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Sri Lanka in major language controversy as Mandarin replaces Tamil on signages
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Sri Lankans are holding a major debate in the country after two back-to-back incidents in which Mandarin was included in sign boards omitting out...
Rise of a budding Indo-Pacific community after Covid breathes fresh life into BIMSTEC
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The Covid 19 pandemic, which continues to be a cause for concern for South Asian as well as Southeastern countries, is set to provide...
How will India react if she perceives Sri Lankan isle as Chinese aircraft carrier: Report
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The long-term threat posed to Sri Lanka's territorial integrity and the possible de facto usurpation of the Lankan people's sovereign rights seem not to...
Majority-Minority issues in South Asia, and only Hindus lack state support
South Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms, consists of 8 countries, namely Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bharat, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, the Maldives,...
Sri Lanka to ban burqa, shut 1000 madrasas for national security
Sri Lanka will ban the wearing of the burqa and shut more than 1000 Islamic madrassas (religious schools) on national security grounds, government minister...
Persecution of Hindus in South, Southeast Asia highlighted by HAF on Human Rights Day 70th anniversary
To mark the 70th anniversary of Human Rights Day, commemorating the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Hindu American Foundation released four...
Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa celebrates Navaratri in the traditional way
Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa chose to celebrate Navaratri in the traditional way with chanting of mantras, gettimelam (the traditional drum of southern Bharat), and...
Sri Lanka moves towards complete ban on cow slaughter, proposal approved by ruling party
The Parliamentary Group of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), Sri Lanka’s ruling party, yesterday gave its nod to the cow slaughter ban proposal, reports...
Sri Lanka takes steps to control Islamic radicalization
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has directed the country’s Muslim Religious Affairs Department to ensure that all madrassas (Muslim religious schools) are registered...
6 LeT Jihadis disguised as Hindus suspected to have entered Tamil Nadu from Sri Lanka
Tamil Nadu is in a state of high alert after police received intelligence inputs about a 6-member Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist group entering the state....