by Nil Sanjoy Hazarika’s most recent work, Lal Thanhawla: The Boy from Zarkawt, and the Making of Mizoram is presented as a biography, but its real ambition is considerably larger. “What started
by Nil Sanjoy Hazarika’s most recent work, Lal Thanhawla: The Boy from Zarkawt, and the Making of Mizoram is presented as a biography, but its real ambition is considerably larger. “What started
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by Luxman Aravind Last weekend’s separate political rallies exposed something far more significant than the spectacle of an opposition attempting to rediscover its political voice. The so-called collective opposition organised its own
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Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee said the city’s first Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development, covering 2026-2030, and the 2026 Policy Address will be released on September 16, presenting the
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China’s new exit and entry rules are tightening Beijing’s control over international travel, with citizens involved in politics, technology and strategically sensitive industries facing greater scrutiny and restrictions in the name of
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Nationalist leaders from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are set to hold talks in Cardiff on Monday over possible moves towards independence or separation from the United Kingdom. The meeting is the
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There are moments in politics when it becomes clear that something is slipping. Or perhaps that someone is deliberately making it slip. In Berlin, the distinction has become increasingly difficult to make.
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At the end of the A21, a few kilometres from Hénin-Beaumont, several terrils rise into the landscape: mountains as high as 132 metres, formed from the waste of the Pas-de-Calais coal mines.
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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has sacked finance minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa and appointed his deputy, Suahasil Nazara, as his replacement, the president’s office said on Monday, Reuters reported. Suahasil, who has served
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has called on Sri Lankans to accept sacrifice and hard work for the sake of rebuilding the country, invoking China’s experience as an
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Bangladesh is moving towards a more diversified foreign policy as its ties with China deepen, signalling Dhaka’s ambition to emerge as a more independent strategic actor in South Asia while reducing its
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The arrest of Namal Rajapaksa by the Bribery Commission in 2026 is not a witch hunt but a necessary action delayed by political pressure; it should lead to a swift indictment and
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Mahinda’s father, D. A. Rajapaksa, entered politics only after the death of his elder brother, D. M. Rajapaksa. D. M. Rajapaksa was a strong leftist. He entered politics by working to secure
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1. Manic “Change Round” In Sigmund Freud’s “Mourning and Melancholia,” the melancholic is in want of an object, never knowing exactly what they may have lost. Melancholy transforms the object-loss of mourning into
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo A constitutional and institutional dilemma is emerging at the heart of Sri Lanka’s Parliament over the position of its current Speaker, Jagath Wickramaratne, following reports that the
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Editorial Sri Lanka’s exclusion from meaningful participation in BRICS should be treated as a diplomatic failure, not disguised as another routine event in international affairs. A country that has moved closer to
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