COMIC STRIP BY WASANTHA SIRIWARDENA
COUNTER POINT VIDEOS
COVER STORIES
PC polls: Govt. gets jitters, estranged Jumbos pursue rapprochement
By Vishvanath
Speculation was rife in political circles that the government would hold the Provincial Council (PC)elections before in early April 2026, but they are...
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Bangladesh Army On Edge As Plans For Referendum Go Forward
With elections due in February, the demand for a referendum has thrust a new element in the volatile political environment in Bangladesh
BySurya Gangadharan
- November 6,...
Mamdani’s victory is the first and sharpest challenge to Trumpism
Democrats as a group swept the November 4 US polls as President Donald Trump’s ratings fell sharply.
Colombo, November 6 – Zohran Mamdani, a 34...
MIRROR WALL by KASSAPA
The Ups and Downs of Law and Order under the NPP
By Kassapa
One of the key pledges of the Jathika Jana Balavegaya (JJB) government, better known by its English acronym NPP, was to restore law...
Ranil vs Sajith, Round 4- The Battle Begins Again
By Kassapa
The tussle between Ranil Wickremesinghe and Sajith Premadasa for the leadership of the right-of-centre niche in the political landscape has been a familiar...
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POLITICS By Vishvanath
Politics of crime-busting ops
By Vishvanath
The NPP government is trying various methods to retain popular support and consolidate its hold on power vis-à-vis the Opposition’s determined bid to unsettle it....
The Weligama killing and political fallout
By Vishvanath
The Opposition has got hold of something big to beat the government with. It has blamed the recent killing of the Weligama Pradeshiya...
NPP govt. in a bind with ideological baggage
By Vishvanath
The JVP-led NPP finds itself in an ideological bind. On the one hand, it has had to come to terms with the present-day...
What’s the Field Marshal’s battle plan?
By Vishvanath
Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka is no stranger to controversy, which can be considered his middle name, in a manner of speaking. He is...
Adaptability and resilience of the old brigade
By Vishvanath
Social media is awash with posts denigrating elderly individuals in politics and key government positions in Sri Lanka as well as in other...
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
Photo courtesy- friendsofnavajeevana.org
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
Pathfinder Foundation considers proposals for maintenance of security in the Indian Ocean
The inaugural task of the Centre for the Law of the Sea of thePathfinder Foundation (PF), established January 2018, was to unveil a draft...
WHY “TECHNOLOGY” IS KEY TO SRI LANKA’S MARITIME SECURITY
PATHFINDER NATIONAL SECURITY BRIEF -03
Sri Lanka’s strategic location in the Indian Ocean, along the vital East-West shipping lanes connecting the Straits of Hormuz, Bab...
MODERNISING SRI LANKA’S ARMED FORCES: PREPARING FOR FUTURE SECURITY CHALLENGES
PATHFINDER NATIONAL SECURITY BRIEF -02
A nuanced synthesis of threat perception, demographic trends, geophysical constraints, strategic doctrine, and external alignments invariably shapes the architecture of...
EMERGING TRENDS IN DRUG TRAFFICKING IN THE SOUTH ASIAN REGION: A SRI LANKAN PERSPECTIVE
INTRODUCTION
Over time, the illicit drug trade has evolved into one of the most lucrative global industries, its tendrils now extending across multiple regions and...
Need to learn Chinese and understand Chinese culture to have fruitful ties with China.
By Shikha Pandey/Beijing Language and Culture University
Beijing, February 24 -In this increasingly integrated world, there is a need to know other cultures to have...
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...
