Editorial Each April, across Sri Lanka and parts of South and Southeast Asia, a curious synchrony unfolds. As bureaucrats and bankers in the West scurry toward quarterly profits and digital calendars blink
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Nearly one-third of all domestic digital payments in India this year have been credit-driven, powered by credit cards and equated monthly instalments (EMIs), according to a recent survey analysing transaction data from
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A CIA report later revealed that J.R. placed his hopes in America and his foreign allies to help him weather the storm of the 1987 Indo-Lanka Accord. But as their silence grew
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India’s foreign exchange reserves increased by USD 10.872 billion, reaching USD 676.26 billion in the week ending April 4, 2025, according to official data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
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Sri Lanka’s education system is in the midst of a growing crisis, with a severe shortage of teachers, particularly in urban national schools, according to the Ceylon Teachers’ Union (CTU). The country
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Batalanda and the torture chamber run there in the wake of the JVP’s second adventure between 1987 and 1989 has received a great deal of publicity, particularly in the electronic media, in
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Tulip Siddiq, the Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate, has strongly denied any wrongdoing after Bangladeshi authorities issued an arrest warrant in connection with corruption allegations. The allegations relate to claims that
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Norwegian officials are voicing renewed concerns over the security and sovereignty of the nation’s Arctic territories following a fresh wave of geopolitical tensions sparked by former U.S. President Donald Trump’s renewed interest
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As European leaders attempt to strengthen ties with China amid mounting pressure from U.S. tariffs, experts are warning that the European Union’s efforts to pivot toward Beijing will ultimately fail unless they
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In a bold diplomatic maneuver, officials in Somaliland have proposed a deal to U.S. President Donald Trump, offering recognition of the self-declared republic’s sovereignty in exchange for the lease of the strategically
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The U.S. dollar, once regarded as the gold standard for financial stability, is losing its “safe haven” status as global investors increasingly turn their backs on both U.S. bonds and the dollar
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In a stark admission of America’s economic contradictions, former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick made a striking statement about the state of global trade relations, declaring that countries should
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American consumers are facing a new wave of price hikes after former President Donald Trump announced a sweeping 125% tariff on more than $1 billion worth of Chinese imports. The move, aimed
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NASA’s science programs are facing what experts have described as an “extinction-level event” following a White House proposal to slash $5 billion from the agency’s budget — a 20% cut that could
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A version of this column originally appeared in The Daily Pioneer, New Delhi, on 12 April 2025 -Editors Less than twelve hours after proudly boasting at the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC)
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