Colombo, September 25 (newsin.asia) The Guangxi Cultural Week being held in Sri Lanka to mark the 60 th. anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Sri Lanka, got off to a colorful start here on Monday, with a program of songs, dances and acrobatics which kept the audience spell bound. The items […]…
UAE, Sept 25 – World’s heaviest woman Eman Ahmed, who came to India for weight-loss surgery and then flew to Abu Dhabi for further treatment amid controversy, has died at 37. Doctors said she died today of complications including heart disease and kidney dysfunction. Eman Ahmed had been in Abu Dhabi since May. Reports in the […]…
Colombo, Sept 25 (newsin.asia) – Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, on Monday returned back to the island country after concluding his visit to New York, where he attended the 72nd sessions of the UN General Assembly. A statement by his office said this was the third time that President Sirisena addressed the UN General Assembly since […]…
While there is a genuine outcry all over world against the atrocities being committed against the Rohingyas of Myanmar by the military-backed Aung San Suu Kyi government in that country, no international punitive action is expected, writes P.K.Balachandran in South Asian Monitor. The reasons for the reserve or caution are in Myanmar’s economic, geo-political and […]…
Colombo, September 24 (newsin.asia): The National Peace Council (NPC) of Sri Lanka has appealed to the Sri Lankan government to lift the ban on the entry of Rohingya refugees, taking into account the “intensity of atrocities against men, women and children at unprecedented scale in their native Myanmar.” “We regret that they have been sent […]…
Colombo, September 24 (newsin.asia): The prestigious Mahatma Gandhi Scholarships for 2016-17 were awarded to 150 Advanced Level school students from all 25 districts across Sri Lanka, by Akila Viraj Kariyawasam, Minister of Education, V. Radhakrishnan, State Minister of Education and Taranjit Singh Sandhu, High Commissioner of India, at a special ceremony held at the Ministry of Education […]…
Colombo, Sept 28 (newsin.asia) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) has launched an investigation in Sri Lanka following accusations that some of the country’s national cricket players were involved in match fixing, local media reported Sunday. Three members of the ICC’s Anti Corruption Unit have arrived in the country to meet senior cricket officials and speak […]…
New York, September 23 (AFP): India’s foreign minister took a swipe at Pakistan Saturday, telling the United Nations (UN) that its Islamabad had given the world “terrorists” while India was producing top-notch doctors and engineers. “Why is it today India is a recognised IT superpower in the world, and Pakistan is recognised only as the […]…
New York, September 23 (Reuters): Seven members of the United Nations Security Council, including the United States and Britain, on Friday asked UN chief Antonio Guterres to publicly brief the 15-member body next week on the violence in Myanmar that he has described as ethnic cleansing. Sweden, the United States, Britain, France, Egypt, Senegal, and […]…
New York, September 23: Pakistan, which means “Land of the Pure” has now become “Terroristan” – Land of Pure Terror – said Indian diplomat Eenam Gambhir at the UN General Assembly on Thursday while replying to the Pakistan Prime Minister…
Teheran September 23 (newsin.asia): Iran is for economic sanctions against Myanmar to put pressure on the Aung San Suu Kyi government to stop the violence against the Rohingya Muslims, Sputnik Persian reports. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has proposed economic…
With improvement of ties with Bangladesh after the standoff over the 1971 war crimes trials, and with the strengthening of relations with Pakistan, an economically resurgent and politically ambitious Turkey may become a factor in South Asian affairs in course…
New York, September 22 (newsin.asia): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told the 72 nd. Session of the UN General Assembly on Thursday, that her country is looking after more than 800,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar where they had been subjected…
Colombo, September 21 (newsin.asia): An outline of Sri Lanka’s new constitution reveals an entrenched fear of separatism and secession. The Interim Report of the Steering Committee of the Constitutional Assembly which was submitted on Thursday, suggested stringent constitutional provisions to…
Colombo, September 21 (newsin.asia): The Sri Lankan parliament on Wednesday passed the Provincial Councils Elections (Amendment) Bill to give 25% reservation for women in the Provincial Councils in the country, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP, M.A.Sumanthiran said. Currently, women’s representation…
Colombo, September 20 (newsin.asia): India and Sri Lanka on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to upgrade the Thondaman Vocational Training Centre(TVTC), in Hatton located in Nuwara Eliya district of Sri Lanka, home to Indian Origin Tamils. The MoU…
Colombo, September 20: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday told the UN General Assembly that hasty steps towards ethnic reconciliation and war time accountability will not yield the desired results. Addressing the UN General Assemby in New York on…
Colombo, September 15: India and the Maldives, which have had strained relations since the overthrow of President Mohamed Nasheeed in 2012, are now reaching out to each other driven by realpolitik, writes P.K.Balachandran in Daily Express. India and the Maldives…
Shazna Zuhyle, a young Sri Lankan researcher from the Colombo-based LIRNEasia, a regional policy research body, chaired an International Telecommunication Union expert group meeting in Geneva on Tuesday. The 8th meeting of the Expert Group on Telecommunication/ICT Indicators started on…
Colombo, Sept 12 (newsin.asia) – Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, has made a fresh call to foreign investors to consider investing in Sri Lanka as the island aims to become a hub in the Indian Ocean region. “Its here that…
Colombo, Sept 28 (newsin.asia) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) has launched an investigation in Sri Lanka following accusations that some of the country’s national cricket players were involved in match fixing, local media reported Sunday.…