Sri Lanka’s September 22, 2026 Easter Sunday judgment marks a decisive legal reckoning with one of the country’s deadliest terrorist attacks, convicting 15 of 24 defendants after an extensive examination of thousands
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The 22 September 2026 Trial-at-Bar judgment provides a detailed account of the alleged network behind Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, tracing the prosecution’s case from ideological indoctrination and recruitment to weapons,
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Sri Lanka has every right to speak forcefully on Palestine and international justice. But moral authority abroad cannot substitute for diplomatic precision at home. With the current account weakening, thousands of workers
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The Pathfinder Foundation and the China Center for South Asian Studies (CCSAS) at Sichuan University launched the Colombo Maritime Dialogue 2026 Report at a virtual ceremony on 28 September, bringing together the
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Sri Lanka’s opposition has cited a reported 16.12 per cent increase in gold pawning during the first five months of 2026 as evidence of worsening financial pressure on households. Harshana Rajakaruna, a
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A household inventory book from the official residence of Sri Lanka’s Speaker of Parliament, Jagath Wickramaratne, has gone missing while the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption is conducting an
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Pope Leo XIV has rejected describing sexual abuse in the Catholic Church simply as a “systemic” problem, while acknowledging that some church organisations had at times operated “as an abusive system”. His
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Hearts appear to change their biological age after transplantation, with young donor organs showing accelerated ageing in older recipients and older hearts displaying signs of rejuvenation when placed in younger bodies, according
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Vaping during childhood and adolescence may carry a broader range of health risks than previously recognised, with evidence linking e-cigarette use among young people to nicotine dependence, respiratory and oral-health problems, poorer
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A new biography of Stephen Hawking presents the renowned physicist not simply as a scientific celebrity who overcame severe disability, but as a researcher whose relationships, intellectual clarity and determination were central
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China has emerged as the leading centre for clinical development and testing of a new generation of CAR-T-cell therapies that could eventually be used against cancer and autoimmune diseases, according to an
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Swiss private bank Julius Baer committed serious violations of supervisory requirements covering risk management and anti-money-laundering controls, Switzerland’s financial regulator FINMA said on Tuesday after concluding an investigation into the bank. The
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Google has challenged two European Union orders requiring the technology giant to open parts of its services to rivals in artificial intelligence and online search, arguing that the measures could weaken privacy
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Advanced Micro Devices has agreed to acquire artificial intelligence startup World Labs for $8.2 billion, adding a team of prominent AI researchers and its technology to the chipmaker’s expanding portfolio. The all-stock
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China has called for the normalisation of relations with Japan while demanding that Tokyo correct Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on Taiwan, in the first official meeting between a Japanese politician and
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