India: Rafale fighters Debate
By Ashok K Mehta The dogfight between the Government and the Opposition over the acquisition of 126 versus 36 Rafale…
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A future Government must act decisively to fully expose the Yahapalanaya Bond Scam and bring the mega Masterminds to Justice
By Ajith Nivard Cabraal The Yahapalanaya Bond Scams from February 2015 to June 2016 inflicted staggering losses on the country,…
How to Buy Your First Stock In Sri Lanka
By Prashanthan Jeyavarman Are you ready to start investing in the Sri Lankan stock market? Here’s everything you need to…
Jaffna’s New Citizen Journalists: From The Community, For The Community
By Aisha Nazim Every Friday, Benislos Thushan, a programme officer at the Office for National Unity and Reconciliation (ONUR) boards…
Saudi Arabia’s foreign files: Riyadh money in Trump pocket
By Fares bin Hezam The relation between Riyadh and Washington is one thing and its image among Arabs is something…
How China is turning bad loans into strategic investments
China’s Debtbook Diplomacy: How China is Turning Bad Loans into Strategic Investments Belt and Road is not the Marshall Plan:…
Who truly deserves the asikkhitha (uncivilized) label: unions, commuters or the government?
By Malinda Seneviratne Striking railway workers were attacked by irate commuters, we are told. Social media is full of cheers. Minister…
Torture Prevention: Global responsibility
By Julia Crawford What’s it like to be the UN ‘Special Rapporteur’ on torture? I meet Nils Melzer of Switzerland,…
Apple’s $1 trillion valuation: The creation of a Syrian mind
By Walid Jawad The record-breaking trillion-dollar value Apple Inc. reached on August 2 was a historical benchmark making it the…
Why Trump needs to ‘be cautious’ in his war of words with Iran
US President Donald Trump’s tweet in all capitals, warning Iranian President Hassan Rouhani of a catastrophic war and to “BE CAUTIOUS!”, was, some would…