Editorial Lal Wijenayake’s death removes a voice from the National People’s Power and Sri Lanka’s public life. His significance lies not in the offices he held, but in his refusal to let
Gerry Adams, the former president of Ireland’s Sinn Féin party, has been awarded €100,000 in damages after winning a high-profile defamation case against the BBC at the High Court in Dublin. The
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The president of Somaliland, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, has declared that international recognition for the breakaway territory is “on the horizon,” citing ongoing high-level engagements with the United States, including what he describes
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Pakistan will never accept Indian dominance in South Asia, declared Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir on Thursday, as he reaffirmed the country’s firm stance on sovereignty, Kashmir, and water
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The Sri Lanka–China Trade and Investment Forum 2025 convened today in Colombo, bringing together a high-profile delegation of over 115 senior representatives from 77 leading Chinese enterprises, alongside key figures from Sri
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A ruling by an Egyptian court has cast a shadow over the future of St Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai — the world’s oldest continuously operating Christian monastic community — raising fears of
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NDB Bank has further strengthened its commitment to enabling Sri Lankan students to pursue global academic opportunities through a newly signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ABEC (Australian Business Education Centre), a
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Fashion retail giant Victoria’s Secret is currently grappling with a security incident that has disrupted its website and online order services. The company confirmed the situation in a brief statement posted on
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Capital Metals PLC (AIM: CMET), a UK-listed mineral sands exploration and development company, has announced a significant strategic investment agreement with Ambeon Capital PLC, one of Sri Lanka’s leading diversified conglomerates. The
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Nadira Yeasmin, an assistant professor of Bangla language at Narsingdi Government College in Bangladesh, has been transferred nearly 270 kilometers away to Satkhira Government Mahila College following a demand from the Islamist
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A former college principal in India, Punjilal Meher, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for sending a parcel bomb disguised as a wedding gift that killed two people and injured another in
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President Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission, has signed an order to release a new set of regulations governing the awarding of military scientific research. The regulations, which will officially
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China successfully launched its first asteroid sample-return mission, Tianwen-2, in the early hours of May 29, marking a significant stride in the country’s quest to uncover the secrets of the solar system’s
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Just over a week ago, MIT Technology Review released Power Hungry, a revealing deep-dive into the staggering energy demands of artificial intelligence. While much of the spotlight has been on the sheer
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Just look at Yemen. Despite being one of the poorest nations in the world, the Houthi rebel group—under siege for more than a decade—has leveraged low-cost, low-tech drones to punch far above
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The world is now on track to surpass one of the most critical climate thresholds — 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial temperatures — by 2027, according to alarming new data released by
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