In Sri Lanka, currently, 12.3% of the population is 60 and above, the highest proportion of older adults in the South Asian region.
Interestingly, but not surprisingly, the Western province has the highest percentage of the country’s elderly at 31.7%,...
Sri Lanka is never short of political dramas of varying intensities, ranging from comical to serious, the latest being the verbal conflict between the SLPP and the UNP. Some disgruntled SLPP seniors pretend that they will not vote for...
The second anniversary of the Easter Sundayattacks was marked with a two minute silence in the country. Two years on and there is still no sight of justice being delivered for the victims of the attacks who have become...
JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake, MP, has struck back at his erstwhile comrades in the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP), who have claimed that the JVP, together with a government minister, has invested a large amount of funds overseas. A...
by Vishvanath
The ruling SLPP has suffered such a political setback that it has had to put off the Local Government (LG) polls scheduled for March 2022. It has extended the terms of all LG bodies until March 2023, thus...
Oh, fabulous Rumassala
Charming sandy beach on Thambapanni
With pearl bead smiles over
Vended wholly! Were you..?
Rumassala,
Seashore so mild and Slender
Are you being made,
So much defenseless
By Gluttonous Araliya,
The Black in White
Or else,
The Peril as guardian?
The foregoing is a slightly modified version of...
In 1972 Sri Lanka cut its ties to the British Monarchy, and officially became a Republic. Yet, it seems that both citizens and administrators continue to live in the frame of mind of the ruler and the ruled, even...
The former President is still an expert at public relations and knows how to deliver a political message in a few words.
We used to criticise Ranil Wickremesinghe because he was from the UNP. Now he has chosen the...
By Vishvanath
An election season is in the air as another year is drawing to a close. Political parties are shifting gears. They are likely to go into overdrive in mid-2024. Elections are a Dickensian paradox in this country. They...
Basil Rajapaksa’s philosophy as the Minister of Economic Development was to borrow as much as he can and spend as much as he can on infrastructure projects, so he that his government could make political gains. Ironically, he has...
The focus of the media and civil society organizations is again on the prevailing culture of impunity following State Minister Lohan Ratwatte’s violent behaviour in two prisons. He resigned as the State Minister of Prison Management and Prisoners’ Rehabilitation,...
By Vishvanath
Leader of the JVP-led National People’s Power (NPP) Anura Kumara Dissanayake, during a political event in Canada, on Sunday, happened to express remorse for his party’s violence in the late 1980s. In answer to a question from someone...
