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
by Our Correspondent in Colombo Shiranthi Rajapaksa’s return to Sri Lanka brings renewed attention not only to the financial investigation surrounding the Siriliya Saviya Foundation, but also to the long political and
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera, whose arrest and imprisonment followed the confirmation of his prison sentence by Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal on 5 October 2026, has spent
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I’ve been traveling through Germany for the past week talking about my memoir In the Realm of the Last Man (Der Letzte Mensch in German), starting in Berlin and continuing through Hamburg,
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The Rajapaksa dynasty personalised political success so completely that it also personalised failure. A return to the old formula is unlikely to address the conditions that changed Sri Lankan politics after 2022.
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For years, progressive intellectuals, activists and cultural figures have argued that political imagination has weakened, leaving societies poorly equipped to confront the exhaustion of neoliberalism and ecological collapse. The response has been
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Brazil’s presidential election is heading for a second round on October 25, with Senator Flávio Bolsonaro holding an early lead over President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva but falling short of the
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Violence against Bangladesh’s Hindu minority has produced killings, attacks on homes and businesses, damage to temples and continuing fears over security and property. Whatever the motive in individual cases—religious hatred, political vengeance,
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Brazil votes on Sunday in a presidential and legislative election that has become the third consecutive electoral confrontation between the democratic left represented by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the Bolsonaro
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Cristina Pardo, one of Spain’s best-known political journalists, says she has deliberately resisted being placed on either side of the country’s increasingly polarised political divide. After 20 years in television, Pardo, 49,
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Sri Lanka’s Government has called bids for 1,000 brand-new, automatic-transmission, four-wheel-drive diesel double-cab vehicles, in the largest of several vehicle and heavy-equipment procurements launched by the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic
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Nigel Farage and the rise of Reform UK are becoming a significant factor in the constitutional debate across the United Kingdom, with new polling indicating that support for Scottish independence could rise
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Sri Lanka’s economy grew by 5 per cent in 2025 as the country continued its recovery from the 2022 economic crisis, but its investment climate remains challenging, with foreign investors reporting policy
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A growing number of young Chinese are openly describing conflicts with their parents in terms of manipulation, control and psychological harm, challenging expectations of obedience that have long been associated with the
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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
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Claude is becoming increasingly capable and commercially valuable, while Anthropic is fighting Washington over autonomous weapons and surveillance. The company wants America to lead AI, but not at any price.
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