Ousted former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has declared that she will return to Bangladesh before the end of the year, dismissing a death sentence handed down against her in absentia and
Ousted former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has declared that she will return to Bangladesh before the end of the year, dismissing a death sentence handed down against her in absentia and
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The United Kingdom is once again preparing for a change of leadership after the resignation of Prime Minister Keir Starmer, marking the country’s seventh prime minister in a decade and extending an
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For three decades, Claudia Mary Antonette Sallay lived with the fear that came with having three sons serving in the Sri Lankan Army during a brutal conflict. Every military update carried the
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As Keir Starmer’s political career reaches a dramatic turning point following his recent resignation as prime minister, attention has returned to a less examined chapter of his public life: his years as
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by Luxman Aravind When President Anura Kumara Dissanayake recently declared in Parliament that no crime committed in Sri Lanka would go unheard, he once again placed justice at the centre of his
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Wijeyadasa Rajapakse first entered Parliament through the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA), which was formed by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) together with the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP). His name was
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by Luxman Aravind For more than six decades, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna built its political identity around confrontation with the existing state structure. Its language was not the language of gradual reform,
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Across the Middle East, the scale of destruction has created one of the most daunting reconstruction challenges in modern history. Hospitals, schools, homes, power networks and water systems have been reduced to
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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has called for immediate action to prevent further deaths in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, urging independent investigations into every reported
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For eight years, Morocco has lived with a clock set closer to much of Europe than to its own traditional timetable. Now, after years of public debate and criticism, the North African
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