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
Editorial Last week, a staged drama by a Western media outlet sent shockwaves: Mossad agents, in a stunningly brazen display, openly bragged about their covert operations, including an espionage plot against Hezbollah
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INTRODUCTIONSome of the latest arrest warrants were issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as Hamas leaders, over alleged war crimes in the Middle Eastern conflict. Other world leaders have
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Nineteen U.S. Peace Corps Volunteers took their oaths today in Colombo, marking the second group of Volunteers to return to Sri Lanka since the program’s relaunch last year. The ceremony highlighted the
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Several European Union countries have suspended the processing of asylum claims from Syrians, as the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government sparks a policy rethink across the bloc. Germany has led the move,
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Editorial Human Rights Day, December 10, on the surface, stands as a beacon of collective progress—a reminder of the ideals enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Yet, as we
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A quiet panic has broken out within immigrant communities across the United States ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, 2025. Mixed-status families are expecting to be separated, DACA recipients foresee their status being revoked,
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Editorial In 1997, George F. Kennan, a key architect of post-World War II American diplomacy, issued a striking warning that should have reverberated through history but was, tragically, ignored. He warned that
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Editorial Minister of Health and Media Nalinda Jayatissa, in parliament yesterday, asserted that “racism will not be allowed to rear its head” and the threat of new laws to combat it is
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The CIVICUS Monitor announced in a new report Wednesday that the main civic space violations across the Asia-Pacific were the crackdown on protests and the criminalisation of human rights defenders. The report, People Power Under Attack 2024,
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Editorial Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. commonly known as Joe Biden, whose presidency may be remembered as one of the most glaring failures in American political history, is now preparing to depart the
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by Our Economic Affairs Editor Sri Lanka’s legal and regulatory framework currently faces significant challenges in managing the emergency evacuation of its citizens, particularly migrant workers, in times of crisis. The country’s
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The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has seized a large shipment of methamphetamine after intercepting a fishing trawler off the coast of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The operation, which took place on
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Editorial A scandal of monumental proportions is shamelessly emerging, with allegations of human trafficking and corruption extending all the way to former Labour Minister Manusha Nanayakkara. As the country reels from the shock of these revelations,
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It was 1974: my first year in the faculty of law. The road leading from the law library to the faculty stretched ahead, its asphalt ominously hot under the sweltering Sun. I
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We’ve seen an uproar since it’s become apparent that the US has given Ukraine permission to launch long-range strikes deep inside Russia. There are several reasons for this. Firstly, Moscow’s unequivocal warnings
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