Geopolitical Challenges and Opportunities for India in 2025
Events in 2024 have given a foretaste of what might be expected. The year 2025 is expected to pose significant...
Controversy Has Dogged Anti-Defection Measures in Maldives, India and Sri Lanka
The conflict has been between the need to bring about political stability and order on the one hand, and respecting...
30-Day Remand for Sri Lankan Boat Crew Linked to 468 Kgs of Illicit Drugs
Five Sri Lankan detainees have been remanded into custody for 30 days by the Kulhuduffushi Magistrate’s Court on Monday after...
Increasing Incidence of ‘Grey Divorce’ in the West and India
The term grey divorce refers to divorce by couples in the age group 50-plus, often with decades of marriage behind...
India Probes Diversion of 70-Tonne Sugar Shipment Bound for Maldives
India’s Directorate-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) is investigating irregularities surrounding 70 tonnes of sugar bound from India to the Maldives...
Sri Lankan Tamils Abandon Ethnic Parties in Favour of Leftist NPP
In the 14 November Sri Lankan parliamentary elections, the minority Tamils broke away from ethnic parties and supported the all-island,...
US Presidential Election’s Impact on Maldives and South Asia
US policy on South Asia as a whole will be one of continuity rather than change In the post-World...
Jaishankar’s Hard Sell in Colombo
The elephant in the room in Indo-Sri Lankan relations is China Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar’s parleys with Sri...
Sri Lanka to Insist on Transparent Tenders for Foreign-Funded Projects
But existing projects, even if controversial, will not be affected, says Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath Vijitha Herath, Foreign Minister in...
What Does the Sri Lankan Presidential Election Mean?
Hard road ahead for President-elect Anura Kumara Dissanayake The result of the ninth Sri Lankan presidential election uncannily followed a...
