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Does this include business visas? Because Sri Lanka has a lot of resources and could do with Indian investments in the MSME sector. For a tiny island, their resource per capita is quite rich and I have a feeling that they have not conducted any detailed studies on the various resources that they...

Monkeys are eaten in several countries. Congo, Zambia, CAR, China, Vietnam, and some parts of Latin America consume monkey meat. I have seen them cooking it during a particularly arduous trip in the amazon forest visiting the native tribes way back in 2016. Jeez... that woman seems quite...

Apparently, the Lankans are selling monkeys and other wild animals to China. Monkey meat is prized in China as a delicacy of nobles and they are running out of monkeys. They are even ready to change their decades-old law of protecting wildlife to export anything that reduces their debt burden...

Then it's not a good thing. I have listened to a few of his talks and he seems like a rational man. If you guys don't back him, this is going to get messy. Rajapaksas or even the opposition will find another puppet and continue ruling. This is your Young Turks Movement - don't let it go waste...

Sarath Fonseka is the former army chief there and is a favored candidate against the Rajapaksas. People like him there, so chances are that he might contest elections and come up.

Sri Lanka economic crisis Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns news live updates: Mobs attack ruling party MPs, set houses on fire Things are intensifying in Sri Lanka as Lankan mobs are teaching the politicians a lesson by lynching their MPs. Full support for their action to make the politicians feel...

Then let's progress together into the future as independent countries and partners. Don't lose hope, buddy. Sri Lanka will climb up again. This of this as a chance to get rid of your corrupt politicians. If you understand what I mean.

I agree. This shooting needs to stop. However, more sustainable fishing methods. We need to make them aware of more practical methods of fishing. Most of the coastal fishermen population can be re-educated in this if the Department of Fisheries takes good steps. This would ensure sufficient...

Don't mind some of our folks here. They are just making a light conversation around. We are not interested in taking over Sri Lanka. It's more management issue for us honestly. All we want is that you should be stabilized and happy while being friendly enough not to host Chinese military. That's...

Sri Lanka has not been ours since Chola era until the Brits came and merged it back. That's a good 1,000 years in between. Pretty wide gap from what limited history I know. It will be an unnecessary mess even if the Lankans agree. We don't want to upset the Lankans needlessly. Besides, we have...

That's pretty reasonable. It would definitely promote more shooting in their facility. What's so funny about this?

Sri Lanka is a lost cause now like Pakistan. I wonder how much of our bailouts would help them come out. They have taken China's side completely due to the Rajapaksas. They won't be able to sustain this geopolitical ping-pong match for long. We should refrain from giving more dole outs as they...

Buying cost items right now is the last thing Lanka should be doing. SUVs for police is not an urgent priority for a country that has <$5 billion in its reserves. They recently paid off Iran in terms of tea for their oil dues. Any ideas how much rare earths does Sri Lanka have? That could be a...

Sri Lanka is going the Venezuela way; printing more money than what it is worth in terms of value is the first step to economic abyss. How long do you reckon we can keep bailing them out? Seems more like Rajapaksas are swindling the money and sending it offshore. They know that Lanka isn't...

Well, he is out and giving reports and statements like this. He is also a respected military figure in SL and people like him. Chances are that he might contest elections against the Rajapaksas in 2024.

This Fonseka guy has been at odds with the Rajapaksas for a long time. He was apparently asked to step down by Mahinda himself during his pre-Modi tenure, when China was their chaddi-buddy. But his analysis is spot-on. What are the chances that he is being encouraged by Doval himself? Fonseka...

India counters China in Sri Lanka with $700 million port deal An Indian company entered into a $700 million deal Thursday to build a strategic deep-sea container terminal in Sri Lanka, officials said, in a move seen as countering China's rising influence in the region. The Sri Lanka Ports...

At this point, I think it is important to keep SL afloat. Otherwise, the CCP will just stroll in, make up some Chinese name for Sri Lanka, pull a map out of its @$$ and claim that it was a part of some ping ping pong dynasty 800 years ago. And Rajapakse would just buckle under that pressure...

Well, the USA also considers India "only next to Iraq" in religious freedom. Being a conservative Christian elitist country, it is likely to show disdain and have a prejudice against countries that vehemently try to preserve their native faith and cultures. The USA is no one's friend. No...

SL will always play us against them. That's what small countries do in the region.