congratulatory...
Post poll Bangladesh faces many challenges but rapprochement with India is a silver lining
By P. K. Balachandran/Daily News Colombo, February 17 – The new government of Bangladesh headed by Tarique Rahman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has a range of issues facing it as it assumes office on Tuesday. But there is a silver lining – the...
The Chagos Fog – 104 Nautical Miles of “Strategic Autonomy” and the Realities of Maldivian Sovereignty
By Laxmi/Substack February 15 – When the Maldives announced a “heroic expedition” to recapture lost seas in February 2026, it triggered a wave of domestic scrutiny regarding the mission’s tactical parameters. A widely reported 2.5-mile discrepancy—the gap between the 106.5 nm ITLOS boundary and the...
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”
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