Sri Lanka Parliament was suspended by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, through an extraordinary gazette notification dated December 12, while he left for Singapore on an unscheduled visit.
Sri Lankan Parliament, whose session was ended by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday, was originally set to convene on January 11. It will now convene on January 18. The president went to Singapore on an unscheduled visit.
India-Sri Lanka ties have come a long way since the time when Colombo played the China Card.
The rise in food prices and shortage of essential items has led to huge queues around the island.
The Sri Lankan government has been under consistent pressure from medics and opposition to set up its efforts against COVID-19.
'We will never succumb to (such) pressures (UNHRC resolution); we are a free nation, we will not be a victim of big power rivalry in the Indian Ocean', said Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
India’s security concerns would not stand in the way of Sri Lanka’s economic and commercial relations with China and Pakistan.
The Rajapaksa government will naturally do a tightrope walk between the India and China and take advantage of the situation.
A two-thirds majority for Rajapaksa brothers’ party could allow them to amend the Constitution and restore presidential powers that were diluted in 2015.
Due to arrive in India early next month, Rajapaksa has decided to visit a number of Hindu and Buddhist religious places.
The Indian PM said a stable Sri Lanka is not only in interest of India but for the entire Indian Ocean Region.
The Sri Lankan President is in India on his first overseas tour after being elected.
The directive came after inspector Nishantha Silva left Sri Lanka on Sunday, reportedly seeking asylum in Switzerland.
President Rajapaksa will embark on his first foreign tour with a visit to India on November 29 at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa will succeed President Maithripala Sirisena for a five-year term.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.