By Asoka Handagama
Yohani and Satheeshan's rendition of Menike Mage Hithe goes viral
Yohani De Silva’s cover of Menika Mage Hithe has gone viral, putting little known Sri Lanka on the…
By Lakmali Manamperi
x-Press Pearl burning off the coast of Colombo
The X-Press Pearl fire; the worst-ever marine disaster to occur in Sri Lanka’s territorial waters is being swept under the…
By Dr R.H. S. Samaratunga
Discussions about Sri Lanka’s foreign exchange (Forex) reserves have made headlines in the past few months. What are foreign currency reserves and how does…
J R Jayewardene and the Treat of Peace for Japan
By Karu Paranawithana
Caption – J.R. Jayawardene addresses the San Francisco Conference
September post-1951 is an important month…
By Dr Ranga Kalansooriya
The D-Day announcement by the Acting-President of Myanmar’s underground National Unity Government (NUG) Duwa Lashi La today, September 7 officially declared a protracted civil war…
By Vipula Wanigasekera
Sri Lanka tourism revenue has slumped from US $4.4 billion at the peak to almost nothing in 2020. Among the other worst hit foreign exchange earners…
By Sarasi Paranamanna
The contentious principle of Right to Protect (R2P), was utilized by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) most sanctimoniously in their intervention in Libya. Whether the…
By Dr Ranga Kalansooriya
Mullah Baradar of Taliban tipped to become the Supreme Spiritual Leader of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
Six months ago, the people of Myanmar took to…
By Seevali
The Government of Sri Lanka is planning to bring in professionals into the Foreign Service from various fields, mainly from some selected corporate entities. The last…
By Rathindra Kuruwita
Many assume that the Chinese Community Party (CCP) combs the country’s social media platforms in search of critical content with the intention of putting people under house…
By Omar Rajarathnam
China is a rising public diplomacy power. With infinite money to project its image, it deploys West-based social media platforms to amplify people-to-people ties in democracies world…
By Adnan Rehmat from Islamabad and Omar Rajarathnam from Colombo
Not all military interventions in modern times have happy endings, but the climax currently playing out in Afghanistan has an…