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
Every new government, whether in Sri Lanka or the United Kingdom, arrives with certain ambitions: to prove its independence and cut through red tape and bureaucracy within a short period. In the
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When a politician promises to give you something for nothing, they must first confiscate that wealth from you — either by direct taxes, indirect tax, or by inflationary pricing arising from more
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None of the Supreme Court justices namely Preethi Padman Surasena, Janak de Silva, and Priyantha Jayawardena, PC, who had heard the petitions against the postponement of the Local Government polls, early last
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The last week of August is usually a slow one in my business. Whether at the New York Times or the New Yorker, as an investigative reporter I stayed the hell away from late August.
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Monsters of History Defy Truth, Justice, and Humanitarian Values The Israeli-American fraudulent ceasefire ended in Cairo without any agreeable outcome. There was nothing new but wasted time and missed opportunities to restore
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A bizarre geopolitical thesis in the Indian media last week characterised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent 7-hour trip to Ukraine via Poland as part of an effort “to plug a missing link — Central
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Mr. Wickramasinghe, answer the accusations against you. Sixty thousand deaths, deaths in Bataland, children buried at Suriyakande in Embilipitiya, death of Gamini Athukorala, death of Gamini Dissanayake, death of Lalith Athulathmudali. Ranil
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Currently, Bangladesh is witnessing the presence of two parallel governments. One is an army-backed, illegal, and unconstitutional ‘Interim Government,’ or ‘Puppet Government,’ formed on the night of 8 August 2024. It is
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Certainly, eyebrows were raised when it was announced that Indian Prime Minister Modi would visit Ukraine, with many speculating about the purpose of his visit amid what seems to be an unending
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It would be a big surprise if Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) from the National People’s Power (NPP) fails to win the presidential elections due to be held on 21 September. This is
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The day after former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka, I was on the phone with a friend who had spent some time on the streets that day. He told me
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During her nearly 40-minute-long speech on the final day of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Vice President Kamala Harris laid out her economic plan for the nation as “an opportunity economy where
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In recent months, international attention has returned to Afghanistan, a nation once again under the rule of the Taliban. The Taliban’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly rejected claims made by Pakistan’s
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There is a Zen proverb — ‘If you want to climb a mountain, begin at the top.’ All the show of contrived enthusiasm by the US President Joe Biden and CIA Director
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Two mighty ships sailed into our waters recently, the USS O’Kane and the USS Spruance, and I must admit, Colombo’s waters have never been so well-tended. Not a ripple of protest. Not
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