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
The United National Party has begun a major structural transformation to adapt to a rapidly changing digital society, with party leader and former President Ranil Wickremesinghe stressing the need to protect Sri
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Ceylon is a beautiful, but unhappy land ~ D.N. Pritt Independence is never a moment; it is a continuum. It is not a flag raised at dawn, nor a constitution promulgated in
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Military coups, noted Edward Luttwak, can be stunningly successful: instant transfer of power or abysmal failures: eating out of a mess tin in jail and waiting for a firing squad. In an
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Bangladesh today finds itself at a moment of grave constitutional reckoning. The so-called July Charter, theatrically unveiled on 17 October 2025 at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, was presented
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Sri Lanka had weathered political, economic and climatic maelstrom in the last three years after the Aragalaya – spontaneous uprising of the people – dethroned the Rajapaksas from power in 2022. During
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Sri Lanka marked its 78th National Independence Day amid calls for unity, determination, and collective responsibility, as President Anura Kumara Dissanayaike urged citizens to come together to build the shared vision of
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Germany has unveiled plans to invest tens of billions of dollars in military space capabilities, including surveillance satellites and offensive laser systems, signaling a dramatic expansion of its defense posture even as
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Please click here to read Part 2 of this series Reversing Political Entropy The physics metaphor proves instructive. Reversing entropy requires constant energy input. For Sri Lanka’s government, this means rebuilding trust
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On January 29, 2026, direct flights between Bangladesh and Pakistan were reinstated after a 14-year break in a historic move that marked the renewal of friendship and cooperation between the two countries.
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The New York Times published the Pentagon Papers in June 1971. In November, Hannah Arendt published her commentary “Lying in Politics.” Most people have agreed, she wrote, that the “basic issue raised
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