by Our Correspondent in Colombo The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has delivered a comprehensive and uncompromising defence of its role in one of the country’s most serious public financial fraud
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has moved decisively to remove one of the most senior figures within his own political circle as his administration seeks to draw a line under a corruption scandal
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Long before Sri Lanka’s civil war reached its bloodiest chapters, one of America’s most influential foreign policy architects publicly argued that the island’s conflict could not be resolved through military means alone.
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“The hibernating monster, ‘El Niño’, rose from the depths of the ocean to swallow the rain drops and scorch the land and its creatures. The silence in the ocean roars louder across
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The belief that unseen elites secretly govern the United States has become one of the most enduring themes in American political life. While the recent controversy surrounding the Epstein files has once
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There are moments in history when a system appears so complete that it becomes difficult to imagine its end. When Britannia ‘ruled the waves’, it was thought in large parts of the
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has expressed appreciation to the Government of Sri Lanka for its cooperation in repatriating the bodies of those killed in what he described as the “unlawful and cowardly”
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Armenia is undertaking a sweeping transformation of its armed forces, replacing decades of near-total dependence on Russian military equipment with weapons and defence partnerships spanning India, France, China, Iran and the United
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The brutal killing of four migrant farm workers in Calabria has reignited scrutiny of Italy’s illegal labour recruitment system known as “caporalato”, with social organisations warning that the practice continues to expose
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by Our Correspondent in Jaffna The European Union Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Carmen Moreno, questioned why the Sinhalese-majority South was “anxious” about investment being directed to Northern Sri Lanka, making the remarks
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Chinese artificial intelligence developers have drawn renewed attention after the release of two advanced open-source AI models, Kimi K3 and Qwen 3.8, prompting fresh debate over whether lower-cost alternatives can challenge the
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The race to dominate artificial intelligence is reshaping not only the technology industry but also the balance sheets of some of the world’s largest corporations. Behind soaring investment in data centres, advanced
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Nearly four decades after the world embarked on one of the largest public health campaigns in history, the effort to eradicate polio has reached a decisive moment. Once seen as being on
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The human heart has long been viewed as an organ that faithfully responds to signals from the brain, beating faster or slower according to the body’s needs. New research, however, suggests that
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The United States has released a State Department report alleging decades of Cuban espionage and political influence operations inside the United States, a move that has prompted renewed scrutiny of Washington’s increasingly
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