By Hirun Matheesha
Two months ago, Sri Lanka found itself in a particularly delicate diplomatic position as a result of the sharp rise in tensions between India and Pakistan following…
By Chenuka Elwitigala
Forget TV ads and big donors – a smartphone, a subway ride, and a meme or two were all it took for Zohran Mamdani to topple a political titan…
By Vinod Moonesinghe
On June 13, 2025, Israel launched an air assault on targets in Iran, managing to terminate with extreme prejudice several top Iranian commanders and scores of civilians.…
By Chathushika Wijeyesinghe
The recently concluded Miss World 2025 contest sparked a discussion in Sri Lanka, seemingly for two reasons.
The first reason was the pre-hyped publicity given by the…
By Kividi Koralage
The Indo-Pacific region is an expansive and strategically significant area that stretches from the eastern coast of Africa, across the vast expanse of the Indian Ocean, and…
By Darshatha Gamage
The Online Safety Act No 9 of 2024 stands as one of the most debated and contentious pieces of legislation in Sri Lanka’s recent history. Gazetted on…
By Ramindu Perera
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the 1955 historic Afro-Asian Conference convened in the city of Bandung, Indonesia. The conference brought together delegates from 29 countries…
By Uditha Devapriya
The response in Sri Lanka to the unveiling of a genocide monument in Brampton, Canada is predictable, but troubling. For its part the response of the government,…
By Chenuka Elwitigala
“They are delulu with no solulu, Mr Speaker.”
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese grabbed attention of netizens worldwide with this statement, a rather irresistible dish of Gen…
By Lakmali Bhagya Manamperi
On April 22, a deadly terrorist attack in the Baisaran Valley near Pahalgam, located in Indian-administered Jammu & Kashmir, resulted in the deaths of 26 individuals,…
By Uditha Devapriya
With India and Pakistan baying for each other’s blood and the media in both countries, and particularly in India, beating war drums, it would be futile to…
By Dulmi Thimansa
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the late Pope Francis, was born on December 16, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was the son of Italian immigrants who had settled…