Sri Lankan minister for pharmaceuticals Channa Jayasumana told Parliament Tuesday that the government had vaccinated over 50% of the island nation's 21 million population.
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.
Sri Lanka's forex reserves are lows & the nation is also facing a food shortage. It remains to be seen if President Rajapaksa will turn to either India or China for help.
Sunil 'AIya' Perera was lead singer of The Gypsies band, which rose to prominence in the early 1970s. Perera died of Covid-related complications Monday. He was 68.
Sugar in Sri Lanka is currently being sold at over Sri Lankan Rs 200 per kg, up from Rs 130 per kg last October. Rajapaksa govt is importing more to stabilise prices, besides slashing import tax.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was forced to impose an economic emergency on 31 August to contain soaring food inflation, and currency devaluation and forex reserves crisis.
Like in Europe, where China has built a ‘Balkan Backdoor’ to enter the European Union, it will enter South Asia from autocratic states such as Sri Lanka.
The trilateral security meeting discussed specific proposals for cooperation for each of the areas as vital for dealing with contemporary security challenges in the region.
Indians aged 20-30 are trading in options market in droves, but know nothing about it & so keep losing money. If losses mount, it could undo gains India saw in investment culture, analysts fear.
Chiman Singh, injured in 1971 India-Pakistan war, was discharged as non-pensioner in 1972. In his petition, he states denial of pension is contrary to settled law.
Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.
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