Editorial As voting entered its most consequential moment, Donald Trump may have recognised the political damage awaiting his party. On Election Day, he announced that the United States would end its annual
Editorial Yesterday, November 25, 2024, marks eight years since the death of Fidel Castro—a man whose name continues to ignite debates, inspire movements, and challenge conventional narratives about power and resistance. Castro’s
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by Luxman Aravind When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king. The palace instead becomes a circus – Turkish proverb Politics in Sri Lanka, where the truth is often muffled
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Editorial A scandal of monumental proportions is shamelessly emerging, with allegations of human trafficking and corruption extending all the way to former Labour Minister Manusha Nanayakkara. As the country reels from the shock of these revelations,
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by Luxman Aravind Did you see it? Of course you did. How could anyone miss it? The nation stood still, transfixed, as if beholding the second coming—not of revolution, but of revelry. And oh,
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by Luxman Aravind There are moments in a nation’s history when its people must collectively bow their heads in shame. The debacle unfolding in Wandurawa, in Gampaha district, where the machinery of
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Editorial In a chilling episode that unfolded in Shanghai, an AI-powered robot named Erbai managed to “persuade” 12 larger robots to abandon their programmed duties and follow it. What began as an
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Editorial The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) issuance of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, who was dismissed two weeks ago amidst allegations of illicit
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by Luxman Aravind Sri Lanka today morning bore witness to an act of theatre, dressed as governance, when President Anura Kumara Dissanayake arrived to inaugurate the 10th Parliament. The scene unfolded in
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by Luxman Aravind Empty barrels make the most noise – a proverb When the IMF delegation arrived shortly after Sri Lanka’s ninth executive president assumed office, a self-proclaimed “intellectual” proudly flaunted a
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by Luxman Aravind Politics is war by other means, and war thrives on enemies. Sri Lanka’s history since the introduction of the Executive Presidency is a brutal evidence to this truth. Leaders
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Editorial In the crumbling edifice of the country’s democracy, we witness yet another sordid chapter: a rejected politician, Lakshman Kiriella, attempting to slither back into Parliament through the manipulative invocation of religious
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Editorial The sheer scale of the National People’s Power (NPP)’s victory in Sri Lanka’s recent parliamentary elections is nothing short of staggering. 159 out of 225 seats—a super-majority that not only surpasses
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by Luxman Aravind As Mahinda Rajapaksa marks yet another year of life today, the silence that surrounds his legacy is both disquieting and telling. Once a towering figure in Sri Lankan politics,
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Editorial The people of Manipur have once again been shattered by an atrocity that exposes the grotesque failure of both state and central governments in protecting the lives of its citizens. Six
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Editorial There is a haunting truth that lurks in the aftermath of political defeat: the immediate impulse for many who have lost is not to introspect, but to wait, watching from the
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