On May 10, 2025, the Special Task Force (STF) arrested an operative of the transborder Islamist group, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), identified as Abbas Uddin Mollah, from Pathra village in the Diamond Harbour
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On May 14, 2025, at least 10 suspected Kuki National Army-Burma (KNA-B) militants were killed in a gunfight with Assam Rifles in New Samtal village in Khengjoy tehsil (revenue unit) in the Chandel District
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The brief freeze and rapid partial reinstatement of National Endowment for Democracy (NED) funding in early 2025 helped expose it as a US regime-change tool. Created to rebrand CIA covert operations as
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Our Naval and Maritime Academy (NMA) situated in Trincomalee is the prime training establishment of officers and sailors of the Sri Lanka Navy. Brave young men and women who join our Navy
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The World Future Council (WFC) has named Sri Lankan-born international lawyer and educator Neshan Gunasekera as its new Chief Executive Officer. Gunasekera took office in May 2025, bringing with him a wealth
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Since the end of the 30-year-long armed conflict in Sri Lanka in May 2009, whether it should be celebrated as a victory or allowed to be mourned by the war victims has
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NDB Bank is honoured to extend its support towards a deeply humanitarian initiative led by the Sri Lanka Amarapura & Ramanya Samagi Union to aid victims affected by the recent devastating earthquake
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Editorial “When the people fear the government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.” ~ Thomas Jefferson At the 16th anniversary commemoration of the end of the
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Former US president Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, and is reviewing treatment options, his office said Sunday. On Friday,
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This is the voice of a leader we dreamt of—but never had, and perhaps, never will. A leader untainted by lineage, free from the intoxication of power, unshackled by party colours or
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Former President of Uruguay José Mujica, globally dubbed ‘the world’s poorest head of state,’ died this week after a long battle with cancer. But Mujica never accepted the label that turned him
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A 21-year-old British woman has been arrested in Sri Lanka after allegedly attempting to smuggle £1.15 million worth of cannabis into the country in her luggage. Charlotte May Lee, from Coulsdon in
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In a significant development signaling Beijing’s ongoing recalibration of its foreign reserves strategy, China’s recorded holdings of US Treasuries have dipped below those of the United Kingdom for the first time since
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The CIA has appointed a veteran clandestine officer currently serving as a station chief in the Middle East to lead its global covert operations, according to a report by the Financial Times.
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Delays in export approvals for Chinese rare earth materials have sparked growing concern among global manufacturers, as Beijing’s new licensing regime begins to strain international supply chains for industries ranging from electric
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