Opinion

The election of a non-UNP, progressive Mayor for Colombo will be, of course, duly recorded, replete with cliches. Watershed, pathbreaking, unprecedented, breaking the mould are all descriptions that are bound …

The International Monetary Fund’s First Deputy Managing Director Dr. Gita Gopinath was upbeat when she spoke about Sri Lanka’s hard earned recovery since sovereign debt default was announced in 2022. Sri …

For over two-thousand years, the West – whether under Roman Emperors, Crusader Kings, Tsars or democrats have struggled with the presence of the Jewish people. From the Shtetls of Eastern …

Breaking the long-standing grip of Colombo’s traditional ‘green’ parties, Vraie Cally Balthazaar, a long-time activist has taken office as the city’s second female Mayor, and its first female leftist Mayor. …

If there is an informal economy in this country, who runs it? Every country has an informal economy, and Sri Lanka’s is particularly large. Around 5.5 million of the 8.2 …

The Government is in a dilemma on allowing foreign research vessels into Sri Lanka waters. Sources from the United Nations local office and Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry last week said …

If nations of the Global South rediscover the habit of solidarity, grounded not in nostalgia but in mutual self-interest, they can negotiate with creditors, investors and superpowers on more equal …

From the legacy of odious debt to climate reparations and tricontinental unity, a new era of resistance and people-led development rooted in the unfinished project of decolonisation As the world …

How is the economy performing if the Stock Market is doing well — the CSE hit an all-time high this week — and if all other indicators that people commonly …

Since President Anura Kumara Dissanayake was elected in September 2024, he has made four State visits: first to India, then to China, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Vietnam. This …