Lohan Ratwatte was accused of forcing Tamil prisoners to kneel at gunpoint. His alleged misconduct has brought Sri Lanka’s controversial anti-terrorism law back into focus.
An engineering graduate, S Pratap in his resignation cited the poor career growth prospects frontline policemen have, and pointed out that most retire as constables.
Three IAS officers have resigned from the service in the last one month. Kannan Gopinathan, an AGMUT-cadre officer, and Sasikanth Senthil, a Karnataka-cadre officer, resigned over ‘lack of freedom of expression’ and abrogation of Article 370 by the Modi government.
An AGMUT-cadre officer, Kashish Mittal quit after he was transferred to Arunachal Pradesh. His resignation is the fourth among IAS officers in recent weeks.
Ajoy Kumar sent his resignation letter to Rahul Gandhi Friday. In his letter, Kumar accused senior party leaders of grabbing political posts for personal benefits.
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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