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
Teaching my course on “Truth and Politics”, I’m struck by how prescient Hannah Arendt was: factual reality is stubborn, but the meaning of facts is endlessly contested. We live inside that contest.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Sunday that Israel will not accept a Palestinian state under any circumstances and insisted that Hamas would be disarmed — willingly or by force. His
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by Our Correspondent in Doha The world is preparing to make, once again, the one mistake it never seems able to stop repeating: sending soldiers to manage a political problem that soldiers
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A Chinese businessman, Chao Xu, 33, described by authorities as one of the most dangerous sexual offenders they have ever encountered, has been sentenced to life in prison for a series of
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by Our Defence Affairs Editor A few years ago, a delegation of senior U.S. defence officials arrived in Sri Lanka with a request that was as curious as it was disquieting. “We
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The personal care industry has mastered the art of marketing eco-consciousness— evolving beyond familiar labels like “green,” “clean,” and “natural”—into a new wave of sea-inspired branding that claims to champion ocean conservation.
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A chilling sense of déjà vu has returned to the village of Nithari after India’s Supreme Court overturned the final conviction of Surinder Koli, the domestic aide once at the center of
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In early November, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the ‘horrifying crisis in Sudan, which is spiralling out of control’. He urged the warring parties to ‘bring an end to this nightmare of
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On the streets of Tehran, a quiet transformation appears to be taking shape. Women walk unveiled in jeans and sneakers, young couples linger in cafés playing Western music, and friends stroll hand-in-hand
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A San Francisco startup backed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and his husband Oliver Mulherin is drawing scrutiny for its work on gene-edited human embryos, with ambitions that some critics warn echo
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It is with profound sorrow that we mark the passing of our dear friend, Mr. Kathir Ravichandra (Ravi), who left us on the morning of November 11 in Sydney, Australia, after a
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A 15-month anti-corruption investigation in Ukraine has revealed a high-level criminal network with direct ties to President Volodymyr Zelensky’s inner circle, officials announced following a series of raids on November 10. The
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In an unprecedented analysis of 47,000 publicly shared ChatGPT conversations, The Washington Post has uncovered how the world’s most popular AI chatbot has become not just a productivity assistant, but a deeply
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi Bangladesh is on edge as the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) prepares to announce today, on Thursday, November 13, the date of its verdict in the case
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SJB MP Dr. Harsha de Silva opened the second-reading debate on Budget 2026 on Saturday, urging the NPP government to respect democratic dissent and walk back its controversial decision to import as
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