As elections approach the two Muslim parties, Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) the senior and its breakaway junior All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC), are on a bargain hunt looking for profitable deals ...

Although devolution is an issue of concern mainly to the Sri Lankan Tamils and the Muslims of the Eastern Province, there is considerable support for devolution among Muslims in the rest of the ...

As Sri Lanka prepares for both Presidential and General elections, the political scene is filled with anticipation and speculation. With three leading presidential candidates already announced and the ...

Equally lasting, and perhaps more destructive has been the erosion of trust in the government leadership in the face of its unwillingness to find the truth and hold to account those who planned the ...

*Speech by High Commissioner of India Santosh Jha at the official launch of the “Ramayana Trail – The Sacred Mission” Project organised by the Supreme Global Holdings group on 21st April 2024 at Hotel ...

In his foreword to the UN Convention on Corruption In the Foreword, Kofi Annan had said: Corruption is an insidious plague that has a wide range of corrosive effects on societies. It undermines ...

To understand the crisis in Palestine we reached back to the 1917 Balfour declaration. To grasp the coordinates of the Ukraine conundrum it is an advantage to delve into Zbigniew Brzeziński’s 1997 ...

Across the Arabian sea in India, on Friday, hundreds of millions pf people started their voting marathon to elect their 18 th Lok Sabha after independence. The poll ends on 1 st June, and results will ...

It may be a matter of interest to note that in 1979, the Ritz was bought by the Egyptian investor Mohamed Al Fayed. As well known, a few hours prior to her fateful encounter with the paparazzi on 30 ...

But their hypocrisy and self-deceptions stand exposed for the rest of the world to see. As for the hypocrisy charge, well, let’s be honest, it sticks for a reason. The Global South has been cynical ...

There are many irons in the fire and many distractions at play in this year of upcoming elections. Secondly, I also suggested months ago that the Parliamentary Elections would be a more contentious ...

The Smartphone is no more a luxury; its use in day-to-day social, economic and political transactions has made newspapers, television channels and radio stations obsolete and near-archaic. Politicians ...