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Neighborhood News Digest - 14 October 2024

Afghanistan

12 Political Figures Return to Afghanistan through Commission-Tolo News

Ahmadullah Wasiq, the head of the Commission for Contact with Personalities, stated that in the past month of this solar year, twelve politica....

October 14, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , SCO , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Rajapaksa , Awami League , PTI , BNP , General Elections , Jirga , Chief Justice of India , Anti-Israeli Protestors

Neighborhood News Digest – 08 September 2023

Afghanistan

ACCI Expresses Concern About Closing of Torkham Crossing – Tolo News

Following the clashes between Islamic Emirate forces and Pakistani border guards at the Torkham crossing, the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce a....

September 08, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Nepal , ASEAN , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Pakistan Army , Presidential elections , Aung San Suu Kyi , Rajapaksa , G20 , TTP , US Envoy , Bangladesh MoU , China envoy , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , Adani.

Current Situation in Sri Lanka and Bilateral Relations with India

Team VIF Article

Current Political Situation

It will be now over a year (April 01, 2022) since public protests gripped Sri Lanka against deteriorating economic situation in the country leading to a nation-wide emergency. It took three “long fought” mont....

April 04, 2023 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Article , India , Sri Lanka , Tamil , Rajapaksa , IMF , 13th Amendment , UNP , JVP , NPP , Ranil Wickremsinghe , SLFP

Fresh Impetus to India-Sri Lanka Ties

Rup Narayan Das Article

In a very significant development which will give an impetus to India-Sri Lanka relations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is inaugurating the direct flight from Sri Lanka to Kushinagar on 20th October. A number of high dignitaries and Buddhist monks fr....

October 20, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Article , modi , Rajapaksa , Kushinagar , Tamil diaspora , Shringla , 13th Amendment , Narvane , Mitra Shakti , Hambantota , Adani

Sri Lankan General Elections 2015 - An Assessment

Anushree Ghisad

1. In my earlier article on the Sri Lankan General Elections (‘Curtain Raiser’, VIF 07-2015) various possible out comes of the elections were out lined. As was mentioned therein, the electoral contest was mainly between the two key alliances na....

October 07, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Sri Lanka , General Election , UPFA , Rajapaksa