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Australia calls for “amplified Middle Power diplomacy” in the Indian Ocean at Pathfinder Foundation Ambassador’s Roundtable
Colombo, February 15 – Speaking at the Pathfinder Foundation’s Ambassador’s Roundtable the High Commissioner of Australia to Sri Lanka, His Excellency Matthew Duckworth, outlined Australia’s vision for an era of “amplified middle power diplomacy,” emphasising resilience, principled engagement, and practical cooperation to safeguard peace and...
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...
BNP heads for a big win in the first post-revolution polls in Bangladesh
Jamaat-i-Islami, with the students’ National Citizens’ Party in tow, has emerged as a distant second in unofficial estimates of the results
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Delhi police investigating leak of ex-Indian army chief’s unpublished book on war with China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
Path breaking Bangladesh elections taking place today
While the Bangladesh Nationalist Party is believed to be the front runner, the obscurantist Jamaat-i-Islami could be a close second creating apprehensions among liberals and women
Nahid Islam and the uneasy alliance that could shape Bangladesh’s vote
The young leader of the protest-born National Citizen Party has teamed up with Jamaat-e-Islami to contest this week’s parliamentary elections, with mixed reactions
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