Shorn of specifics, the UNHRC resolution on war-crimes probe and other human rights violations in the country has laid the road for, or up to, the 51st session in September 2023, with six-monthly mile-stones, to stop, pause, report and...
A man looks on as he waits outside his house during the power cut in Colombo, Sri Lanka, March 30, 2022. Photo Credit: REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
SO much has been written on the Sri Lankan economic crisis that the facts are...
The series of protests that political parties and public servants have threatened over the coming days, weeks and months has the potential of making Sri Lanka into a virtually ungoverned nation into an ungovernable country. In turn, this can...
As always, India-baiters in Sri Lanka’s strategic community and foreign policy commentators, missed the real significance of last week’s visit of External Affairs Minister
S. Jaishankar from the northern neighbourhood – still harping on Cold War era diatribes which have...
A joint political effort at the highest level between Delhi and Chennai, combined with community education and awareness about cultural sensitivities, may be the solution to resolving this perennial dispute that has strained bilateral relations between India and Sri...
By Prof. V. Suryanarayan
Let me start by explaining the symbiotic relationship between fishermen and the sea. To fishermen, maritime boundaries are man-made creations. Throughout the centuries they have been fishing in all areas, where there is plenty of fish....
Given the trajectory of the China relations — Sri Lanka’s ‘India First’ policy will obviously be confined to bilateral security issues and New Delhi’s concerns in the matter.
The short-notice Colombo visit of a high-level Chinese delegation, to be followed...
The EU Parliament resolution for the European Commission to consider suspension of the GSP-Plus trade benefits to Sri Lanka, listing out alleged ‘human rights violations’ is as much intrusive as many others elsewhere might have been educative. Time used...
At a time when the Sri Lankan government has sought and obtained Indian help to address the overwhelming forex crisis, the decision to auction 105 fishing trawlers and other vessels from Tamil Nadu and Karaikal enclave in the Union...
Given that Sri Lanka has a post-independence history of episodic JVP militancy in 1971 and 1987, there is concern about the direction the street protests may take, writes N. Sathiya Moorthy for South Asia MonitorNothing explains the Sri Lankan...
