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World Bank says Ditwah inflicted damage to the tune of US$ 4.1 billion on Sri Lanka.
By P.K.Balachandran Colombo, December 24 – The total damage wrought by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka in November-December was to the tune of US$ 4.1 billion, equivalent to 4% of the country’s GDP in 2024, says the World Bank’s Global Rapid Post-Disaster Damage Estimation(GRADE) report...
The Cyclone no one was prepared for
By Zahrah Imtiaz/Asian Agribiz Colombo, December 15- Not too long ago, I wrote about the risks of climate change to livestock farming, and today Sri Lanka is reeling from an unprecedented natural disaster that has dealt a heavy blow to the country’s livestock sector. At...
How are students reshaping politics in Bangladesh?
By Smruti S. Pattanaik/The Hindu New Delhi, December 21 – A demonstrator gestures as protesters clash with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and the police outside the state-owned Bangladesh Television as violence erupts across the country after anti-quota protests by students, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 19,...
Cyclone Ditwah damage in Sri Lanka – The long path from wreckage to recovery
By Meera Srinivasan/ The Hindu Cyclone Ditwah has claimed at least 643 lives and displaced scores of people in Sri Lanka. While it has affected several villages and towns, the highest death toll has been recorded in Kandy in the Central Province. It is part...
India gives reconstruction package of USD 450 million to Sri Lanka.
Talks between the Indian External Affairs Minister S.Jaishankar and Sri Lanka counterpart Vijithja Herath centred around how expeditiously this commitment can be delivered
Killing of young Islamist icon sends Bangladesh into a convulsion
Following the assassination of Sharif Osman bin Hadi mobs torched liberal media institutions and cultural organisations
Top economists call for halt to Sri Lanka debt repayments after Cyclone Ditwah
Group of 120 experts including Joseph Stiglitz urge fresh debt restructuring plan given scale of destruction
Trump cuts the clutter in US National Security Strategy
By P.K. Balachandran/Counterpoint Colombo, December 22 – US President Donald Trump’s National Security Strategy 2025, released by the White House last month, gives the overall strategic framework as well as guidelines for specific areas of concern. Trump states that “strategy” begins from an accurate assessment...
Problems in resettling upcountry Tamils in the North and East
Uprooting them may not be a good idea
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