By Jehan Perera Colombo (News 1st) - The government has decided to present its proposed Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) to parliament for debate on April 25. The decision to delay calling for a vote on it, and not using the government’s majority to bulldoze its decision, is to be welcomed. Th...

“Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.” ― Neil Armstrong   Since the launch of the first artificial satellite (Sputnik in 1957), to the first manned spaceflight, to the first moonwalk (By Neil Armstrong in 1969), space has long served as a global hub for inno...

By Jehan Perera Colombo (News 1st) - Today, there are people living in two worlds within Sri Lanka—one set of people able to ride the wave and getting high while the other set of people are getting trapped in the undercurrents and dragged down. There is a powerful social media campaign...

COLOMBO (News 1st): In the 20th century, it really did seem like the sun would never set on the British empire, but it succumbed to the age of decolonization. Now the question remains, does modern day Britain have a moral debt of acknowledging their colonial wrongdoings? In 2015, Lok Sabha me...

What is the judicial overhaul reform that sparked waves of dissent across Israel?  Benjamin Netanyahu,the Chairman of Israel’s major right-wing party Likud is the only Israeli politician to have ever won 6 elections. He is the longest tenured Prime Minister having served 15 years. As a m...