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Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
Family of Slain Sri Lankan Journalist in Search of Justice
11 Jan 2021
Twelve years after Lasantha Wickrematunge was brutally killed in broad daylight in Colombo by unidentified gunmen allegedly associated with the island-country’s most powerful politicians, a death he…
M.K. Bhadrakumar
Lankan Dreams: India's 'Naivete' May Cost in the Long Run
01 Nov 2020
The great game in the Indian Ocean is only beginning.
Peoples Dispatch
Sri Lankan Tea Estate Workers Agitate for Better Pay
03 Oct 2020
Tea estate workers have demanded an increase in their daily wages to a minimum of LKR 1,000 (USD 5.42). They have also complained about plantation owners imposing productivity demands and wage cuts
M.K. Bhadrakumar
Geopolitics of Sri Lankan Tamil Problem
29 Sep 2020
Expectations were high from the summit with Rajapaksa, the first of its kind PM Modi has had with any South Asian leader, but the fault lines have appeared.
M.K. Bhadrakumar
India’s Quad Dilemma in Sri Lanka
19 Sep 2020
What is the significance of Rajapaksa playing golf on a Chinese turf on Modi’s 70th birthday?
M.K. Bhadrakumar
Expectant Hush in Delhi as Sri Lanka Chooses President
04 Nov 2019
Neither of the two top presidential contenders is interested in vilifying the big regional players – China and India – in this election.
Bhasha Singh
Turmoil in Sri Lanka Doesn’t Seem to Be Nearing Its End
02 Sep 2019
Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, brother of former strongman President Mahinda Rajapaksa, has been named as the presidential candidate of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna.
IANS
Sri Lanka's Disputed PM Rajapaksa Resigns Amid Crisis
15 Dec 2018
Rajapaksa's resignation is likely to bring to an end a nearly two-month-long power struggle, and will pave the way for a new government to be established under President Maithripala Sirisena.
Prasanth R.
Bolsonaro, Rajapaksa and the Age of the Right-wing Strongmen
01 Nov 2018
Newsclick editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha talks about the recent victory of Jair Bolsonaro in the Brazilian presidential elections and the return of Mahinda Rajapaksa in Sri Lanka in the context…
Surangya
Sri Lanka's Already Fragile Democracy under Threat after Sacking of PM
31 Oct 2018
Sasanka Perera talks about the political crisis in Sri Lanka and the consequences of appointing war crimes-accused Rajapaksa as PM.