by Our Political Affairs Editor Thrishantha Nanayakkara is a distinguished Professor of Robotics at Imperial College London, where he leads groundbreaking research in controllable stiffness robots. His work delves into the intricate
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Washington, London, and Canberra have announced a new effort to advance the testing and deployment of hypersonic missiles and related technologies under the trilateral AUKUS security partnership. The initiative, part of the
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The United States has acknowledged Bangladesh’s recent push for significant constitutional changes, including the controversial proposal to remove secularism from the nation’s constitution. The comments came during a Tuesday press briefing when
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Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, where they discussed recent progress on
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Editorial In the crumbling edifice of the country’s democracy, we witness yet another sordid chapter: a rejected politician, Lakshman Kiriella, attempting to slither back into Parliament through the manipulative invocation of religious
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On November 15-16, 2024, six people, including three woman and three children, who went missing from a relief camp on November 11 following a gunfight between Kuki militants and Security Forces (SFs),
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On October 21, India’s Foreign Secretary, Mr. Vivek Mishri, announced that India and China have resolved their differences regarding the disengagement from two remaining points of contention on the Line of Actual
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by Our Political Affairs Editor An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation, in Colombo to finalise the third tranche of its bailout package for Sri Lanka, met with former President Ranil Wickremesinghe today
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A senile US President, Joe Biden, has authorized (or at least told to authorize) long range missile strikes on Russian territory. His decision has pulled the rug out from German President Olaf Scholz,
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Upali Jayaweera, a second-tier leader of the JVP (Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna), rose to prominence in the party’s Central Committee after the assassination of Rohana Wijeweera. Following his arrest by the military, he
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Editorial The sheer scale of the National People’s Power (NPP)’s victory in Sri Lanka’s recent parliamentary elections is nothing short of staggering. 159 out of 225 seats—a super-majority that not only surpasses
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by Luxman Aravind As Mahinda Rajapaksa marks yet another year of life today, the silence that surrounds his legacy is both disquieting and telling. Once a towering figure in Sri Lankan politics,
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Sri Lanka’s newly appointed Cabinet of Ministers took their oaths today before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in a ceremony held at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo. The new Cabinet, consisting of 21
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“The line between brave and foolhardy is vanishingly thin, and Donald Trump weaves across it daily. Step on one side, land on Elon Musk. Step on the other, land the nation with Matt Gaetz.” The writer is
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Where does Trump’s victory leave (whatever remains of) the left? In 1922, when the Bolsheviks had to retreat into the “New Economic Policy” of allowing a much greater degree of market economy
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