By Vinod Moonesinghe
Some years before Russia’s Ukraine “Special Military Operation”, the US Army’s Quadrennial Defence Review Office sponsored a study by the RAND Corporation of strategies to “extend Russia.”…
By Chandani Kirinde
The emphasis of the United Front (UF) government of Mrs Sirimavo Bandaranaike, which took office in May 1970, was to forge a new foreign policy that would…
By Deshani Samaragunarathna
ألا هو لا دان (Ala ho la dan)
Look who we are, we are the dreamers - We make it happen 'cause we believe it Look…
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By Kasun Thilina Kariyawasam
In general, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) can help businesses and individuals engage in international trade and investment,…
Vinod Moonesinghe
At the beginning of 2003, the United States seemed on top of the world. The sole superpower, its ideologues spoke openly of America as the “global policeman”, fighting…
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By Kasun Thilina Kariyawasam
In a survey conducted by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in 2021, 90% of Central Banks…
A comparative review and reading of Nayomi Munaweera's Island of a Thousand Mirrors and Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist.
By Dhanuka Bandara
It is becoming increasingly clear to the…
By Deshani Samaragunarathna
“Telugu is the new Hindi.”
Ram Gopal Varma
Unlike the American cinema, there is no single film hub in the Indian subcontinent. Bollywood has long held the…
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By Vinod Moonesinghe
Sri Lanka has, for 75 years, faced many internal and external threats, ranging from civil unrest, through insurgencies and military…
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By Rathindra Kuruwita
On February 1, 2023, former editor of Billings Gazette Chase Doak and Billings Gazette photographer Larry Mayer snapped a large…
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By P. K. Balachandran
India-Sri Lanka relations are undoubtedly at their best now, thanks to India’s timely and generous assistance to its financially-beleaguered…
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By Chandani Kirinde
In 1918, George Wille, a Member of Ceylon’s Legislative Council, cited an interesting metaphor to describe the growing weariness among…