Navi Pillay’s 2026 Nobel Peace Prize celebrates a lifetime of challenging impunity and defending human dignity. Yet her legacy also raises difficult questions about accountability, political power and the credibility of international
by Our Economic Affairs Editor The mid-week announcement from the Trump administration to escalate tariffs on a broad swath of imports has sent shockwaves across the globe. For most, the implications of
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by Our Economic Affairs Editor The spectres of debt, mismanagement, and corruption loom omnipresent, draining the nation of its vitality, eroding its institutions, and rendering its citizenry mere spectators to their own
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by Luxman Arvind What happens when a nation, once driven by the ideals of governance, finds itself under the control of a group of political novices—youthful and brimming with overconfidence, yet woefully
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Editorial Gananath Obeyesekere, a man larger than life, passed away today. His death marks the end of an intellectual force that reshaped the very foundations of anthropology, psychoanalysis, and the critique of
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by Durga Velayutham The Easter Sunday carnage of 2019 was not an isolated instance of violence, nor was it merely a horrific chapter in Sri Lanka’s history. It was the flashpoint of
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by Our Political Affairs Editor Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, celebrating his 76th birthday today, is a political figure whose career evokes a complex and often polarising array of responses, as he continues
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“They were careless people… They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor A viral video has swept across social media, capturing the mesmerising performance of Uyghur actress Hani Kezi, whose graceful movements and vibrant rhythms echo the unmistakable essence
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by Our Political Affairs Editor The grotesque irony of Sri Lanka’s leadership posturing as champions of gender equity while presiding over a system that systematically exploits and discards its female workforce cannot
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by Our Political Affairs Editor In a resounding rebuke to executive overreach and a commendable reinforcement of the rule of law, the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, in SC/FR/37/2020, delivered on 18th
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Editorial In the latest gruesome chapter of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, today early morning, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Bibi) has once again launched his slaughter against Gaza. Under the guise of defending
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Editorial Twenty-two years ago, on 16 March 2003, Rachel Corrie, an unarmed 23-year-old American activist, stood before an Israeli military bulldozer in Rafah, Gaza, in a desperate act of resistance. She was
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by Durga Velayutham A government emboldened by an overwhelming majority—nay, a supermajority—has now exhumed the controversial Batalanda Commission Report, a document long buried in the annals of political history, only to be
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by Our Political Affairs Editor The monstrous spectacle that has recently unfolded in Sri Lanka’s tuition culture is not merely an aberration of individual pathology but a reflection of the perverted dynamics
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The moral decay of our nation has once again been laid bare with the abhorrent violation of a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital. A monstrous act of violence has triggered
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