Though the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has emerged as India’s most successful political party electorally, dominating parliament like a colossus and ruling 17 States either on its own or in coalition with other parties, four of the five South...
Scholars have pointed out that Sri Lanka has an army far too big for its size and population, and has a military that is ill-suited to meet the new strategic needs. It is further noted that, despite this assessment,...
The Supreme Court today issued an interim order directing the the authorities to produce Convener of Inter University Students' Federation (IUSF) Wasantha Mudalige before a Magistrate.
Supreme Court two-judge-bench bench comprising Justices Vijith Malalgoda and S. Thurairaja further decided to...
Sri Lanka is gradually coming under the influence of the West, with the non-Western powers clearing the ground for that. China is dragging its feet on helping Lanka to get out of the debt trap. India has already done...
The battle is now not between Imran and the Shehbaz Sharif regime but between Imran and the all-powerful army.
Imran Khan, the Supremo of the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) party, who was injured in an assassination bid at a public...
· Multiple sources allege Minister Amaraweera’s son was present
· Scapegoating wildlife guides
The magistrate in Tissamaharama has ordered an investigation following the incursion into Yala National Park last week by a group in a convoy of luxury vehicles. The investigation...
Xi Jinping’s Zero-COVID policy has ideological, political and nationalistic roots. There are also historical antecedents to the unusually strong and concerted State action to achieve the leader’s
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s stand at the recently concluded 20 th. Communist...
Now that the Congress party in India has overwhelmingly elected Mallikajun Kharge, the first “non-Gandhi” as its President, the question as to whether the 80-year-old party veteran and seasoned warhorse will be able to awaken the 137-year-old sleeping giant...
Colombo, October 24:
The unceremonious and publicized removal of the former Chinese President Hu Jintao from the hall in Beijing at which the Chinese Communist Party was holding its final session on Saturday, and the stoic indifference shown by Xi...
Pakistan’s removal from an international grey list on terrorism financing on Friday came as a boon to Islamabad, currently facing a severe financial, economic and ecological crisis. But there is no guarantee that Islamabad will stop cross-border terrorism in...
The bison is the first to be born wild in the UK for thousands of years. The bison were reintroduced to the UK as part of an ambitious rewilding project in Kent.
In a landmark event this month, an 80-year-old party warhorse, Mallikarjun Kharge, won the Presidential election in India’s Congress party, beating 66-year-old diplomat-turned politician Shashi Tharoor securing 7,897 out of the 9,385 votes polled. Kharge, belonging to Karnataka in...
