COMIC STRIP BY WASANTHA SIRIWARDENA
COUNTER POINT VIDEOS
How Banning Most Chinese Cotton Has Shifted Global Supply Chains | WSJ U.S. vs. China
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COVER STORIES
The orphans of political defeat
By Kassapa
The presidential election may be over, Anura Kumara Dissanayake may be President but the political arena in Sri Lanka is still red hot,...
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Impact of US Presidential election on South Asia
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, November 2:
In the post-World War II era, relations between the US and South Asian countries have been both close and growing,...
With external budgetary support, Maldives plans bold reforms
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, November 1: Backed by substantial foreign budgetary assistance, Maldivian President Dr.Mohamed Muizzu has announced sweeping administrative and judicial reforms.
The Maldivian budget for...
MIRROR WALL by KASSAPA
Lessons from Elpitiya
Election to the Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha, concluded last Saturday, has generated much discussion. Many an interpretation has been offered, some of it founded on inaccurate...
Ranil and Mahinda- Down but not Out!
By Kassapa
The news that former President Ranil Wickremesinghe will ‘address the nation’ last week generated much expectation. At least some anticipated that Wickremesinghe...
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POLITICS By Vishvanath
Significance of Elpitiya PS election
by Vishvanath
Two important events are scheduled to take place during the current week (Oct. 20-27). One is the release by an Opposition politician of...
Of that dynasty-busting political twister
By Vishvanath
Everything is now ready for next month’s general election. Time is fast running out. Political leaders are girding up their loins, despite election...
Bumpy ride ahead for NPP; Opposition in disarray
By Vishvanath
Nominations for next month’s parliamentary election closed today (Oct. 11), and all political parties that participated in last month’s parliamentary polls have had to...
IMF program: NPP bows to the inevitable
By Vishvanath
It is popularly said that between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out. Perhaps, nothing exemplifies this truism better...
Head-scratching after a crucial poll
By Vishvanath
The recently concluded presidential poll brought a protracted drought of elections to an end. The next parliamentary election is expected soon. The outcome...
STATECRAFT
The return of the university bogeyman
• Country heading towards darkness amidst energy stakeholders tug of war
A modified version of Pastor Martin Niemoller’s indictment of the passivity and indifference of...
Rescind detention orders: BASL
Torture and inhuman treatment a risk under the PTA
The arrest last week of Wasantha Mudalige, Convenor of the Inter University Students Federation, set...
Ranil attempts to legitimize government with an all -party approach
• Condemnation for GGG attack exceed congratulations
• President makes Sri Lanka a human rights pariah
John F Kennedy once said that those who make revolution...
Hunting the hunter
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the failed president
The need for a president who will bring back the 19th A and abolish the executive presidency
Ranil’s political swan...
Belling the cat in a crony power plant deal
The revelations about an alleged power plant deal at the highest echelons of government involving the heads of state of Sri Lanka and India...
Ying & Yang
When Microfinancing Drives Borrowers to Despair
For those struggling to make ends meet, particularly the rural poor, microfinancing is seen as a God send. Unable to obtain credit facilities through...
Equal Opportunities a Must for Everyone
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While she told the audience gathered at the Shangri-La hotel, that evening of March 8th, that ensuring peace and harmony for all...
Cardinal’s Crusade for Truth, won’t make him a Darling of the Administration
Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith does not seem to be a happy man these days.
Well, he couldn’t, could he, when he finds himself between a rock...
COVID-19 Vaccinations: Mixed Signals and Mixed Priorities
Confusion and miscommunication seems to be becoming the hallmark of this government.
Just like the many other instances where gazettes are issued, then cancelled, prices...
Wake Up! It’s time for Gender Parity not Patriarchy
In filing a Fundamental Rights petition against the appointment of a woman officer to the post of Acting Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG),...
IN PERSPECTIVE
After L’dweep, can China help Muizzu in domestic politics?
Many Maldivians have families, homes, businesses and jobs in neighbouring Sri Lanka, and they were closely watching the economic melt-down in that country, circa...
How INDIA Can Counter Modi’s Popularity
N Sathiya Moorthy Chennai
11 January 2024
What the INDIA alliance needs is neither a counter to Modi's tall personality and undiminished charisma nor a counter-narrative to...
If 13-A is good, Mr President do it now, why and how!
N Sathiya Moorthy
Colombo Gazette 9 January 2024
In northern Jaffna ahead of the annual Tamil harvest festival of ‘Thai Pongal’, President Ranil Wickremesinghe promised the full...
After Muizzu suspends ministers India must hold its horses
N Sathiya Moorthy
South Asia 8 January 2024
Maldives President Mohammed Muizzu has suspended three ministers for mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media after a...
Can Stalin Repeat 2019
Lok Sabha Result In 2024?
By N Sathiya Moorthy
5 January 2024
In what should pass for irony of the coming Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched...
POINT OF VIEW
Why does Canada want to restrict immigration?
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, October 25: The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on October 23, that Canada will “significantly” reduce the number of new immigrants....
Starlink’s tie up with US armed forces worries security experts
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, October 20: Experts have warned countries about the security risks associated with the Starlink satellite-based internet service given its close links with...
Maldives’ Buddhist past calls for greater exploration and preservation
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, September 18: The Maldives is a 100% Muslim country. But Buddhism was the dominant religion here for more than 1,000 years before...
Strategic importance of Bay of Bengal, St.Martin’s and Andamans
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, September 14: Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had alleged that the US would not have schemed to oust her from power...
Implications of the lifting of ban on Jamaat-e-Islami in Bangladesh
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, August 29: On Wednesday, the Interim government of Bangladesh lifted the ban on the Jamaat-e-Islami on the plea that there was no...
Law & the Layman
Another humiliating U-turn ahead for govt
The government is punching above its weight on the economic front, mustering as it does enough votes in the parliament to secure the passage...
Is advertising blitz in social media tabooed for lawyers?
The topic of soliciting and touting in the legal profession is a subject of discussion that invited much attention in recent times, especially on...
BASL Elections -Meaningful or Necessary?
The fever and dust has settled on another election to the office of President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka for the year...
Do we need Presidential Commissions?
Sri Lankan law broadly allows for two distinct types of commissions of inquiry to be appointed by the President. The first are commissions of...
Power to grant bail vested with judges should be exercised liberally-Court of Appeal
“It is my view that on account of the unusual and extraordinary delay in lodging the first complaint despite every ability to do so...
