Opinion

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake undertook his first official State visit abroad after being elected President in September and travelled to India from December 15 to17 at the invitation of Indian …

The pandemic and the economic meltdown that followed a year later changed the country. The political landscape underwent a complete transformation. That’s the reality now and is no longer news. …

The three-day State visit to India by President Anura Kumara Dissanayke and his team comprising Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath and senior officials is a major milestone for the new National …

Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and his Bangladeshi counterpart, Mohammad Jashim Uddin, who met in Dhaka on Monday, voiced the concerns of their countries while at the same time expressing …

Sri Lanka is known as a country that provides labour. It’s our most enduring national export. But we are also known as the nation that encourages any type of foreign …

In Sri Lanka, the whole concept of education seems to be based on three main examinations – the Scholarship Examination (Year 5), the GCE Ordinary Level (O/L) Examination (Grade 11) …

Secular and Hindu nationalist historians are furiously fighting over the ideology and actions of Tipu Sultan, an 19th century Indian Muslim ruler of the South Indian State of Mysore. The …

What spurs the capitalist economy? It is pure and simple greed. Or is it? The years between 1870 and 1900 in the U.S.A, for instance, were called the Gilded Age. …

The cellular telephone or rather its modern incarnation – the smartphone – has become almost an extension of our body. It is 24/7 with us, giving us updates about our …

Relations between Bangladesh and India, which nosedived following the ouster of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August, appear set to deteriorate further. A sharpening of Muslim-Hindu conflict in Chittagong, …