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The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Russian Embassy in Sri Lanka locked horns this week over the exhibits at the World Press Photo Exhibition which opened in Colombo on February 27. The Dutch embassy issued a statement on Wednesday in which it condemned alleged attempts of the Russian Embassy in Colombo [...]
A country ridiculed
My dear Vijitha sahodaraya, I know am writing to you at a time when you have to keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you. It is, of course, about your ‘performance’ at that summit in India when you were quizzed by a lady journalist on the sinking [...]
West Asia war escalates, dealing severe blow to SL economy
The expansion of the war in West Asia is posing a severe threat to the Sri Lankan economy. The several threats to the economy by the expanding war—as discussed in last Sunday’s column—have heightened. Furthermore, the Iranian ships in or near our territorial waters have added another complexity to the problem. Oil prices Oil prices [...]
A white supremacist order in the White House – and what it means for us
For Asia, Africa and other corners of the globe that do not share the ‘sacred’ histories of ‘Western civilisation’ at which white supremacist shrine, US President Donald Trump and his bully-lieutenants, Pete Hegseth and Marco Rubio worship, misapplying and misunderstanding the core underpinnings of current American strategy in the Middle East conflict is deadly. Bleating [...]
Trump faces mass disapproval at home: Iran faces mass destruction of own land
Even before the annual March heat had begun to set in, Lankans felt the scorching heat of a distant war strike home with brutal effect on Tuesday when the government dramatically raised oil prices sky-high despite assuring the public, only last week, that there would be no necessity to increase fuel prices since it had [...]
Achilles of the White House has his heel in his head
In the last couple of months or more, one has heard or read so much about the president of the United States. Most of it has come from his own mouth, which understandably destroys any value it might have had initially. Naturally, President Trump’s capacity to emulate Aesop is too much to expect. That is [...]
Iran war fallout: Rising prices dent Govt popularity
Public fury is directed not just at administration, but also at President Calls grow to reintroduce QR code; opposition blames NPP’s ego for blocking it Opposition parties come together to form common platform to take on Govt, citing authoritarian tendencies SJB’s absence conspicuous, but general secretary says party will unite with the opposition at the [...]
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