Living the dream: impossible?
By Venuri Gangodawila We all irrespective of the age, have dreams. Or at least “had” dreams. A dream to do…
Category: OPINIONS
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE LOSS ARISING FROM THE BOND SCAM
By Ajith Nivard Cabraal (I) BACKGROUND TO THIS REPORT Over the past thirty two months, various inquiries, investigations and judicial…
Choose your poison, ladies and gentlemen
By Malinda Seneviratne There’s a term that has consistently defined electoral politics in Sri Lanka: default option. We’ve heard it before.…
Is Russia now the main sponsor for global terror?
By Dr. Azeem Ibrahim Last week, the Ukrainian security services staged the death of a Russian dissident journalist, they claim…
Perspectives on India’s relations with smaller neighbours
[This is an edited compilation of answers to questions raised by an Indian research scholar on India’s relations with its…
Kate Spade and the Illness Hidden With a Smile
By Daphne Merkin Suicide, no matter how well we know a person, usually comes as a shock, even a violation, putting…
The Gulf crisis: How it all started
As the first anniversary of the blockade on Qatar approaches, the main protagonists have settled into a modus vivendi of…
French Spider-Man’s act of extreme bravery you don’t know about
Mamoudou Gassama is a real-life superhero. The 22-year-old Paris man scaled a four-story building to pluck a child dangling precariously…
The ICC and the plight of the Rohingya
The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) submitted a request to the judges of the court on April 9.…
Economic Disparity and Nationalism
BY Lionel Bopage The cold war in the form that existed in the last century disappeared with the collapse of…
