Gold biscuits being smuggled to India seized by Navy

Caught in a “strategic debt trap”

At the Munich Security Conference on February 19, Bangladesh Finance Minister A.K. Abdul Momen posed a question to India?s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. He asked if the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad, comprising the US, India, Japan and Australia) would be able to provide the kind of financial assistance that China is currently offering. ?China comes forward with a basket of money and aggressive proposals, affordable proposals, and then you have a problem. What to do?.? In resp

08 Apr, 2022

India stands ready to help Sri Lanka

As Sri Lanka reels under a severe economic crisis that triggered a political upheaval, India on Thursday said it stands ready to continue assisting the island nation to recover from the difficulties in line with its ?Neighbourhood First? policy. Indian External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said India has been keenly following the evolving economic situation and other developments in Sri Lanka. He said India has extended assistance of about USD 2.5 billion in the past three mont

08 Apr, 2022

MPs Thissakuttiarachchi and Chaminda Wijesiri removed from Parliament

MPs Janaka Thissakuttiarachchi and Chaminda Wijesiri were removed from Parliament today by?Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana. The two MPs were removed after they engaged in a heated confrontation inside the House. The two MPs were heard verbally abusing each other and had to be restrained from a physical confrontation. Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana temporarily suspended sittings during the incident and ordered them removed after resuming sittings. Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Chaminda W

08 Apr, 2022