Last Sunday, on 19th July 2025, I visited National War Memorial at Battaramulla, next to our National Parliament; the seat of Democracy. This my yearly visit,( if I am in Sri Lanka)
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Since the 2021 coup, Myanmar’s civil war has escalated into its most violent phase in decades, the scale of the conflict is bewildering. Between 60-200 armed groups are now active, with members in total
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo A group of Sri Lankan Catholics, including victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, held a press conference yesterday to voice their strong opposition to what they
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The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) will begin construction of a third 5,000-ton destroyer, targeting completion by October 2026, state media reported Tuesday. The announcement comes as Pyongyang steps up efforts
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The European space race has officially entered its hot phase — and it began with a spectacular failure. In March, a much-anticipated launch of Germany’s Spectrum rocket from Andøya, Norway — hailed
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Newly declassified documents from the UK National Archives have revealed how then-Prime Minister Tony Blair was advised by senior officials to slow down President George W. Bush’s push for military action against
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At least ten Afghans who supported British forces have reportedly been killed by the Taliban in the wake of a massive UK government data breach, raising grave concerns about the handling of
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The United States has reportedly returned nuclear weapons to British soil for the first time since 2008, marking a significant shift in NATO’s nuclear posture and the UK’s own strategic deterrent capability.
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China has officially begun construction of what is expected to be the world’s largest hydropower project in the Tibetan Himalayas, drawing concern from neighbouring countries and environmental experts. As reported by The
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Malaysia is pushing to lower incoming U.S. tariffs set to take effect on August 1, but negotiations remain fraught as Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s government resists several key demands from Washington, Bloomberg
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China’s largest shipping company, Cosco Shipping Corp., is seeking a powerful role in the consortium acquiring billionaire Li Ka-shing’s overseas ports business, in a bid to secure Beijing’s approval for the sensitive
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New Silk Road Investment Pte, one of Singapore’s oldest homegrown hedge funds, is winding down operations after years of underperformance and a sharp exodus of capital, especially from once-loyal U.S. institutional investors,
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Billionaire Gautam Adani, best known for his sprawling ports-to-power empire, is rapidly transforming India’s real estate landscape through a quieter but equally ambitious push into property development, Bloomberg reports. Adani Realty, the
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Gita Gopinath, the International Monetary Fund’s First Deputy Managing Director and one of the world’s most prominent economists, will step down from her role at the IMF this fall and return to
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by Our Political Affairs Editor The death of Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan on 21 July 2025, at the age of 101, is not merely the expiration of a centenarian statesman; it marks the
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