From ancient kings who disciplined errant monks to modern political battles over Gnanasara Thera, Sri Lanka’s history raises an uncomfortable question: should the saffron robe shield its wearer from accountability? The controversy
by Our Correspondent in Colombo Our sister publication Lanka Courier’s social media channel has launched a new song titled Gen Z – Psyche: A Song of the Coded Chaos, a striking audio-lyrical
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In the vast rocky deserts surrounding Tinduf in southwestern Algeria, the Sahrawi refugee camps have long symbolized one of the world’s most protracted humanitarian crises. Now, after half a century of exile,
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A growing international backlash against social media giants is reshaping the debate over teenage mental health, online addiction, and corporate accountability, as courts, researchers, educators, and families confront what many now describe
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The European Union is facing growing controversy after confirming plans to host Taliban representatives in Brussels for technical discussions focused on migration and deportations. The move comes as anti-immigration policies gain momentum
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Sony Music Publishing has announced the acquisition of the music rights portfolio of Recognition Music Group in a deal valued at approximately $4 billion, or 3.4 billion euros, dramatically expanding Sony’s control
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What began as an excavation in the dry soil of Chemmani has quickly become a development with national importance. The recent discovery of human skeletal remains in the region has created intense
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by Our Correspondent in Jaffna Sri Lanka’s post-war promise remains unfulfilled nearly two decades after the guns fell silent, according to civil society activist Lasantha Mendis, who says the country’s economic collapse
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In Athens this week for the World Beautiful Business Forum, I took a tour of philosophical Athens. Beyond the Parthenon, I visited Plato’s Academy, the site of the first philosophical school. Our
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A grieving Minnesota family is at the centre of a growing legal battle that could reshape the global cannabis industry, after the death of their 21-year-old son, who they believe was driven
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“A mother’s love is the gentle whisper that guides us through life’s storms.” The Child Who Doesn’t Remember Mother’s Day falls on the 10th of May, and for many, it arrives with
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In an age marked by democratic erosion in multiple regions of the world, a historical and moral thread runs through acts of resistance that are not always loud or violent, but often
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The global conversation around sexual violence is entering what many observers believe could become a defining cultural turning point. Triggered by renewed scrutiny surrounding the Epstein files, high-profile abuse scandals in Europe,
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In Peoria, Illinois, children living in federally subsidized housing have been getting sick in the very places meant to shelter them. An investigation by ProPublica documented that apartments at the city’s Taft Homes were
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Brazil is preparing to establish its first-ever university dedicated exclusively to Indigenous peoples after the Senate approved legislation creating the Federal University of Native Peoples of Brazil, known as Unind. The bill,
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The sudden collapse of RightsCon 2026, the world’s largest digital rights conference, has sent shockwaves through the global human rights community, exposing the growing reach of geopolitical influence into civil society spaces.
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