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 Durga Velayudham A moment after President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s recent address to the nation on the calamity facing the country due to Cyclone Ditwah, a grotesque spectacle unfolded online—one that once
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Global deaths and injuries from landmines and unexploded ordnance surged to their highest level in four years in 2024, driven by escalating conflicts and a wave of withdrawals from the international treaty
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India’s telecoms ministry has quietly directed all major smartphone manufacturers to preload a government-run cybersecurity app on every new device sold in the country, a move that is expected to trigger friction
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Editorial Sri Lanka continues to suffer from the havoc of a disaster that every credible warning had foretold, yet the government chose to sidestep. President Dissanayake, emerging almost 72 hours after the
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Sundays at Paramasivam Pushpalatha’s home used to be a much livelier affair. It was her only day off from the factory and so she would pack seven days of domesticity into one.
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There is a deep conviction that if we all knew and agreed upon the truth — the truth about global warming, the truth about God, the truth about transgender biology, the truth
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The far right in Latin America is angry. Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro and Argentina’s Javier Milei always look furious, and they always speak loudly and aggressively. Testosterone leaks from their pores, a toxic
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Ximdo is a people’s peace movement that has been growing in the war- and famine-plagued Horn of Africa for several months now. The word comes from the Tigrinya language, used by Eritreans
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Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte will remain in detention at the International Criminal Court (ICC) after appeals judges on Friday rejected arguments from his defense team that the 80-year-old should be released
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When democracy is ambushed, hidden actors exploit instability. In the backdrop of the 5 August political unrest, a new dimension emerged involving segments of the long-stranded Bihari community—residents of Bangladesh since 1971
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Ambassador Julie Chung joined Peace Corps Sri Lanka Country Director Jeffrey Goveia in Vavuniya today to administer the Pledge of Service to twenty-three new Peace Corps Volunteers. Nimali Baduraliya, Director of English
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Reports from inside North Korea suggest a widening gap between the country’s wealthy elite and its struggling population, with the small trading class increasingly displaying conspicuous wealth while most citizens face bitter
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Countries must take urgent action to prevent slowing population growth from undermining their long-term economic prospects, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said in its annual report on Tuesday. The
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Summary: Gratitude is often hailed as a path to happiness—but its darker consequences are rarely discussed. Social pressures to express thanks can generate guilt, anxiety, and performative compliance while masking systemic injustices and
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Prime Minister and Minister of Education Harini Amarasuriya triggered intense political shockwaves today after declaring in Parliament that there “was never a demand” to allocate 6% of
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