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Islamic Emirate’s Qatar-Based Political Office Calls to Lift Travel Ban

By Fatima Adib in TOLOnews, July 24, 2023 at 8:28 PMIslamic Emirate’s Qatar-based Political Office once again asked the United Nations Security Council to lift the travel ban on current government officials. Suhail Shaheen said to TOLOnews that the interaction of the Islamic Emirate with the international community is a necessity, and the United Nations should lift the travel ban on the current government officials for better interaction. “Solving some issues in a peaceful way…

Sumanthiran: President has reneged on promises

Report in The Island, July 22, 2023 President Ranil Wickremesinghe was adept at causing rifts in political parties, TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran said in a television interview on Friday.The MP also said that the Tamil political parties had met the President earlier this week. “During the meeting, I told the President that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had promised India three times that he would fully implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. President Rajapaksa said…

China launches ‘Silk Roadster’ projects under BRI in Nepal

by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post,July 19, 2023The Communist Party of China (CPC) last week launched the “Silk Roadster” platform under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Nepal in the presence of some political parties and social organisations in Bhaktapur. Chinese leaders said the platform is a new concept brought to Nepal to mark the tenth anniversary of the proposition of the BRI by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Nepal signed up to the…

Is govt behind EC registration of two unknown parties?

report in Prothom Alo, Jul 18,2023Questions have arisen over the election commission giving registration to two unknown political parties, especially before the forthcoming parliamentary election. Questions have also arisen as to whether the constitutionally independent body is operating at the behest of the government. A total of 93 parties submitted applications seeking registration from the EC. The EC decided to give registration to Bangladesh Nationalist Movement (BNM) and Bangladesh Supreme Party (BSP). The election commission…

Dialogue a must for free and fair polls, says Dr Kamal Hossain

report in The Daily Star, July 16, 2023Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday urged the government to sit in a dialogue with all political parties immediately to make the upcoming parliamentary elections free, fair and participatory. Though it’s the constitutional right to cast vote, the country’s people have had to fight to establish their basic rights, he said. “People want to form a government through a democratic process by exercising their constitutional rights in a…

Nepali Congress youth leaders are gearing up to challenge party president Deuba

by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post online, July 12, 2023On Saturday, Gagan Thapa, a popular Nepali Congress leader and one of the party’s two general secretaries, made an interesting announcement: “The need of the hour is to make myself or any other leader from my generation the new prime minister of the country.” The announcement created a ripple of sorts in political circles—especially in the country’s largest party. Most Congress leaders doubt the…

PP urges Prez to remove underperforming ministers

by Buddhika Samaraweera in The Morning, June 27, 2023*Warns of perils of acting only to retain powerThe ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) stated that President Ranil Wickremesinghe should remove ministers who do not perform their responsibilities properly and replace them with suitable ones, without acting solely on the basis of the need to retain political power. It was recently reported that President Wickremesinghe is unhappy about the performance of certain ministers. While commenting on…

‘An alliance of forces formed with an eye on retaining power’: Social

FrontReport in The Himalayan Times, June 25, 2023Although the top leaders of the Socialist Front comprising the CPN-MC, CPN- US, Janata Samajwadi Party-Nepal and Communist Party of Nepal said this front would be different from past alliances as they had built ideological congruence on many issues, political analysts believe the front is for bargaining on the basis of political power in the Parliament. The three parties of the front – CPN-MC, CPN (US) and JSP-N…

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Service – a den of political appointees

report in Daily Mirror, June 20, 2023 Daily Mirror reliably learns that Rohitha Bogollagama was handpicked as SL’s HC in the UK by the government to reach out to Tamil diaspora for reconciliation Bogollagama’s only foreign experience is that he served as the Foreign Minister under Mahinda Rajapaksa during the time of the civil war Once political appointees are posted in diplomatic missions, their children and relatives soon follow to serve as officers For Moscow…

Afghanistan’s Domestic, International Political Challenges in New Year

By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews Online, March 20,2023 at 8:29 PMAt the turn of the solar year, no country has officially recognized the interim government of the Islamic Emirate, however, its diplomats have been sent to some consulates and embassies of regional countries. The Afghanistan consulate in Istanbul and the Afghan embassy in Tehran were handed over to the Islamic Emirate. “The leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to send a team…

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Service – a den of political appointees

report in Daily Mirror, June 20, 2023 Daily Mirror reliably learns that Rohitha Bogollagama was handpicked as SL’s HC in the UK by the government to reach out to Tamil diaspora for reconciliation Bogollagama’s only foreign experience is that he served as the Foreign Minister under Mahinda Rajapaksa during the time of the civil war Once political appointees are posted in diplomatic missions, their children and relatives soon follow to serve as officers For Moscow…