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
Scientists are increasingly rethinking the role of sex chromosomes in human health, with new research published in Nature highlighting how the X chromosome in particular may strongly influence disease susceptibility, drug responses,
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Instagram has begun testing a new standalone application called “Instants,” designed for sharing disappearing photos with friends, marking a fresh attempt by the company to revive more spontaneous and personal forms of
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In today’s strategic landscape, influence isn’t shaped only by military strength or economic weight. Increasingly, it is built through narratives-formed, circulated, and contested across digital spaces that don’t recognize borders. In that
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Vasuki Sudhagaran, North-East Director of the Organization for the Development of Eelam Tamil Women and Children, has accused individuals who previously spoke strongly in favor of Tamil national rights of now aligning
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Although we humans have developed our knowledge and sciences even to go to the moon, we have terribly failed to develop methods and practices to resolve our conflicts and wars amicably, without
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by Our Correspondents A major leadership transition may be underway in Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church, as senior sources indicate that Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith could be replaced as Archbishop of Colombo by
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Political tensions in Sri Lanka have escalated after Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, a lawmaker and leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress, claimed that the government is afraid to hold Provincial Council elections and
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On April 11, 2026, a 25-year-old Christian woman of Shahkot in Nankana Sahib District of Punjab Province was allegedly raped by a local contractor, Faizan Mehboob Rehmani and his accomplice, in her
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Four years after seizing control in 2021, the Taliban regime is not consolidating control, it is unraveling from within. Far from the “peace and stability” they promised, Afghanistan today is a pressure
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Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodríguez has renewed calls for the International Monetary Fund to release approximately $5 billion in frozen Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), originally requested by President Nicolás Maduro in 2020.
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo “General Suresh Sallay was not arrested on the basis of an arrest warrant issued by the court… the arrest of General Suresh Sallay was carried out without
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Japan is moving toward stricter regulation of social media platforms by considering rules that would require age-based content filtering to be enabled by default, alongside a new system to evaluate the risks
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Sri Lanka has intensified its efforts to combat terrorism financing by strengthening the implementation of Targeted Financial Sanctions, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Defence. The move signals a
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After the collapse of the first round of talks, a second round is on the horizon but is already on the brink of failure, as Iran remains unwilling to negotiate further with
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A deeply emotional case of family separation has drawn renewed attention to U.S. immigration enforcement after a Peruvian father was deported despite pleading with authorities to consider his family’s medical hardships. The
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