by Our Correspondent in Colombo The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has sharply increased its Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) by 100 basis points to 8.75% today, signaling growing concern over inflationary pressures
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On a day like this, 40 years ago, a call was made for brave and patriotic young men to step forward to safeguard the Nation. Out of 1,039 applicants, only 35 outstanding
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In the evening of May 24, 2026, an assault on Taliban logistics vehicles was launched in the Afghan district of Surobi, Kabul. One Taliban fighter died, and three others sustained injuries. An organization
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Britain operated a vast covert propaganda apparatus during the Cold War that manipulated international media, forged political material, and secretly influenced journalists across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, according to
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The Catholic Church has long struggled with a painful modern reality: much of the world, especially in the West, no longer listens to it with the authority it once commanded. There was
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The warnings had been dramatic. Weeks before thousands gathered in the Czech city of Brno for the annual Sudeten German Day, politicians and activists predicted chaos, rebellion and even flames in the
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Myanmar’s military rulers have opened a new phase in the country’s brutal civil war, launching coordinated offensives across several strategically vital border regions in an effort to regain territory lost to rebel
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An international team of archaeologists and scientists has uncovered the first direct chemical evidence of anaesthetic use on ancient surgical instruments, offering remarkable new insight into the sophistication of medical practices in
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On Thursday, the European Parliament delivered its most forceful condemnation of the Taliban to date. Lawmakers voted 480 to five, with 83 abstentions, to demand expanded international sanctions against Taliban leaders, enforce International Criminal Court arrest
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Editor’s note: The following excerpts are based on remarks by Lei, a commentator who says she was born in communist China, studied in the United States during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests,
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The recent moves toward Bangladesh’s signing of GSOMIA and ACSA with the United States have ignited profound concern among patriotic citizens, strategic observers, and defenders of national sovereignty alike. These agreements shall
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The United Nations Organization for Human Rights (OHCHR) has expressed grave concerns over the alleged Amendment to the recent transgender law. Indian President Droupadi Murmu made the decision, and the bill was subsequently
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Jharkhand remained one of the principal theatres of Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in India through the first half of 2026, despite the Government of India’s stated objective of substantially ending the Communist
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On May 14, 2026, a Rohingya man, Hasan Ahmed (45), a member of the Zakir Bahini, was shot dead by a Rohingya armed group, Saddam Bahini, at the Nayapara registered Rohingya refugee
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo In a striking disclosure that has reignited discussion around the final moments of Sri Lanka’s decades-long civil war, former Army Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka has stated that
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