AI apps that allow music generation has taken the world by storm. It creates music which sounds similar to an original creator. While the users may be happy using AI to make the song they want, a pertinent question has been raised as to what would ha

As of early this week, the Islamic Republic of Iran had slaughtered over six hundred protesters, terrorising with brute force into submission another cycle of widespread protests against the repressive theocratic regime. The regime sources put the

Nearly sixteen years after the guns fell silent, Sri Lanka’s North and East remain trapped in a quiet but devastating crisis. It is not a crisis of war, but of neglect.

The ongoing debate on the proposed education reforms has generated considerable public attention—and rightly so.

The education reforms which have been presented by the National People’s Power (NPP) Government has eclipsed everything in politics in the country, with Opposition parties demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya who is al

US President Donald Trump had several objectives in invading Venezuela and taking its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife hostage. One of the key aims was to prevent the de-dollarisation of Venezuela’s foreign trade and to warn other countries ag

From the 14th-century voyages of Zheng He to the 1952 Rubber-Rice Pact, China has acted as Sri Lanka’s stabilizer. Prof. Samitha Hettige argues that as the Dissanayake administration navigates IMF targets, the Belt and Road Initiative offers a blue

This is a warning to readers about an elders’ home in Sarikamulla, Panadura with its owner conducting unethical activities under the guise of religion.

The dawn of 2026 marks a watershed moment in modern history. The traditional “Pax Americana” that defined the post-WWII era has fractured, replaced by a volatile landscape of unilateralism and aggressive protectionism.

This is really about controlling the world’s largest oil reserves and keeping them away from America’s rivals. Right now, China buys 80 percent of Venezuela’s oil exports.

It is not clear how many people in this country can understand the ongoing row over the proposed education reforms which the government initially planned to implement from this month.

Our Foreign Minister – Vijitha Herath -- was in a jubilant mood over the past few days. He announced foreign exchange remittances from Sri Lankan migrant workers had increased by nineteen percent. He boasted that the remittances at the end of Dece

We speak endlessly about “prosperity through digitalisation,” but the ground reality tells another story. The Ceylon Government Railway proudly offers online ticket booking, yet when a train is cancelled the refund cannot be processed online.

The prolonged delay in appointing a permanent Auditor General has quietly, but dangerously exposed a fault line in the government’s accountability. The issue, in fact, strikes at the very heart of public accountability and governance - topics toute

On January 3, under the cover of darkness, the United States invaded Venezuela and kidnapped its democratically elected leader, Nicolas Maduro, along with his wife. In doing so, it destroyed an edifice that, since the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, has

The recent storm that devastated large parts of the country through floods and landslides also exposed an uncomfortable truth we have long chosen to ignore—the alarming level of pollution in our rivers, streams, and brooks caused by polythene and p

Adverse weather conditions are likely to prevail in Sri Lanka with another depression forming over the Bay of Bengal. According to the Meteorological Department, this Depression is likely to intensify over the next 24 hours. Red alerts have been issu

US President Donald Trump has thrown a wrecking ball at the rule-based international order and brags about it. However, unlike his previous action, the cost of the latest misadventures is hard to undo, and it has set the template for the other great

Digital platforms are now central to political campaigning in Sri Lanka. During the 2025 local elections, they offered a clearer view of how political engagement unfolds online, particularly for women in public life.

Sri Lanka’s first ever CORALL Conservation Trust Fund was established to conserve Pigeon Island National Park, Bar Reef Marine Sanctuary and Kayankerni Marine Sanctuary and their associated seascapes. The Trust Deed was signed by the Settlor, Envir

Regarding the 6th January news item, “It is not ethical for Subject Minister of Education Harini Amarasuriya to be forced to resign based on a defect in a single word of a module, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Nalinda Jayatisa said”. Either he is co

Nature seems to beat war with a market-driven investment pattern, slowly decaying the means of survival for the masses. In many ways, this ecological pushback expressed through Cyclone Ditwah mirrors the 2022 people’s uprising, which sought to over

USA is and was the criminal culprit in the ongoing wars in Ukraine and Palastine, and yet are we to stand neutral? The famous definition of Non Alignment certainly is known too well to the civilised world for quite some time.

Why did the Trump administration launch a major military attack on Venezuela on Saturday morning, bombing facilities and capturing the country’s leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores and flying them to the United States?

The United States’ invasion of Venezuela in early January 2026, culminating in the overthrow of President Nicolás Maduro’s left-wing government, was driven by four interlocking objectives:

The arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces in early 2026 has done more than just decapitate a regime; it has acted as the definitive catalyst for a seismic shift in global geopolitics. As we move further into this decade, the p

Has the Kotikawatta–Mulleriyawa Urban Council (KMUC) garbage lorry disappeared with the Ditwah cyclonic winds?

The Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act, No. 48 of 1979, (PTA), has been vigorously assailed for 45 years as the anchor of a legislative regime which is destructive of basic political and civil rights.

Sri Lanka is moving from crisis to crisis. Our country begins 2026 amidst a precarious recovery from the long economic crisis, aggravated more recently by the devastating cyclone.

There is a quiet anger spreading across much of the world. It is not the loud kind that fills streets with protests, but a deeper, more painful frustration felt by ordinary people who are watching global justice collapse under the weight of hypocrisy