report in The Island, Nov 26, 2023A Minister warns of emerging racism in the island nation targeting ethnic minorities ahead of 2024 elections while regretting the past racism-led events including riots and insurrections since the 1948 independence. Sri Lankan politicians have historically used racism to divide the country and win elections with the help of their own ethnicities and religious groups.The island nation is expected to hold presidential and parliament polls next year. A parliamentary…
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by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, July 31st, 2023QUETTA: Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chairman Mahmood Khan Achakzai has said this region, particularly Pakhtun-Baloch belt, is once again in the eyes of storm due the emerging international political order, the realignment of powers and their conflicting interests. This situation warrants extraordinary vigilance on the part of political forces, especially the security establishment of Pakistan, he said. Speaking at a party event in Ziarat on Sunday, Mr…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Apr 30, 2023The newly-emerged Rastriya Swatantra Party stunned the old parties in the recent by-elections, securing landslide victories in two of the three constituencies. Another new force, the Madhesh-based Janamat Party, gave a tough fight to the provincial veteran Upendra Yadav, who was the common candidate of the ruling coalition, in Bara-2. The bypoll results, according to observers, give a clear message to the traditional political parties that…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Apr 24, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who held over an hour-long meeting with CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli at Singha Durbar on Friday, said efforts were on to revive the Nepal Communist Party. Dahal, who was one of the two chairs of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) which was dissolved by a March 2021 Supreme Court decision, said although the NCP was “caught in an accident…
report in Global Times, Apr 15, 2023Chinese experts and officials hit back at remarks from Western-backed lenders made during a meeting that China is a major creditor to emerging markets and should do more in helping debt relief. China is willing to implement the common framework for debt disposal with other countries, China’s central bank governor Yi Gang said during the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) spring meetings, according to a statement released…