Infrastructure that carries a nation’s data, finance and emergency communications is strategic infrastructure. We would not hand over a port, a power grid or a strategic petroleum reserve on the strength of
US President-elect Donald Trump has moved quickly to form his proposed new administration. His team is better prepared to take power than it was in 2016 – when neither the candidate himself
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As Sri Lanka begins a new chapter under the leadership of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the National People’s Power (NPP), I find myself reflecting on the journey we undertook during one
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Revolutions are the locomotives of history… Karl Marx The landslide victory of Sri Lanka’s National People’s Power (NPP) coalition, led by Anura Kumara Dissanayake, represents a transformative shift in the nation’s political
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India is yet to recover from the severe shock it received when a young female doctor was brutally raped and murdered by a drunkard in the middle of the night at a
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While the United States was still busy counting votes, Germany’s ruling coalition led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz suddenly fell apart last Wednesday, plunging Europe’s largest economy into chaos. Now, Germans are set
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If you go to the bluff at Kings Park in Perth, Australia, you can overlook the Swan River and enjoy a remarkable view. Across the bay, there is a phalanx of steel
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The primary issue facing Sri Lanka right now is the economy. In 2022, the economy completely collapsed, and as a result, we declared bankruptcy. The first step was to emerge from bankruptcy.
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD), having raised expectations about National People’s Power (NPP) in the eyes of the public as never before by coming to power claiming to be holier than all
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My Diwali and Tihar vacation in Nepal is continuing. Here is a flash report from Pokhara. After a turbulent 18-month rule, in which former Prime Minister Prachanda had to seek a vote
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The 2024 U.S. presidential election was framed as a crucial test for the nation’s political system, with ongoing concerns over oligarchy, mob rule, a breakdown of equal protection under the law, and
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Government has no wealth, and when a politician promises to give you something for nothing, he must first confiscate that wealth from you — either by direct taxes, or by the cruelly
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India has long grappled with a complex and often violent struggle between the government and various insurgent groups, most notably the Naxalites. Rooted in radical leftist ideology, Naxalism originated as a response
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by Luxman Aravind The government’s decision today has all but destroyed any remaining trust in its commitment to genuine justice. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD), who just days ago assured the public
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The working visit of Russia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov to Mumbai and Delhi on November 11-12 has been in the cards for sometime. It assumes added interest today as, in a delightful
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The socioeconomic ideology of Sri Lanka’s President, Anura Kumar Dissanayake, and his political party, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), has always been rooted in Marxism. Founded in 1965, the JVP has been
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