By Vishvanath
What was feared has come to pass. The US has increased tariffs on Sri Lankan goods to 44%. The Trump administration has described the unprecedented tariff hike under its new trade policy as a reciprocal measure in response...
By Kassapa
This week, Sri Lanka will host Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is on a three-day state visit. Modi has been in office since 2014 having won three consecutive general elections. This is his fourth visit to the...
By Vishvanath
All major political parties have launched their local government (LG) election campaigns, with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake himself leading the NPP’s. None of them, however, has anything new to offer to the electorate.
The Opposition is flaying the government...
By Vishvanath
The government and the Opposition are girding up their loins for the upcoming local government elections. All signs are that their campaigns will get down and dirty, given the high stakes all political parties have in it.
The ruling JVP-led NPP...
By kassapa
The local government elections, now scheduled by the Elections Commission for May 6, has been a long time coming. The polls were originally scheduled for March 9, 2023. Then President Ranil Wickremesinghe postponed the election citing a lack...
by Vishvanath
The British sanctions on three ex-military chiefs of Sri Lanka and a former LTTE military commander, who sided with the Sri Lankan military during the Eelam war, for ‘serious human rights violations and abuses, committed during the civil war, and...
Those who pay floral tributes to Rohana Wijeweera’s portrait lack the courage to look at his eyes – Leader of Second Generation Uvindu Wijeweera
By Vishvanath
The Batalanda Commission report is still in the news. The parliament is going to have...
By kassapa
If ever there was a case of any publicity not being good publicity, it was former President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s interview with the Al Jazeera television network where he seems to have opened a veritable can of worms vis-à-vis...
By Vishvanath
Never a dull day in Sri Lanka! Issues crop up at such a pace that it is well-nigh impossible to keep track of them, much less tackle them, the latest being the ongoing hullabaloo over a 25-year-old presidential...
By Kassapa
There was a time, during the presidencies of Chandrika Kumaratunga and Mahinda Rajapaksa when Ranil Wickremesinghe was mocked mercilessly for his mannerism in public speaking. This strategy had its impact which is why Wickremesinghe was not able to...
By Vishvanath
JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva, giving a press conference over the weekend, declared the NPP’s Colombo mayoral candidate—Vraie Cally Balthazaar, who is a National Executive Committee member of the NPP. His announcement came as no surprise, for she...
By Kassapa
The comical spectacle of officers of the Sri Lanka Police force launching a manhunt to nab its Inspector General of Police (IGP), albeit suspended, unfolded this week. This was after the Matara Magistrate’s Court issued an order for...
