India’s judiciary and Election Commission have survived decades of political conflict, public criticism and institutional pressure. But the campaign against the Chief Election Commissioner over the Special Intensive Revision raises a more
India’s judiciary and Election Commission have survived decades of political conflict, public criticism and institutional pressure. But the campaign against the Chief Election Commissioner over the Special Intensive Revision raises a more
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Venezuela’s post-Maduro reality is defined by a stark imbalance of power. The Rodríguez government has avoided direct confrontation with Washington while negotiating access to its vast oil resources and seeking to stabilise
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A significant discrepancy has emerged between a population figure published by Sri Lanka’s Central Bank for the Northern Province and the latest official census data issued by the Department of Census and
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Years after Easter, the unanswered “mastermind” question has become far more than a demand for justice. It has become entangled with institutional authority, political influence and questions of financial transparency. As Cardinal
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The article examines the controversy surrounding the planting of a purported Sri Maha Bodhi sapling at Vadunnagala, an ancient Buddhist archaeological site in northern Sri Lanka, by politician Sarath Weerasekara. It links
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Sri Lanka may have spent years looking for a deep state in the wrong place. The more immediate concern is whether a disciplined political organisation is gradually extending its influence across state
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s appeal to the “real me” raises a deeper question about modern political persuasion: can sincerity be declared into existence? From Winnicott’s “false self” to impression management, attribution theory
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The Catholic Church has welcomed the Easter Sunday attacks verdict, but Jude Krishantha says the convictions do not end the search for wider responsibility. He has called for further investigations, including into
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Tamil political parties and politicians are seeking political advantage from Thileepan’s death. Last year, Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources Minister Ramalingham Chandrasekaran was prevented from entering the Thileepan memorial in Nallur on
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Three powerful Latin American women — Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez, Nicaragua’s Rosario Murillo and Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum — reveal a striking contrast in Western media portrayals of women on the political left. Rodríguez
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Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court ruling clearing the 22nd Amendment to proceed without a referendum has done more than settle a constitutional question. It has opened a deeper debate over the balance of
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The CID was once widely known as the “secret police”, and the very mention of the CID’s infamous “Fourth Floor” was enough to send chills down the spine—not only of rogues and
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Editorial This is not new. This is precisely how the hunger for power works. Mahinda Rajapaksa tried it through the infamous 18th Amendment; Anura Kumara Dissanayake is now attempting something different in
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‘Mr Speaker, all case reports dismissed by ‘Hulftsdorp’ fall under the jurisdiction of Sucharitha. While I am not a lawyer, reviewing those dismissed case files has taught me a great deal about
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In recent times, the term Gen Z and the concept have been subjected to intense debate in the print, visual and social media and in debating forums. There have been conflicting views
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