In June 2026, Keir Starmer announced that he would resign as UK prime minister, promising to “Do everything I can to ensure an orderly handover of power.” Less than two years earlier, he had led the ...

The government has indicated its intention to amend the retirement age of judges including judges of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal. This has been causing to a significant debate among ...

The NPP’s election manifesto, A Thriving Nation – A Beautiful Life, promised to launch a state-sponsored public awareness campaign on corruption, fraud and bribery with the aim of empowering citizens ...

The arrest of singer 24 year-old rap artist Sangeethsan Ganeshkumar under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), followed by the withdrawal of PTA-related allegations and the decision to proceed under ...

They moved with grace initially with hands placed in positions that perfectly captured the essence of classical South Indian Bharatanatyam dance. Their movements told stories that couldn’t be ...

“If a monk, after taking on a monk’s training and way of life, without first renouncing the training and revealing his weakness, has sexual intercourse, even with a female animal, he is expelled and ...

Connotations of religion are different from those of religions – its plural noun. This may sound intriguing given the inviolable place religion occupies in society as our utmost moral guide. Let’s ...

For decades, the Tamil people have endured war, displacement, political betrayal, economic neglect and repeated cycles of disappointment. Yet despite these hardships, the aspirations of the Tamil ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has now completed 18 months of his term. He has another 42 months ahead. He stands as both the centre of gravity and the symbol of the NPP government. When he visits ...

In September and November 2024, the NPP government led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake swept to power on a historic wave of popular discontent. Voters exhausted by decades of entrenched ...

Sri Lanka is frequently among the top ten countries at risk of extreme weather events according to the Global Climate Risk Index, which ranks countries by the human and economic toll of extreme ...

Think about a closed community with high security where management is obsessed with the conduct of people who live there. They have a system where they hire security teams to monitor the streets, ...