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    NewsIn.Asia is a South Asian website, operating from Colombo and accessed by readers worldwide. It offers its readers timely, indepth and comprehensive coverage of South Asian news, views and analyses. The site is active on social media such as Facebook and Twitter where it has thousands of followers. Within months after its launch, in July 2016, NewsIn.Asia has become a popular web portal in Sri Lanka and many South Asian countries where it has gained a reputation of unbiased reporting amongst its readers. The areas covered by NewsIn.Asia include politics, business, sports, cinema, off beat, food and travel.

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  • Book Review: Foreign Policy Perspectives; Sri Lanka first0

    “Foreign Policy Perspectives; Sri Lanka First,” is the latest (4th) book published as part of a series, by the Ambassadors’ Forum of Sri Lanka and launched at the Organisation of Professional Associations of Sri Lanka (OPASL). by Editor November 22, 2020 By Frances Bulathsinghala/Sunday Observer Colombo, November 22: “Foreign Policy Perspectives; Sri Lanka First,” is

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  • Sri Lanka: Muralitharan on 800 row: Is it my mistake that I was born a Sri Lankan Tamil?0

    • Blog
    • October 18, 2020

    Muralitharan stated that he was no stranger to controversies and that he would like to share his thoughts on the latest controversy sparked by the announcement of his biopic 800 by editor  Newsin Asia    October 18, 2020 © Provided by The Indian Express Share on WhatsappShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Reddit October 18

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  • Sri Lanka: The incendiary politics of beef0

    • Blog
    • September 11, 2020

    by Editor  NewsinAsia September 11, 2020 By P.K.Balachandran/Weekend Express Colombo, September 10: When the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa got the unanimous approval of his parliamentary group for legislation to ban cow slaughter, it was not the first attempt to have the practice banned. Despite toying with the idea of banning cow slaughter from

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  • Strategic importance of Modi’s plan to develop India’s islands0

    by editor  Newsin Asia August 17, 2020 Share on WhatsappShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Reddit By P.K.Balachandran/South Asian Monitor In his Independence Day address from the Red Fort on Saturday, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that priority will be given to the “development” of some of India’s 1,300 islands. Lakshadweep, he said, would

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  • Rajapaksas’ sweeping electoral victory presages increase in executive power0

    by editor  Newsin Asia August 12, 2020 Share on WhatsappShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Reddit By Asiri Fernando and Saeed Shah/Wall Street Journal Colombo, August 7: The Rajapaksa family cemented its grip on Sri Lanka in parliamentary elections, according to results released Friday, gaining enough seats to push through constitutional changes increasing executive power. With the win,

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  • Parliamentary elections have put Lankan Tamil politics at the cross roads0

    While the moderate TNA will have to do a lot of tight rope walking, the radical Tamil nationalist groups have to prove that it can do what TNA could not. And that’s going to be very hard and the consequence of failure will be total rejection in the next elections. by Editor   August 10, 2020 Newsin

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  • Significance of August 5 in Modi’s agenda0

    Will the strategy behind the actions taken on August 5, 2019 and 2020 work? by editor   Newsin Asia August 8, 2020 Share on WhatsappShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Reddit By P.K.Balachandran/The Citizen It looks as if India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying to turn August 5 into a “Bharatiya” liberation day to commemorate

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  • Rajapaksas set to win Lankan polls0

    The style and nature of governance under a regime led by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, will be markedly different from the preceding regime which was marked by inactivity stemming from internal ideological and political differences by editor   August 3, 2020 By P.K.Balachandran Colombo, August 4 (The Citizen): The Sri Lankan parliamentary

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  • Sri Lanka likely to ban some foreign organizations and individuals for LTTE links0

    A blast in a house in Iyakachchi in North Lanka in which an ex-LTTE cadre died, is the immediate provocation for the proposed ban by Editor  Newsin Asia July 9, 2020 By P.K.Balachandran Colombo, July 8: Sri Lanka is likely to re-list some foreign organizations and individuals as “terrorist” under UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution

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  • Ground breaking ceremony for first Hindu temple in Pakistan’s capital held0

    But Islamabad still lacks a crematorium by Editor June 27, 2020 Islamabad, June 27 (Dawn): A simple ceremony was held to start construction of the first Hindu temple in Pakistan’s capital’s H-9 area on Tuesday. The groundbreaking was performed by Parliamentary Secretary on Human Rights Lal Chand Malhi. Speaking on the occasion, Lal Chand said

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  • Four killed in Kabul mosque blast0

    by Editor NewsInAsia June 13, 2020  June 13 (AFP) – Four people were killed after a blast ripped through a crowd during Friday prayers at a mosque in Kabul, Afghan officials said, in the latest attack on the city ahead of potential talks with insurgents. “Based on our initial information, at around noon explosives placed inside

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  • 50 years of Political Legacy, a legend whom I am fortunate enough to call my Father – Namal1

    by Editor May 27, 2020 By Namal Rajapaksa 50 years ago, on May 27, 1970, the journey of a political legend began. Entering Parliament as the youngest MP to join, Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa, entered the political sphere back then with only one aim, one vision – to serve the country, to sacrifice himself for his

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  • Sidelined Nepal ups the ante on border road issue with India0

    Angry Nepalese Prime Minister K.P.Oli told parliament that the Indian virus is more deadly than the ones from China and Italy! by Editor Newsin May 22, 2020 By P.K. Balachandran/The Citizen The India-Nepal row over Kalapani area on the strategic India-Nepal-Tibet (China) tri-junction took a sharp turn for the worse on May 19, when Nepalese

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  • Plans underway to revive Sri Lanka’s Tourism Industry0

    by Editor April 22, 2020 Colombo, April 22 (newsin.asia) — Sri Lanka Tourism plans for an early revival post-COVID-19, as the country starts opening up gradually from this week. A major step was the Cabinet approval of the critical five-year global promotion initiative last week and plans are underway to finalize the Terms of Reference

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