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Caught in a cleft stick, Lankan Tamil party struggles to meet its political ends
By P.K.Balachandran Colombo, January 19 (The Citizen): Sri Lanka’s premier Tamil party, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), is caught in a cleft stick. On the one hand, it has to cooperate with and need be prop up the United National Front (UNF) government led by Ranil Wickremesinghe. The Tamils see Wickremesinghe as being sympathetic to their interests and concerns in...
Lankan Ministry of Official Languages to teach Tamil to Chinese embassy staff
Ambassador Cheng Xueyuan assured minister Mano Ganeshan that signboards in Chinese project sites will be written in Tamil also, and that an embassy official will be working with Ganeshan's ministry in this matter.
International efforts to fight terrorism stalled by entrenched obstacles
On the one hand, the world appears to be determined to fight terrorism, but on the other hand, there are disjunctions which effectively stymie international cooperation, says Prof. Swaran Singh
Shoring up Lankan Tamil alliance’s fortunes
Sri Lanka's Tamil National Alliance played a critical role in ensuring the survival of the Wickremesinghe-led United National Front regime. But will the hard bargain it drove for a political deal ensure its electoral decline?
Fed up of war, Afghans march for peace
“Afghans want an absolute ceasefire as soon as possible. The government had agreed a one-year ceasefire and the Taliban must accept their demand,” Bismillah Watandost, a member of the People for Peace Movement, told AFP.
Sedition charges spanning the ridiculous
India is increasingly using a harsh pre-independence sedition law to hound dissenters despite contrary court rulings.
Women legislators in Pakistan’s Sindh province seek male contraception to control population
"Only women are being sterilized to prevent pregnancy. This causes serious complications to the mother’s health. There should be a strict law which ensures male sterilization,” said lady lawmaker Rana Ansar.
“The Accidental Prime Minister” struggling to stay afloat
Released on January 11, 2019, the film has grossed only Rs 140 million at the domestic box office so far, while Vicky Kaushal's "Uri: The Surgical Strike", released on the same day, has grossed Rs.500 million.
In Buddhist Myanmar, Buddhist rebels are fighting a Buddhist army
According to Maymarese historian, Thant Myint-U, the emergence of the Buddhist Arakan Army tears Myanmarese society apart in a way unprecedented in modern times.
Consensus likely to elude draft of Sri Lanka’s new constitution
Given the existing political divisions, clash of interests and entrenched positions on key issues, development of consensus on a new constitutional framework for Sri Lanka appears to be a far cry.
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