By Gamini Jayaweera In 1985, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who assumed the presidency of the USSR, sought to reform ...

Grab a fresh coconut and watch surfers glide across waves in Weligama or Hiriketiya. Wait quietly as elephants stomp past ...

President Trump has unceremoniously overturned US foreign policy. His decision to deport illegal Indian migrants just ahead of a summit with Premier Narendra Modi, underscored the tough stance taken ...

Formalising and regulating the deployment of ex-soldiers as mercenaries could address economic, social and geopolitical ...

I felt like Marty McFly from Back to the Future when I stepped into Prasanna Weerakkody’s home in Kirulapone. But unlike Dr.

The new NPP Government finds itself navigating a delicate diplomatic tightrope between two Asian powerhouses—global ...

Sri Lanka is attempting to sustain economic growth while maintaining macroeconomic stability under the IMF program it began in 2016. The government's high debt payments and bloated civil service ...

Police in Sri Lanka say the gunman used a revolver which was smuggled in a hollowed-out book. No injuries were reported among passengers of the train, which derailed after striking the elephants.

The Buddhist Jataka Tales are easily some of the most accessible and widely read texts whose beauty lies in the spectacular ...

Students of realism, the dominant school of thought in international politics, consider the Melian Dialogue a good starting point for studying the discipline. In the conversation, as recorded by ...

It is located in the south of the Sinai Peninsula and on the northern coast of the Red Sea. It is dominated by a dry tropical climate. In winter, the average temperature ranges from +20°C to +23°C.