Trump’s tariffs, AKD’s gazette and Sri Lanka’s diplomatic slumber

“We are rather respectable in Colombo.

We go to bed fairly early, and we remain there till morning.

“ According to Sri Lanka’s diplomatic folklore, the late S.W.

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Bandaranaike uttered these words while explaining the reasons for Sri Lanka’s abstention on the UN resolution condemning the Soviet invasion of Hungary.

Apparently, SWRD’s foreign […] ...