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The Modi conundrum, a Sri Lankan view
Modi is admired for his efforts to make India not only a regional power but also a global economic powerhouse but strongly despised for his blatant advocacy of Hindu nationalism at the expense of other religions in what is an established secular state.
S Jaishankar slams Yunus for “cherry-picking” in regard to India’s North Eastern States
Bangladesh leader Muhammad Yunus, during his recent four-day visit to China, remarked that India's Northeast was "landlocked" and had "no way to reach out to the ocean."
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will confer the ‘Mitra Vibhushana’ honour on Modi
By Meera Srinivasan/The Hindu Premium Colombo, April 2 – Ahead of PM Modi’s scheduled visit to Sri Lanka from April 4 to 6, 2025, Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath spoke to The Hindu in Colombo on April 1, 2025, on key agreements to be...
Civilizational twins: India and Sri Lanka seek to forge a future based on trust
The bond is rooted in shared civilizational values and contemporary imperatives. In fact, the two countries are described as “civilizational twins.”
Modi’s visit to Sri Lanka – Shifting context in South Asia in beyond
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Sri Lanka from April 4 to 6 to consolidate and strengthen economic and strategic ties with the southern neighbour in the context of challenges that New Delhi is facing in Sri Lanka and other South Asian countries.
US bans government personnel in China from having romantic or sexual relations with Chinese citizens
Four people with direct knowledge of the matter told about the policy, which was put into effect by departing US Ambassador Nicholas Burns in January shortly before he left China.
War-time rights violations and accountability back in the forefront of Sri Lankan politics
There is a danger of UK sanctions reviving strident nationalism without ameliorating human rights
Economist Razeen Sally makes a case for a ‘stronger’ India-Sri Lanka FTA
By T. Ramakrishnan/The Hindu Chennai, April 3 With Prime Minister Narendra Modi planning to visit Sri Lanka shortly, economist-writer Razeen Sally, who served as an adviser to Ranil Wickremesinghe during 2015-17 when the latter was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, has called upon India to...
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