by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor India has decided to sideline Sri Lanka from a substantive role at this year’s BRICS summit in New Delhi, scheduled for 12–13 September this weekend, according to
Editorial After his brief visit to the Vatican, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith returned to Colombo and told the people that they must follow their conscience. He spoke about how, throughout Sri Lanka’s modern
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Nigel Farage has built his political career on confrontation, defiance and direct appeals to voters. But on Tuesday, the leader of Reform UK placed his future at the centre of another political
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In bold strokes: Whose Parliament? Whose Memory? Bangladesh’s memory—not America’s. On 4 July 2026, Bangladesh’s Parliament was thrust onto a historic crossroads, where the price of forgetting its sacred past became immeasurably
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Colombia’s president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella has unexpectedly suspended the transition process with outgoing President Gustavo Petro’s government, breaking off talks between the two administrations just one month before the scheduled transfer
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Nigel Farage has stepped away from his role as a member of the United Kingdom’s Parliament in a high-stakes attempt to defend his political future, announcing that he will contest a by-election
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by Durga Velayudham The death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has become more than a moment of mourning for the Islamic Republic of Iran. It has been transformed into a political and ideological
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The month end saw Daily Mirror blaring “More arrests of lawyers, politicians and senior police officers are likely in the near future” following the arrest of Nadun Chinthaka Wickramaratne alias Harak Kata
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This is the second and final part of this interview, the first part of which was published in yesterday’s edition. Seventeen years after the military defeat of the LTTE, Frerks sees Sri
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On March 27, 2026, President Ram Chandra Paudel appointed Balendra ‘Balen’ Shah Prime Minister following the Rastriya Swatantra Party’s (RSP) decisive victory in the March 5, 2026, parliamentary elections. On the same
More Nigel Farage is facing renewed scrutiny after revelations that a convicted fraudster and cryptocurrency businessman provided him with years of luxury benefits, including security, travel, accommodation and digital campaign support, according to
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