September exposed the changing balance of power in Sri Lanka. While the courts delivered long prison sentences over the Easter Sunday attacks and the NPP government moved to replace the Prevention of
China’s global image has recovered from the lows recorded during the Covid-19 pandemic, with international perceptions of the country and confidence in President Xi Jinping improving as views of the United States
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More than 500 people are feared to have died after two boats carrying refugees reportedly capsized off the coast of Myanmar, according to a joint statement issued by the United Nations refugee
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South Asia is being remade, and Sri Lanka has a smaller margin for error in navigating it than its leaders sometimes admit. The past eighteen months have brought the region closer to
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Kenyan politicians are increasingly hiring armed groups for as little as 500 Kenyan shillings, or about $4 a day, to disrupt political rivals, attack protesters and intimidate civil society organizations, according to
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The latest deplorable revelations in the Committee on Public Finance (COPF) report ‘The Fraud Linked to Cybercrime in the US Dollar 2.5 Million Debt Repayment to Australia’, presented to parliament on July 10th tells
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The sinking of an Iranian frigate in India’s backyard, closer to Sri Lanka’s southern coast, in early March this year, a few days after the eruption of war after the unprovoked Israeli-US
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When President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stood before parliament on 20 March and confirmed that his government had turned down two military requests in a single evening — one from Washington to land
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The U.S. State Department is undergoing one of the most extensive transformations in its modern history, with President Donald Trump’s second administration reshaping America’s diplomatic establishment through sweeping personnel changes, structural reforms
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China has elevated household consumption to the centre of its long-term economic strategy by unveiling its first stand-alone five-year plan dedicated exclusively to boosting consumer spending. The blueprint sets a target of
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When the French Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Rémi Lambert, and the German Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Dr. Felix Neumann, travelled together to Jaffna, their visit became more than a routine diplomatic engagement
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On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office four years after leaving power following his defeat to Joe Biden and the political fallout from the January 6, 2021, attack
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In the face of gradual decay of morals and ethical values in Sri Lanka, the land that carries a reputation of being the saviour of Buddhism, although the very institutions and their
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Editorial According to a Colombo-based newspaper report, Sri Lanka’s India-backed Unique Digital Identity (SL-UDI) project has reached a troubling stage after financial proposals submitted by Indian companies for the Master System Integrator
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“Our Opposition Leader is like the sacred crow’s Bo tree. You can’t cut it down because people worship it, yet you can’t leave it alone because crows keep roosting on it.” J.R.P.
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The Congress is facing renewed internal turbulence across several state units as it prepares for upcoming Assembly elections, with factional disputes, leadership disagreements and allegations over organisational processes creating fresh challenges for
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