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UNSC was a major battle ground for Bangladesh’s liberation
Bangladesh’s war of independence was fought on the ground, in the diplomatic arena across world capitals, and in the UN Security Council, with all three venues seeing intense action.
A new Bollywood film is dividing opinions in India and Pakistan
Durandhar, a new Bollywood spy film is generating praise - and unease - in India and Pakistan for its contentious portrayal of the longstanding hostilities between the South Asian neighbours
Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation touches a hundred on December 16, 2025
By Ruwini Jayawardana/Sunday Observer Colombo, December 14 – The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) will be celebrating its 100th anniversary on Tuesday, December 16. This marks a full century since a simple radio experiment in Colombo grew into Asia’s oldest radio station and one of...
Trump downgrades India and drops Pakistan in his 2025 NSS
By P. K. Balachandran/Sunday Observer Colombo, December 14- US President Donald Trump’s National Security Strategy (NSS) for 2025 signals a decline in the importance of India as compared with the NSS he presented in 2017 during his first term. In 2017, Pakistan was severely castigated...
Income inequality is a factor in climate change says World Inequality Lab
By P.K.Balachandran Colombo, December 13- The various manifestations of climate change like nature’s fury and the economic and social disruptions it causes, are linked to inequalities both in the national and global social order, says the 2026 report of the World Inequality Lab (WIL). The...
Significance of jailing Pakistan military’s ex-spy chief Gen. Faiz Hameed
By P.K.Balachandran Colombo, December 13 – On Thursday, December 11, the former head of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Gen. Faiz Hameed was sentenced to 14 years Rigorous Imprisonment by a military court for corruption, manipulating politicians and fomenting civil unrest. The sentence was a landmark...
Bangladesh still lacks a unified narrative on its independence movement
The absence of a consensus on the nation’s journey to independence could weaken national resolve to face of challenges both at home abroad.
54 years ago, India recognised Bangladesh as a sovereign nation, 10 days before liberation
By Pranay Verma /Daily Times of Bamngladesh New Delhi, December 10 -Maitri Diwas, observed on 6 December, stands as a powerful reminder of the deep historical ties between India and Bangladesh. Fifty-four years ago, on this very day, India recognised Bangladesh as an independent and...
Field Marshal Munir’s appointed as the first Chief of Pakistan’s Defence Forces
New role consolidates operational, administrative, strategic authority in single office. CDF-cum-COAS’ five-year term to run until 2030, with possibility of extension up to 2025 Islamabad, December 5 (Dawn) — Field Marshal Asim Munir was named Pakistan’s first Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) on December 4,...
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