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June 01, 2025

President Trump announcing visa restrictions. (file photo)

SNS: In a troubling turn of policy, the United States has moved to halt student visa appointments and tighten its social media scrutiny of international applicants.

While the official rationale leans on the well-worn justification of national security, the deeper implications for global education, civil liberties, and international trust are far more insidious. For decades, American universities have stood as beacons of global learning, drawing students from every continent not just for their academic rigour, but for their promise of open inquiry and pluralism.

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After We Leave Home

(A Sri Lankan childhood remembered from afar)

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5 mins

February 01, 2026

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Zelensky seeks 50,000 Russian 'losses' a month to win the Ukraine war

Ukraine's leader tells army that Russian losses should exceed the reinforcements it sends as he touts drone production.

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2 mins

February 01, 2026

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Indo Pak's Gamble on the New World Order

A few weeks after Pakistan’s nuclear-powered Prime Minister signed a defence pact with Saudi Arabia and secured arms agreements with Turkey, Qatar, Sudan, Indonesia, and Libya, India moved into the UAE and signed trade and defence agreements.

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5 mins

February 01, 2026

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Worried families in India urge return of crew on ship seized by Iran

Apart from the 16 Indians, the crew has one person each from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

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2 mins

February 01, 2026

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How a former Royal College head prefect was wrongly remanded in Kandy

A comedy of errors (and corruption) that became distinctly unfunny

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12 mins

February 01, 2026

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UNP humiliates CBK in cabinet, JVP-SLFP talks begin

But CBK kept her cool and broke down only after she came back to President's House.

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9 mins

February 01, 2026

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Once a Heartian always a Heartian: Celebrating 130 glorious years

The 130 years of celebrations were a tribute to this legacy — an ode to the school’s enduring influence and the generations it has inspired.

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2 mins

February 01, 2026

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Sunday Island

The rise of binge watching and endless scrolling

Television screens and smartphone displays have become constant companions in daily life.

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6 mins

February 01, 2026

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President Premadasa's attitude towards Ministers and Secretaries

To cap all these (differences between Premadasa and Athulathmudali), there was the remarkable meeting the President summoned of Ministers, Project and State Ministers and Secretaries of Ministries in the auditorium of the Presidential Secretariat at Galle Face.

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9 mins

February 01, 2026

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Korea partners with UNDP to tackle Lanka's waste management challenges

The Government of the Republic of Korea has partnered with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka to support Sri Lanka in addressing its growing waste management challenges, with funding of USD 4.7 million for a new initiative.

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3 mins

February 01, 2026

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