Express in Sri Lanka | Ethnic fault-lines blur as nation unites in one cry: Go Gota Go
In Colombo, Saturday saw tens of thousands converge at Galle Face, the capital's main ocean front.
To India from angry street: Thank you, help us, not our government
Stores empty, despair grows: ‘You messed with wrong generation’
‘Post-pandemic education needs us to be open-minded and to experiment’
Education has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel (GEEAP), co-hosted by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), UNICEF, and the World Bank, has prepared a…
‘My time in jail scarred me forever’
'Your faith in the system, and in the fact that you are a citizen of this country and have rights, starts eroding.'
Lessons From Sri Lankan Crisis
Sri Lanka is in the news these days for all the wrong reasons. The education and health system of this country was on par with Europe. A Sri Lankan could get free education till PhD and complete health facilities. Their lifestyles were…
Sri Lanka: President Declares Emergency, Temporarily Blocks Social Media Before Planned Protest
A 36-hour island-wide curfew was suddenly announced on Saturday amidst growing public anger at the shortage of essential goods and rising costs.
Law & Order, Politics: Why AFSPA Is Still in Place in Many Northeast Districts
What made it to the news was the lifting of AFSPA, not that the law was reimposed in some areas for six more months.
AFSPA Restricted: In Tears, Iron Lady Irom Sharmila Tells News18 She is ‘Happy, Hopeful’
In an exclusive interview to News18, Sharmila said she was putting her twin babies to sleep in her Bengaluru home when she saw the news flash. Unable to contain her tears, she kept checking the news throughout
Not without evidence
The political climate in Pakistan is very stormy – a season of daily truths and untruths, fanciful facts and conspiracies. New political stories have surfaced on a daily basis. However, the numbers in parliament will determine if the prime…