By Milinda Moragoda The latest proceedings before the Supreme Court of India offer an opportunity to move the Katchatheevu island debate beyond the familiar question of sovereignty. While hearing ...

Ifham Nizam Sri Lanka risks losing a critical opportunity to sustain economic growth as its population ages, fertility declines and skilled workers migrate overseas, with low female labour-force ...

The debate on the no-confidence motion against Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne, submitted by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), has been postponed indefinitely pending the Attorney General’s opinion ...

Rubies and other precious stones from Sri Lanka are among the extraordinary treasures discovered more than a century ago in London’s famous Cheapside Hoard, which is set to go on permanent display ...

Rajan Philips Paris has exploded in protests barely two weeks after peacefully assembling nearly a million people on its streets to welcome and salute Pope Leo XIV on his first visit to France. The ...

Sri Lankan racing driver Yevan David has signed with Van Amersfoort Racing (VAR) for the 2027 FIA Formula 3 Championship, securing a second consecutive season on the grid. The 19-year-old said joining ...

A group of Buddhist monks and laypersons were staging a sit-in near the Presidential Secretariat at the time of going to press. The police obtained a court order yesterday morning prohibiting the ...

Jayantha Perera The failed 1971 insurrection ended with chaos and lawlessness. It left university students feeling vulnerable as they continued to face state suppression. The Police and the Army ...

BY Tisaranee Gunasekara “In this country we still have a Sinhala police; we still have a Sinhala army. After today if a single Marakkalaya or some other paraya (alien) touches a single Sinhalese…it ...

Jayatilaka Yesterday, we received the sad news that Professor Thiru Kandiah had passed on. In a letter that he had been crafting to my husband Tissa, but which remained unsent in his drafts folder ...

An estimated 550,000 people took part in demonstrations across France today to protest against teaching conditions in schools, rising fuel prices and the cost of living. Marches were largely peaceful ...

Nilantha Ilangamuwa The European Union is preparing for an electoral supercycle, and Europe may not emerge from it as the same political entity. Ben Hall of the Financial Times has identified a ...