Sri Lanka, Sept. 1 -- Japan was sworn to pacifism after the devastating impact that World War II had on it. Its 1947 constitution had Article 9, through which it explicitly abjured war. It gave up its... Read More
Sri Lanka, July 14 -- The prison's notorious reputation was fuelled by the case of Etienne de Bonnart, a nobleman who spent several years in the Bastille for his alleged involvement in a plot against ... Read More
Sri Lanka, June 30 -- Bangladeshi Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's five-day visit to China last week was of considerable strategic significance not only for the two countries, but also for India. The ... Read More
Sri Lanka, June 23 -- The Indian government is abandoning a five-year-old project to extend the runway at the naval air station "INS Baaz" on the Car Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal, in view of l... Read More