Provincial Councils polls, a political imperative for both Tamils and Sinhalese
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham Colombo, October 26 -Calls for early Provincial Council (PC) elections have intensified in Sri Lanka all over the island, the Tamil north and the Sinhalese South. Believing that the National Peoples’ Power (NPP) government has begun to lose public support after a...
China cracked down on coaching classes. Should India also do it? Premium
Should India consider regulating coaching classes like China’s crackdown, or focus on systemic educational reforms instead?
Bangladesh Jamaat-i-Islami should tender unconditional apology for its 1971 atrocities
By Abdul Kalam Azad Dhaka, October 25 (TOB) – Dhaka, October 25 (TOB) – The brutal killings, mass rapes, lootings and arson attacks committed during Bangladesh’s 1971 Liberation War are not up for debate. They are well-documented facts, etched in history and in the nation’s...
Xi retains leadership after power struggle
Analysts divided on whether supreme leader is losing power
Colombo terminal with Adani funding tops Sri Lanka’s FDI inflows in 2025
The Board of Investment announced that FDI inflows including foreign commercial loans for investments to BOI-approved enterprises have reached $827 million during the period January to September 2025
Are Zohran Mamdani’s proposals the answer to inequality in the US?
Moody’s Analytics estimates that the top 10 per cent of US households now account for nearly half of all spending in the country, the highest share since the late 1980s, whilst lower-income households, stung by persistent inflation, are pulling back
India’s bonhomie with Taliban could help rein in Islamic terrorists in Afghanistan
The Al Qaeda Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and its cognate Jihadi groups are based in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
As it stands, what is India’s position in the future global order?
Any country's hope of exploiting China-US geopolitical competition to achieve "rising amid chaos" may never be realized
No Kings please!
By P.K.Balachandran/The Citizen Colombo, October 22 – US President Donald Trump’s rush of Executive Orders meant to “Make America Great Again”, have, in fact, damaged his reputation at home and given rise to the popular “No Kings” rallies in over 2700 cities across the country. ...
On the possibility of taking the Lankan Tamil issue to the ICC
Sri Lanka Tamil parties should assess the impact of the various steps they have taken thus far to secure justice on issues of alleged war crimes and accountability before they contemplate the next step.
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