by Our Correspondnent in Colombo A significant disclosure was made during yesterday’s court proceedings into Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday terrorist attacks, when Additional Solicitor General Dileepa Peiris told the court that military
India on Monday unveiled proposed changes to its Information Technology law that would make government advisories and clarifications legally binding for major internet platforms, including Meta, Google, and X. This move marks
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Emirates has obtained “war risk” insurance at a rate that industry insiders describe as “outrageously” low, allowing the airline to continue operations from Dubai despite the ongoing US and Israel strikes on
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The legacy of the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings continues to haunt Sri Lanka, as a dramatic new chapter unfolded in court with the arrest of former National Intelligence Service chief, retired
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In complex investigations, facts are expected to lead the narrative. Yet sometimes, the narrative begins to lead the facts. When that happens, certain names rise above others — not necessarily because of
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Member of Parliament Sivagnanam Shritharan has stated that the ongoing “me vs. you” mentality among the Tamil community remains a significant obstacle to securing a meaningful and honorable political solution. He made
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Who decides the future of Iran? Who holds the authority to speak for a people under repression? These are questions that have guided the work of Emily Schrader, an American-born journalist, activist,
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Tensions flared at the University of Jaffna as students gathered at the main entrance to protest police summons issued in connection with a controversial incident during Sri Lanka’s Independence Day. In the
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Editorial Sri Lanka now presents a deeply unsettling spectacle, not as a nation merely grappling with fiscal fragility or administrative disorder, but as an island where corrosive indulgence is being repackaged as
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Microsoft is weighing legal action against Amazon and OpenAI over a multibillion-dollar partnership that could upend the balance of power in the artificial intelligence industry, setting the stage for a high-stakes clash
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“Something has gone terribly wrong… We are the victim of a system.” Ronny (formerly Aharon Leshno-Yaar), a former Israeli diplomat, doesn’t ease into his critique of the United Nations. After nearly four
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The Government of Israel has dramatically intensified settlement construction and land annexation across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, forcibly displacing tens of thousands of Palestinians and deepening long-standing human rights
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Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister Bimal Ratnayake has warned that the country’s existing fuel reserves may only last until the Sinhala and Tamil New Year in April, cautioning that the nation could face
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Meghalaya has remained one of the relatively stable states in India’s Northeast in terms of insurgency and internal security, particularly when compared with neighbouring states such as Manipur, Nagaland and Assam. Over
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The sudden disappearance of high-resolution satellite imagery covering the Middle East has triggered speculation among analysts and observers that sensitive military information may be deliberately withheld during the ongoing regional conflict. Planet
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The Iranians have demonstrated that Trump badly misjudged their capability. Trump is now calling on other countries, with little success, to send their warships to help keep open the Strait of Hormuz as
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