by Our Correspondent in New Delhi The BRICS New Delhi Declaration is less a routine summit communiqué than a broad statement of intent about how its members believe the international system should
by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor The announcement of a ceasefire by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) should be heralded as a seismic moment in the modern history of resistance movements, yet beneath
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by Our Defence Affairs Editor The distinguished military leaders who gathered last Saturday at Army House — Lieutenant General Lasantha Rodrigo, Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, Generals Vikum Liyanage, Mahesh Senanayake, Chrishantha Silva,
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by Luxman Aravind In recent days, the country has found itself submerged in a series of incidents that have shocked the public consciousness. These events are being justified and explained away with
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor The war in Ukraine is no longer just a conflict over borders or ideology. It has turned into a bloody, high-stakes battle over control of resources that
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by Luxman Aravind Sri Lanka’s economic catastrophe has been an apocalyptic warning of what unfettered fiscal mismanagement, political expediency, and economic illiteracy can result in. The policies of successive governments have created
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by Our Economic Affairs Editor President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s 2025 Budget Speech paints a grand vision of economic transformation, promising prosperity, stability, and justice for the Sri Lankan people. However, beneath the
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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) never hesitated to provide funding for any project at any level as long as they aligned primarily with the overall US political and even
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor The passing of Sam Nujoma, the revered father of Namibia’s independence, at the age of 95 marks the close of a chapter not just for his country
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“Vinasha Kale Vipareetha Buddhi” is an ancient Sanskrit proverb meaning: “When a person’s doom approaches, their intellectual power becomes reversed, disoriented, or turns against them, leading to their destruction.” This pithy saying
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Nothing to be astonished about; we are merely witnessing the inexorable fulfillment of a grotesque prophecy—the culmination of hollow propaganda, meticulously crafted to hoodwink the public. The
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast envoy, Steve Witkoff, warned that the Gaza Strip “will probably be uninhabitable for at least the next 10 to 15 years” and
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by Luxman Aravind The concept of freedom, as it was first articulated in Sri Lanka’s colonial struggle, remains strikingly dissonant in the present. What was once hailed as an unassailable victory over
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor The term “zunzuneo,” a seemingly innocent Cuban slang for a hummingbird’s call, evokes more than just a quaint metaphor. It encapsulates the darker, more manipulative operations of
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo A leopard hunts by instinct. A human hunts by volition. And oftentimes, the vilest predators aren’t those with fangs and talons, but those who trespass into sanctuaries
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Alexander Soros, the son of billionaire financier George Soros, yesterday, met with Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, calling him a “champion of human rights” and a longtime friend
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