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Tuesday, February 17, 2026
TopicSri Lankan elections

Topic: Sri Lankan elections

Ranil, Oppn leader in Sri Lanka presidential race with ‘wild card’ Marxist & Rajapaksa scion

Vandana Menon -
Voters in Sri Lanka have to rank up to 3 candidates in order of preference. Candidate with 50% votes is declared winner; if nobody gets clear majority, race will boil down to top two candidates.

Ranil Wickremesinghe is Sri Lanka’s next Prime Minister

ThePrint Team -
The 73-year-old United National Party (UNP) leader was the country’s premier before, in 1993-94.

Mahinda Rajapaksa brings family rule to Sri Lanka. All eyes on his India-China balancing act

Nayanima Basu -
PM Narendra Modi didn't even wait for the final results of Sri Lanka's parliamentary election before calling Mahinda Rajapaksa to congratulate him on his victory.

Trump’s hasty NATO retreat and Britain’s Christmas election trees

Fiza Jha -
The best cartoons of the week, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Another strongman Rajapaksa returns to Sri Lanka, raising fears of tilt to China

Anusha Ondaatjie -
There are fears a Rajapaksa victory could threaten Sri Lanka’s fragile democratic progress and see a return to the old authoritarian ways.

Sri Lanka’s wildly incompetent President keeps getting worse

Taylor Dibbert -
Maithripala Sirisena eschews responsibility at every turn. He has no leadership qualities and has been out of his depth since January 2015.

Sri Lanka’s cup of woes overflows as national politicians slug it out in the local elections

N Sathiya Moorthy -
The acrimonious campaign for the local government elections indicates the end of the road for the government of ‘National Unity’ in Sri Lanka.

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Opinion

The debate about spheres of influence reorders India’s position

Harsh V. Pant -
New world reordering tests New Delhi’s strategic autonomy, balancing ties without succumbing to exclusive dominance zones.

Rafale deal, AI summit, Sewa Teerth have something in common. See Verse 13.13 of the Gita

To win over Asia, Canada needs more than nice speeches

Economy

Urban co-op banks doubled loan book in 5 yrs, but stuck at under 2% of credit market—Sahakar Trends

Udit Bubna -
UCBs accounted for 1.8% of total industry credit in September 2025—down from 2.2% five yrs ago—showing that they are losing ground to faster PSU banks.

Defence

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

Snehesh Alex Philip -
At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

National Interest

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

Shekhar Gupta -
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.

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