Connecting with South Asia
Cultural elements preserve a sense of connection between Pakistan and its South Asian neighbours.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka president expects ‘strong majority’ after snap polls
Mr Dissanayake took power in the September presidential election on a promise to combat graft and recover the country’s stolen assets, two years after an unprecedented economic…
Public debt lessons from Pakistan and Sri Lanka
While the doomsday predictions of Nepal becoming another Sri Lanka turned out far-fetched, can the debt distress experienced by Sri Lanka and Pakistan offer lessons for Nepal’s…
A victory for democracy that Bangladesh can learn from
The popular public uprising in Sri Lanka, its form and the timing, bears a striking resemblance to seismic political upheavals in Bangladesh in July and August in 2024.
The uphill climb to woo neighbours
The diplomatic soft-soaping from Sri Lanka President Dissanayake’s India visit seems not to have worked.
Sri Lanka president dissolves parliament to clear way for Nov 14 polls
His coalition, the National People's Party, has just three of 225 seats in the current parliament, prompting him to dissolve the legislature to seek a fresh mandate for his…
Sri Lanka’s new president Dissanayake promises change
Millions of Sri Lankans had voted for the opposition parliamentarian, putting faith in his graft-fighting pledge and vow to bolster a fragile economic recovery.
Sri Lanka picks Marxist-leaning Dissanayake as president to fix economy
The 55-year-old Anura Kumara Dissanayake pledged to fight corruption and bolster a fragile economic recovery following the country's worst financial crisis in decades.
Sri Lanka to vote on Saturday in first poll since economic collapse
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has urged voters to give him a fresh mandate to allow him to continue with his policy measures.
Sri Lanka’s tourism industry looks to new president to rebuild fortunes
The route to a firmer rebound for the Indian Ocean island hangs on the reforms and policies that will be adopted by the winner of this month's presidential election, the first…