United Nations human rights experts have called on the Sri Lankan Government to revise its proposed Protection of the State from Terrorism Act (PSTA), warning that several provisions must be strengthened to
Sri Lanka has suspended the formal declaration of newly identified forest reserves in the Northern Province until outstanding land ownership and boundary disputes are resolved, while moving ahead with plans to release
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Dr. Muhammad Yunus and the perils of a nation’s broken trust! Betrayal is among the most devastating crimes against public confidence. It does not always arrive with drawn swords or marching armies.
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Sri Lankan parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa has said he is prepared to spend 500 days in prison, rather than the 50 days he says he has already spent in custody, if his continued
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Gardiner Harris, a former pharmaceutical industry reporter for The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, has accused Johnson & Johnson (J&J) of a pattern of misconduct spanning decades, arguing that
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and far-right Senator Flávio Bolsonaro ended their final televised debate before Sunday’s presidential run-off without either candidate establishing a clear advantage, as they sought to
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Sri Lanka’s Finance Ministry has decided to close 34 state institutions, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has said, as the government considers restructuring public sector organisations and addressing shortages of professional staff. Dissanayake
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Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa has urged his imprisoned son, parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa, to place his trust exclusively in the judiciary and refrain from political retaliation, recalling his own experience of
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Elon Musk has committed roughly $366 million to the 2026 US midterm elections, directing much of his political spending towards Republican candidates as his companies face major decisions over federal contracts, regulation
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For three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a constant stream of publications and news reports told us that the world had acquired a single centre: the United States. As
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Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal has rejected a series of applications, including one filed by Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, seeking permission to intervene in a writ petition brought by former State Intelligence Service
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Hôtel de Ville, the city hall of Limoges in central France, was built by architect Charles-Alfred Leclerc in 1883. A historically protected building of Limousin granite and Poitou limestone, adorned by statues
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Marine Le Pen has gained support in the first opinion poll on France’s 2027 presidential election conducted since violent unrest at demonstrations over the weekend, according to a new survey by Ifop,
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Sri Lanka’s recovery under President Anura Kumara Dissanayake presents a fundamental test of working-class liberalism: whether economic discipline can be reconciled with social justice, decent employment and democratic accountability. The government has
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A familiar storm gathers Sri Lanka’s inflation reached 8% in September 2026, above the Central Bank’s 3–7% target band for a third straight month, and another push is coming from abroad. Brent
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Sri Lanka is not Myanmar, but the Colombo monks’ protest raises an uncomfortable question about how far the state might go to enforce its authority against Buddhist clergy. As Ranil Wickremesinghe invokes
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