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The President of Iran was on Sunday night feared dead after the helicopter he was travelling in crashed in a mountainous region. The lives of Ebrahim Raisi and Hossein Amirabdollahian, his foreign minister, were “at risk”, an Iranian official said during a large search and rescue mission. Ahmad Vahidi, the Iranian interior minister, blamed the crash, […]
Reuters reports that Sri Lanka will send a high-level delegation to Russia to investigate the situation of hundreds of nationals allegedly fighting in the Ukraine war, according to a top official on Thursday.The post Sri Lanka to repatriate nationals trafficked into Russia-Ukraine war appeared
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Swiss performer Nemo has won the 68th Eurovision Song Contest, pipping Croatian artist Baby Lasagna to the post in what was perhaps the most divisive competition in its history. The nonbinary singer, representing Switzerland, won with their track “The Code,” collecting 591 points from a combination of music industry juries in each participating country and the global […]
For the fifth time Vladimir Putin took the long walk through the Grand Kremlin Palace to the St Andrew’s Throne Hall. There he took the oath of office and was sworn in as Russia’s president for a new six-year term. “We are a united and great people. Together we will overcome
For the fifth time Vladimir Putin will be taking the long walk through the Grand Kremlin Palace to the St Andrew’s Throne Hall. There he will take the oath of office and be sworn in as Russia’s president for a new six-year term The route may be familiar, but much has changed since Putin
President Xi Jinping has hailed “new vistas” in China’s relationship with France on his first trip to Europe in five years – one that feels much like a charm offensive. Mr Xi will be looking to avert the trade war that is looming with Brussels, driven by fears of cheap Chinese electric vehicles entering the […]
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A partnership between an Indian and a Russian firm has secured the management rights for the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport in Hambantota. The airport, once infamous as the “world’s emptiest airport” due to minimal flight activity, is now under the purview of Shaurya Aeronautics (Pvt) Ltd of India and Airports of Regions Management Company of […]
Reuters says that Sri Lanka has decided to transfer management of its $209 million Chinese-funded airport to two companies from India and Russia, according to a statement from the cabinet on Friday.The post Sri Lanka turns to Indian and Russian companies to manage Chinese-funded Airport appeared
It’s the day of the North-East proxy war all over again. Concrete proof that this is so comes in the form of the latest military aid package approved for Ukraine by the Biden administration running into $60 billion. So substantial is this injection of assistance that it has prompted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to see […]
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The world’s bewilderment over escalating tensions in the Middle East was further aggravated when Iran unleashed an astonishing number of drones and missiles into Israeli territory over the last weekend. The retaliation by Iran has taken the international community by storm but where does the world go from here in terms of conflict resolution and […]
On 19 April, Indians will begin choosing a new parliament for the next five years, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a third consecutive term. Opinion polls put his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies ahead. They are up against the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (India), which groups more than two dozen opposition […]
In a recent exclusive interview with Newsweek magazine, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi provided a comprehensive overview of his government’s achievements, challenges, and the nation’s trajectory under his leadership. As India approaches a critical juncture with impending elections, Modi’s insights shed light on the complexities of governance amidst global trends and domestic...
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Indian HC Santosh Jha yesterday (10) explained how the worldwide Covid-19 epidemic and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict had enhanced the Indo-Lanka ‘relationship.’Addressing the India-Sri Lanka Defence Seminar at the Taj, Jha said: “Like in other areas, we are cooperating
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Colombo has demonstrated its own brand of strategic autonomy on issues from Russia’s war in Ukraine to China’s global footprint By Michael Kugelman Most South Asian governments tend to have nonaligned foreign policies, balancing their relations with major powers. This maximizes their diplomatic flexibility and ability to operate independently on the world stage, also known as […]
Mr. Rajith Keerthi Tennakoon, President Director General of Community Affairs, stated that between President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s assumption of office and February 2024, the Government of Sri Lanka has settled a total of US$ 1909.7 million in foreign debt and interest payments.The post Sri Lanka settles $1.9 Billion in Foreign Debt and Interest Payments: Official Statement appeared first on ONLA...
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At least five Sri Lankans have reportedly been killed so far while fighting in the Ukraine-Russia war, according to Al Jazeera. In the latest incident, Nipuna Silva, a Sri Lankan soldier who quit his army position to fight for Russia in Ukraine due to better pay, is believed to have been killed
Sri Lanka’s fate compared with that of Sikkim By Shamindra Ferdinando National Freedom Front (NFF) leader and Chairman of the Uththara Lanka Sabhagaya (ULS) Wimal Weerawansa, MP, said that President Ranil Wickremesinghe, SJB leader Sajith Premadasa, MP, and JVP/JJB leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake, MP, were pursuing the same strategy to address the economic crisis. Therefore, […]
By Shamindra Ferdinando By the time President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had arrived in Singapore in the second week of July 2022, a few days after fleeing Sri Lanka, he firmly believed that then Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was the only person capable of restoring the rule of law in the country. In the chapter titled ‘The […]
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