Opinion

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Humanity before geopolitics: Sri Lanka’s rescue decision and spirit of non-alignment

By P.M. Amza Sri Lanka’s decision to provide humanitarian assistance to Iranian naval personnel following the recent maritime incident in the Indian Ocean...

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Realism in the Indian Ocean

By Milinda Moragoda The reported sinking of an Iranian frigate by a United States submarine off the coast of Sri Lanka — and...

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A war that’s both far and near: Understanding and adjusting

By Rohan Samarajiva “I sit in one of the divesOn Fifty-second StreetUncertain and afraidAs the clever hopes expireOf a low dishonest decade:Waves of...

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Cyclone Ditwah: More than 3,000 survivors await relief

By Methmalie Dissanayake Three months after Cyclone Ditwah triggered devastating floods and landslides across Sri Lanka, thousands of families remain displaced, with many...

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A profound geopolitical dilemma

The torpedoing of an Iranian naval vessel in the waters off Sri Lanka has thrust the island into a geopolitical storm not of...

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The paradox of Victor Ivan

From revolutionary to journalist: Political enigma By Lionel Bopage A year after Victor Ivan’s passing, the contradictions that defined him still feel alive....

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International Women’s Day: Eight actions for a more equal world

By the Secretary General of the UN Over nearly a decade leading the United Nations, I have seen our world repeatedly tested –...

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Bringing Easter Sunday Attack case to a closure

By Col R Hariharan Will the arrest of Sri Lanka’s former intelligence chief Major General Suresh Salley in the last week of the...