So, it has now been confirmed that the Local Government (LG) and Provincial Council (PC) elections will not be held next year. President Ranil Wickremesinghe has told the parliament in no uncertain terms that the presidential and parliamentary elections...
The anti-incumbency factor is a fact of life any government has to contend with. It chips away at the popularity of governments in power, but their leaders tend to wish it away, albeit in vain. In...
Mirror Wall by Kassapa
Rarely has the country seen a political showdown of epic proportions such as the ongoing tussle between Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe and President Ranil Wickremesinghe. While it is perhaps more interesting than the hopelessly one-sided games...
Finally, it is official: it was the Rajapaksas- and a handful of officials who did their bidding- who are responsible for the current economic calamity Sri Lanka is faced with.
This comes from no less an institution than the highest...
What really happened during the final stages of the Galle Face protest campaign, or Aragalaya, as it came to be known, which led to the resignation of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and the Cabinet in May 2023 and the...
The financial crisis in Sri Lanka is one of the first major challenges faced by the ruling Rajapaksa family as traders, importers and the opposition are up in arms against the government’s mishandling of the situation. Prices of food...
Matale Vadivelan's collection of short stories titled "Vallamai Tarayo" has received huge recognition in Tamil Nadu. This volume of short stories has received great praise among Tamil scholars as a collection of literature depicting the hardships of life for...
Colombo, November 26: Though 15 years have passed since the 26/11 sea-borne terror attack on Mumbai, serious loopholes persist in India’s coastal security.
The first-ever sea-borne assault in the history of India that took place on November 26, 2008, claimed...
The Rajapaksa-Wickremesinghe government has proved, much to the disappointment of its rivals, that its parliamentary majority is still intact. It had the second reading of the 2024 budget passed with a majority of 45 votes on Tuesday (21). It...
Colombo, November 9: Sri Lanka is set to gain from the intensified Big Power rivalry over Colombo port.
With the US and the Adani group now collaborating in building the West Container Terminal (WCT), and China already in through the Colombo...
Doubts have been cast on the much-advertised health benefits of palm oil and environmental concerns on oil palm cultivations. A paradigm shift reshaping the conventional thinking as regards vegetable oils has become discernible both in health and environmental spheres....
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 of goods are lowered officially, but consumers are told by vendors that there is no...
