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CURRENT AFFAIRS

  • Sep- 2026 -
    3 September

    NGO LEGISLATION

    THE PROPOSED LAW’S REACH There’s still time to improve the planned legislation – Dr. Jehan Perera Recently. the government released a draft law with regard to the registration and supervision…

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  • 3 September

    DIGITAL WARFARE

    The intelligence portfolio of the 21st century looks very different from that of the previous century. Cold War or not, one thing is apparent

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  • 1 September

    BRITISH PREMIERSHIP

    THE NEW TENANT AT 10 DOWNING STREET Saro Thiruppathy profiles the UK’s new prime minister – and the premier’s previous political posts that supported his bid to lead the Labour Party…

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  • Aug- 2026 -
    13 August

    NEW FRONTIERS

    CLAUDE ON HORIZONArtificial intelligence firm Anthropic is set to hold talks with senior White House officials following

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  • Jul- 2026 -
    30 July

    G7 SUMMITS

    The governments of seven major developed economies comprising the US, the UK, France, Germany, Italy

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  • 30 July

    SRI LANKA TODAY

    Sri Lanka’s rise to 67th place in the 2026 Global Peace Index from 97th place a year earlier is much more than a national achievement

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  • 30 July

    MIDDLE EAST CROSSROADS

    “To Trump: In the Middle East, loyalty is currency. If you abandon your closest friend halfway through a fight and cut deals behind their back

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  • 30 July

    TOMORROW’S WORLD

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  • Jun- 2026 -
    24 June

    THE US-IRAN MOU

    As this edition of LMD goes into print – and at long last! – the US and Iran announced on 14 June that they had

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  • 24 June

    THE FEUDAL SPIRIT

    If my grandmother had been alive today, she’d have screamed blue murder about the US outsourcing its manufacturing to China

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