IMF WANTS SRI LANKA TO RESTORE DEBT SUSTAINABILITY
June 10 ,2022
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Sri Lanka needs to restore debt sustainability before an agreement on a financing program ca...
AUSTRALIA DEPORTS SRI LANKAN ASYLUM SEEKERS
June 10 ,2022
Australia has deported a group of Sri Lankan asylum seekers who had reached Australia by boat.
According to The Australian newspaper,...
PARLIAMENT INFORMED ABOUT BASIL’S RESIGNATION
June 10 ,2022
Parliament was today informed about the resignation of former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa.
Secretary General of Parliament Dhammi...
SRI LANKA SEEKS BRIDGE FINANCING FROM SINGAPORE
June 10 ,2022
Sri Lanka has sought bridge financing from Singapore as well as an increase in foreign direct investments.
At the invitation of the Mi...
India dangling Akash missiles before Vietnam
June 10 ,2022
The Akash supersonic cruise missile on parade in New Delhi. Vietnam may soon procure the weapon with an eye on China. Photo: Wikipedi...
Sri Lanka president’s brother, Basil Rajapaksa, resigns fr...
June 10 ,2022
Basil Rajapaksa, brother of Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has resigned.Photo: Reuters
The brother of Sri Lanka&r...
The last days of the Afghan embassy
June 10 ,2022
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In January 2002, shortly after the fall of the first Taliban government in Kabul, then-...
Pakistan to unveil budget in political tinderbox: 5 things...
June 10 ,2022
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China, India and Turkey to siphon more Russian oil ahead o...
June 10 ,2022
India, China and Turkey recorded large increases in the numbers of tankers bringing Russian oil. (Source photos by AP and Reuters)...
The Taliban take aim at buddhist heritage
June 10 ,2022
Members of Taliban stand in front of the site where the Shahmama Buddha statue once stood before being destroyed by the Taliban in Ma...
India does damage control in Muslim world over anti-Islam...
June 10 ,2022
Protesters condemn Indian officials' derogatory references to Islam and the Prophet Muhammad in Lahore, Pakistan, on June 8. &nb...
China and Singapore to resume military exercises, cooperat...
June 10 ,2022
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Creating cold war conditions in Asia isn’t easy
June 10 ,2022
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Is Russia inching towards victory in Ukraine’s Donbas regi...
June 10 ,2022
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Domestic politics dent its diplomacy?
June 10 ,2022
Supporters of Pakistan's Islamic and political Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) party shout anti-India slogans during a demonstration in Kara...
Insulting Prophet Muhammad is straight out of the BJP play...
June 10 ,2022
Indian Muslims shout slogans as they react to the derogatory references to Islam and the Prophet Muhammad made by top officials in th...
India, Vietnam deepen defence ties as Delhi seeks to boost...
June 10 ,2022
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