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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....
Cyclone damage in Sri Lanka – lack of public vigilance was a factor
By Nadira Gunatilleke/Daily News Colombo, December 2 – Sri Lankan people are extremely ignorant. We can understand how ignorant they are by watching their behaviour these days. Bad weather hit Sri Lanka early last week and thereafter the entire country watched every night through the...
India and Nepal are at loggerheads again over territory
By P.K.Balachandran/Daily News Colombo, December 3 – India and Nepal share culture and religion and have an open border stretching across five Indian States Uttar Pradesh (551 km), Uttarakhand (275 km), Bihar (726 km), West Bengal (100 km) and Sikkim (99 km). The two countries...
Indian aid for cyclone hit Sri Lanka continues as death toll rises to 390
Colombo, December 1 – India continues to deepen its humanitarian support to Sri Lanka under Operation Sagar Bandhu, with medical, rescue, and relief deployments expanding across the island as communities grapple with the severe impact of Cyclone Ditwah. The death toll due to the adverse...
Lankan Tamils in danger of getting stuck in NPP tokenism and Maveerars’ Day commemorations
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham Colombo, December 1 -Last week’s Maveerar Week was observed in the Sri Lankan North and East with unprecedented fervour with the participation of thousands of people, despite very bad weather. Some media outlets, which reported on the huge turnout at the main...
South Korean economist urges India to industrialize as AI will destroy its flagship service sector
SOAS economist Ha-Joon Chang warns that AI will destroy the low-value service sectors India has specialised in, making industrialisation urgent rather than obsolete.
Shashi Tharoor and other Indian leaders condemn death sentence to Hasina
New Delhi, November 30 – The death sentence handed to ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in her absence has drawn a wave of reactions across India’s political landscape. Leaders from different parties have expressed concern over the trial process. “Both domestically and abroad, I...
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