How much does his opinion count in the inner-circle of government when political pygmies such as Wimal Weerawansa, Udaya Gammanpila and even Sudarshani Fernandopulle dare to defy him in public?
If politics is about marketing leaders to the masses,...
Every effort should be made to prevent the deadly triple mutated Indian strain of the virus which was wreaking havoc there from entering the island
The die is cast. Sri Lanka and its government has spectacularly bungled its Covid-19 management...
By Kassapa
When Namal Rajapaksa and the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) was trounced at the last presidential election, securing just 2.5 per cent of the votes, critics were quick to write the party’s political obituary. The party and the...
By Kassapa
The local government elections were conducted almost two months ago but the dust refuses to settle on its results. Now, the ruling National Peoples’ Power (NPP) is battling a collective of opposition parties in trying to gain...
Once more, it is the Easter weekend and two years on from the deadly terrorist attacks that cost more than 250 lives, we are not really any closer to finding who masterminded the tragedy and who was culpable for...
A fait accompli for Ranil.
Deposed Rajapaksas are testing the waters to make a comeback
Namal Rajapaksa earned a rebuke from cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya for appearing in a press briefing with Minister Kanchana Wijesekara. Jayasuriya, who hit out in style,...
Some of its high-profile politicians are hedging their bets and biding their time.
Many believe the Rajapaksa duos absence from the DDR debate is more a face-saving strategy than being in defiance of Wickremesinghe
The huge hullabaloo last week...
By kassapa
Rice has been the staple diet of Sri Lankans, for as long as we can remember. As a result, it has also been a political issue for decades. Dudley Senanayake was known as ‘bath dun piya’ or ‘the...
After months of disagreements and weeks of speculation, Wimal Weerawansa and Udaya Gammanpila were unceremoniously sacked from the Cabinet by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa last week, at the behest of his brother and Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa.
Is this the beginning...
If one needed proof that ‘law and order’ is merely a phrase in Sri Lanka with no meaning at all, there was another example on display last week, involving State Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises Development, Prasanna Ranaweera.
Ranaweera...
By Kassapa
It was a fortnight full of seemingly surprising political developments, especially in the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP). Its likely presidential candidate changed, first from President Ranil Wickremesinghe to business magnate Dhammika Perera and then, at the eleventh...
We must be grateful that there still remains in our judiciary, judicial officers who still value principles, the rule of law and the proper dispensation of justice above pandering to politicians to enhance their career prospects
The release of...
