COLOMBO: Sri Lankan Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa is expected to visit India in early December, while reports from the government stated that the impending Indian tour could even take place this week. The Finance Minister had sought meetings with several senior members of the Indian Government including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Ministers […]Read More
Emphasising that the policy of the government is to direct agricultural activity in the country entirely towards the use of organic fertilisers, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that the officials who do not agree with it are free to leave. “Stressing the need for officials to seek solutions for the protesting farmers within the green agriculture […]Read More
The Export-Import (EXIM) Bank of India has handed over documentation related to a request by Sri Lanka for an urgent line of credit, valued at $500 million, to the respective Indian parties for negotiations with the Sri Lankan Government, The Sunday Morning has learnt. “The EXIM Bank of India has given the documents to the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Terrorism and the threat of radicalisation remain major threats to nations in the Indo-Pacific, Maldives Defence Minister Mariya Didi said at a virtual address during the Defence Conclave organised by BharatShakti web portal in Delhi. “Whether it has been the Christchurch attack, the Easter Sunday bombing in Sri Lanka or the terror attack […]Read More
NEW DELHI: After a period of many lows, India’s foreign secretary Harsh Shringla was in Sri Lanka to put relations back on track. A deal has been signed on the development of the west container terminal of Colombo Port by the Adani group. India is also expected to pitch in humanitarian aid and other assistance […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka is in a deep economic crisis with runaway food prices resulting in the declaration of an economic emergency by the government of President Gotbaya Rajapaksa. A senior army officer has been appointed to oversee the distribution of essential goods. It has sparked concerns in some quarters about army rule. In this […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives have finalised four pillars of cooperation under the Colombo Security Conclave (CSC) to further enhance the effectiveness of the trilateral mechanism. The four areas are: maritime safety and security; terrorism and radicalisation; trafficking and organised crime and cyber security. The decision to work in these specific areas […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India’s first and only overseas military deployment in strength started this month in 1987. The induction of the Indian Peacekeeping Force or IPKF into Sri Lanka was a result of the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord of 29th July 1987. So the IPKF went in with an understanding that it would keep peace in Sri […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘The Gist‘, Jamila Husain, Deputy Editor of the Daily Mirror in Sri Lanka in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Less than a week after Basil Rajapaksa, younger brother of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in as the finance minister, India’s High Commissioner Gopal […]Read More
Basil Rohana Rajapaksa, the founder of Sri Lanka’s ruling party Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), has secured yet another political victory after being sworn into the finance portfolio and returning to Parliament. After weeks of campaigning by Basil loyalists in the SLPP that resulted in fractures within the party, the final decision on Basil’s return to Parliament […]Read More
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