In a wide-ranging conversation, Bahiyyih Nakhjavani reflects on the unsettled nature of identity, the limits of historical truth and the moral responsibility of writing about people who can no longer speak for
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has placed artificial intelligence at the center of his administration’s economic vision, pledging to transform industries, public services, and national defense through aggressive AI investment and
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Singapore has announced plans to preserve the home of its founding prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, as a national monument, marking a significant turn in the long-running dispute among his children. Acting
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Editor’s Note: This essay was originally published some seventy-five years ago in The New Lanka, October 1950 edition. Its reflections on governance, morality, and the responsibilities of leadership remain strikingly relevant today.
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Editor’s Note: The following article is based on excerpts adapted from an interview with Professor Jiang Xueqin conducted by Cyrus Janssen. “I see geopolitics as a game among different players,” Professor Jiang
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For decades I have been watching American democracy unravel as it became increasingly dysfunctional. US democracy murdered President John F. Kennedy and followed up by murdering his brother, Robert F. Kennedy. Then President
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Anura Kumara Dissanayake received the JVP leadership on 02 February, 2014, at the 7th national convention of the party held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium. He was 46 years old at that
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by Durga Velayudham Wow… simply wow. What an amazing gentleman, Mr Andrew, the former Duke of York, erstwhile Prince, occasional newsmaker, and now, apparently, full-time symbol of monarchical awkwardness. Let us not rush
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Almost half of South Africans say they would support military rule over their current democratic government, according to new findings that reveal deep disillusionment with the country’s political system. The results, reported
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Britain’s King Charles has stripped his younger brother Andrew of his title of prince and ordered him to leave his Windsor home, in an unprecedented royal move aimed at severing ties between
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s surprise late-night call for America to “start testing our Nuclear Weapons” sent shockwaves through Washington on Thursday, overshadowing the confirmation hearing of Vice Adm. Richard Correll, the man
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Editorial In Sri Lanka’s tragic modern history, we often speak of the horrors inflicted upon the Northern Muslims in October 1990, given two hours to abandon homes, livelihoods, and lifetimes of accumulated
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by Luxman Aravind In 1956, the Betrayal of Buddhism: Report of the Buddhist Committee of Inquiry was not just a religious document; it was a mirror held up to a nation that
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Japan is stepping up efforts to become a global arms producer as the new government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi embraces major defense liberalization, Bloomberg reports. Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and
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On 15 July 2012, ten underworld gunmen stormed the garden of a JVP Provincial Council member in Katuwana, where a political meeting was being held under the patronage of the current Minister
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Veteran lawmaker Catherine Connolly, a prominent figure on the far-left of Irish politics, appears set to be elected Ireland’s next president, as early vote counts show her holding a commanding lead. Members
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