Sri Lanka’s post-1978 political history offers a curious pattern: constitutional amendments designed to strengthen those in power have often produced consequences that later weakened or destroyed them. From the Second Amendment and
by Our Correspondent in Colombo Allegations have emerged in Sri Lanka that a major company linked to a politically connected businessman may have secured a significant financial advantage by acting ahead of
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The World Health Organization has declared a “public health emergency of international concern” following a rapidly escalating Ebola outbreak affecting the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. The decision was made after
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The International Criminal Court has requested sealed arrest warrants for an unspecified number of Israeli officials, according to a diplomatic source cited in the report. The warrants are said to focus on
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka is considering the introduction of a landmark “generational tobacco ban” inspired by the recently implemented anti-smoking model in the Maldives, as policymakers and public health
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Mali’s military government is facing one of the most serious security crises since seizing power, as coordinated offensives by al-Qaeda-linked militants and Tuareg separatists expose the growing fragility of the junta’s reliance
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In Sudan, hunger has become a silent weapon of war, tightening its grip on the youngest and most vulnerable as the country descends deeper into one of the world’s most severe humanitarian
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German prosecutors have charged a pediatrician in the eastern state of Brandenburg with 130 counts of child sexual abuse, including rape, in a case that has shocked the country and exposed serious
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A major historical dataset released yesterday by the Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) and the International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) has documented 10,427 killings and disappearances during the Indian Peace
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Recently, through close coordination between China and Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan police repatriated 125 suspects involved in telecom and online fraud to China after they were arrested in earlier crackdown operations. On
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In 2022, the roughly 10,500 citizens of the Pacific Island state of Tuvalu began to migrate not from one country to another but from their physical islands to the digital world. Faced
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European governments are intensifying pressure on Brussels to strengthen the continent’s technological sovereignty as fears grow that powerful new artificial intelligence systems developed in the United States could expose Europe’s critical infrastructure,
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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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Summary: The administration of El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has given rise to a proposal we might call the ‘Bukele Model,’ in which, on the surface, has managed to politically seduce large majorities
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In every civilized democracy, the judiciary stands as the supreme sanctuary of impartiality — a sacred institution where justice must remain blind to political identity, ideology, and power. Once citizens begin to
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Sri Lanka’s devastating economic collapse of 2022 has become more than a national tragedy. It is increasingly being viewed as a warning to developing economies worldwide about the dangers of weak institutions,
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