Ursula Kemp was a strong-willed woman. That may have been one reason she eventually ended up on the gallows. A midwife and healer in the small English village of St Osyth, Kemp
The end of the Cold War and the dismantling of what had been a bipolar world order raised the question of what exactly constitutes a superpower. The question has been bandied about
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The release of a controversial probe report regarding the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks has ignited a public dispute between the Sri Lankan government and the Catholic Church, with both sides presenting conflicting
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“ No single politician, party or country can reform this system alone. Instead, an international coalition will have to change the laws, end secretive practices and restore transparency to the international financial
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After the partition of British India in 1947, the Kashmir region became a subject of argument between India and Pakistan. It caused several wars and never-ending disputes, and the issue is still
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by Luxman Aravind The allegations against Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith surrounding the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks have left a deep scar on the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka. The initial claim that
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The Atlantic magazine and staff writer Anne Applebaum are under fire following the publication of an op-ed that likens former President Donald Trump to notorious dictators Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Benito
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The Institute of Chartered Accountants deserves the highest praise for persuading three of Sri Lanka’s former Presidents, Chandrika Kumaratunga, Maithripala Sirisena and Ranil Wickremesinghe, to appear on a single platform at its
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“The future is cloth waiting to be cut.”Seamus Heaney (The Burial at Thebes) The point had been made often enough. Without a Gotabaya Rajapaksa presidency, there wouldn’t have been an Anura Kumara
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“The essence of democracy is that the common people must be given the right to shape their own destiny.” S.W.R.D Bandaranaike The Layout The upcoming general election in Sri Lanka in November
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John Lee, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, announced his annual Policy Address (October 16), with the overarching priority of improving people’s livelihood and promoting a caring community. “Over
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