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There is an expectation that coronavirus pandemic would be under control to a certain degree. Sri Lanka needs to look at effective structural adjustment programs (SAP) to spur the overall economic growth. However, if the coronavirus pandemi...
The once politically peaceful, geographically isolated and sea-locked Pacific region is becoming a pawn in the game of power politics among traditional and regional powers over the past years. The assertive and bold Chinese behaviour in the...
The term ‘bank’ originates from the Italian word ‘banco’ meaning bench. During the renaissance, moneylenders carried out most of their transactions over these benches, and since then they have become symbolic of banks, and other financial f...
The spillover effects of a global economic downturn due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis is likely to curtail Sri Lanka and Maldives annual economic growth. Furthermore, the coronavirus cases climbed to more than 1450 cases in both these s...
Maldives will take a decisive turn along the path of democracy when the potentially important South Asian nation elects over 950 councilors in the forthcoming local council elections. In the ten years since the Decentralization Act was pass...
A recent visit to India by President Trump paved the way for a ‘Global Strategic Convergence between India and the United States. This dual relationship is most important to Japan, as both the U.S. and India are major determinants in shapin...
Over the past two decades, China has widened and deepened its economic and diplomatic footprint in the Pacific Island Countries (PICs). This unprecedented Chinese power posturing in the Blue Pacific region has caused trepidation in the corr...
Deep in the oceans rest the arteries and veins which pump life into the 21st century as it did in the 19th and even 18th Century. These essentials are also, or, rather officially known as submarine cables. These cables are spread over 750 m...
The suicide attacks on Easter Sunday a year ago by the nine suicide bombers belonging to National Thawheeth Jama'ath (NTJ), linked to Islamic State (ISIS), killing over 270 people and injuring several others, appears to be more closely link...
The world, since the end of December 2019, has been battling the global pandemic COVID-19 which has left the global financial situation in a flux. Most of the world economies have been in a state of stagnation and looking for ways of recove...
The deadliest suicide bombings in Sri Lanka’s recent history occurred one year ago on Easter Sunday shocking the island nation and the governments around the world. In the space of half an hour from 8:45 AM on April 21, 2019, nine suicide b...
Climate change and severe weather events is causing environmental catastrophe in the South Pacific region. The region as a whole has experienced innumerable changes in weather patterns that have posed fundamental threats to lives and liveli...
