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In May 2009, Leeladevi Ananda Nadaraja’s 34-year-old son surrendered to the Sri Lankan army at a military checkpoint after being conscripted by a separatist militant group fighting for a homeland for the country’s Tamil minority.
Among the recent high-profile deals involving Indian companies was a 20-year power purchase agreement with Adani Green Energy, a subsidiary of India’s Adani Group, announced by Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe earlier this month.
Sri Lankan Jeewani Bandara had moved to Kuwait to work as a domestic helper as her country’s economic situation deteriorated, but the 45-year-old returned home last year after an accident left her unemployed.
Sri Lanka’s vital location in the Indian Ocean and Japan’s rivalry with China over Indo-Pacific influence are strong incentives for Tokyo to mend bilateral relations with Colombo strained by the cancellation of a major infrastructure project, experts have said.
Signed in Colombo by Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Thailand Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin in early February, the FTA, which is now in force, offers both immediate and phased-out tariff concessions over a 15-year period.
During his visit to Delhi from February 5-10, he headed a delegation from National People’s Power (NPP), a political alliance founded by Dissanayaka nine years ago that a December opinion survey indicated was polling at 50 per cent ahead of presidential polls set for September or October.
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center .
First proposed in September last year, the Online Safety Bill that was passed by the Sri Lankan parliament on Wednesday has drawn criticism from human rights groups and tech giants, who fear its rushed implementation will stifle freedom of expression.