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
Nearly three years after ethnic violence tore through Manipur, the death of a young Kuki-Zo woman named Grace has come to symbolise a conflict that never truly ended. Her passing on January
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The acting head of America’s top civilian cybersecurity agency uploaded sensitive government contracting documents into a public version of ChatGPT, setting off internal alerts and a formal damage assessment, according to accounts
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All human life can be found in an airport. ~ David Walliams Air Chief Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama, who served concurrently as Chairman of Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Limited and as
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Sri Lanka’s most senior Buddhist clerics have raised concerns over a growing crisis in public financial oversight, warning that delays in appointing a permanent Auditor General are fueling confusion and potential divisions
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France’s lower house of parliament has approved legislation that would prohibit children under the age of 15 from using social media, a decisive step backed by President Emmanuel Macron as part of
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Ukraine’s political establishment has been shaken by fresh allegations of systemic corruption after the country’s top anti-graft prosecutor said dozens of lawmakers had been implicated in vote rigging inside parliament. Speaking to
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The UK government has unveiled plans to dramatically expand the use of artificial intelligence in policing, including the deployment of online chatbots to handle non-urgent public enquiries and a major increase in
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Sri Lanka’s Parliament has suspended its second most senior official, Deputy Secretary General and Chief of Staff G.K.A. Chaminda Kumara Kularatne, amid allegations that he provided false information to secure his position.
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A Catholic chaplain at the University of Oxford has been asked to step down after an internal safeguarding investigation upheld a complaint of professional misconduct made by a student. Father Damian Howard,
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“Why did you keep Shiva Pasupathi in place, Sir? Wasn’t he Sirimavo’s man…?” This was how ministers within J. R. Jayewardene’s Cabinet questioned his decision to retain Shiva Pasupathi as Attorney General—a
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Thousands of supporters gathered outside the East London Magistrate’s Court on Friday as Julius Malema, South Africa’s most polarizing opposition figure, awaited sentencing for firing a rifle into the air at a
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President Trump has filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase and its chief executive, Jamie Dimon, seeking at least $5 billion in damages and accusing the bank of cutting ties with him for
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The builder of the superyacht on which British technology entrepreneur Mike Lynch died has launched a £400m lawsuit against his widow, escalating a bitter legal battle over responsibility for one of the
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The USA is the economic engine on the planet. And when America booms, the entire world booms. … You all follow us down and you follow us up. ~ President Donald Trump,
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Editorial Attorney General made it very clear: if there is any legal issue, go to court and follow the procedure instead of initiating mob rule when you don’t get the decision you
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