By Kassapa
The much-hyped local government elections are over. As predicted, the ruling Jathika Jana Balavegaya (JJB) emerged the single largest party in a vast majority of local councils. The collective opposition performed poorly as expected, but one wouldn’t realise...
By Kassapa
After an all too brief respite, elections are here again, now for local government institutions. These polls, originally scheduled for early 2023 were postponed by then President Ranil Wickremesinghe in his capacity as Finance Minister citing a lack...
By Kassapa
The sixth anniversary of the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks that claimed the lives of two hundred and seventy civilians, mostly devotees attending church has come and gone and the same question is being asked: are we any...
By Kassapa
There is never a dull moment in Sri Lankan politics these days and not even the general state of inertia imposed by the Sinhala and Tamil New Year could dampen the excitement generated from the detention of Sivanesathurai...
By Kassapa
The news these days is filled with stories from various courts of politicians being indicted, detained and sentenced on corruption charges. This would be in keeping with the Jathika Jana Balavegaya (JJB) government’s pledge to root out corruption....
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 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 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 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 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...
By Kassapa
If the events at Court No.5 on February 19 were scripted by a Hollywood thriller writer, he could not have done a better job. It had a movie-like quality. The killer entered the complex in a lawyer’s...
Last week, we gave the benefit of the doubt to Attorney General (AG) Parinda Ranasinghe (Jnr.) regarding his actions (or more accurately, inaction) in prosecuting the murders of Sunday Leader editor Lasantha Wickrematunge. This was after Ranasinghe’s directive to...
