This week, as the New Year dawned and the government grappled with an unstable economy and an increasingly restless public, we learnt the importance of being Basil.
Basil had already generated publicity in the media by flying away to the...
This tale of two secretaries, that of Secretary to the President Punchi Banda (or P.B.) Jayasundera and the former Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture Professor Udith K. Jayasinghe highlights the contradictions and complexities of this government- and raises...
Last week’s incidents at the convocation of the University of Colombo, where some graduands refused to receive their degree from the university’s recently appointed Vice-Chancellor, Buddhist monk and trade union leader Muruththetuwe Ananda thero, should be considered a landmark.
Many...
If ministers Weerawansa, Nanayakkara and Gammanpila are so concerned about the plight of our energy sector and are worried about it being sold to American interests and that is why they are taking all this trouble, we raise our...
The more plausible explanation is that the behaviours of Lohan Ratwatte, Janaka Tissakuttiarachchi, Kanchana Wijesekara and Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara are all symptoms of a wider malaise- a cancer of lawlessness and lack of any moral standards. This has eaten...
Often, the downfall of governments come from within and not from their opponents. Sri Lankan political history is littered with such examples.
In the ‘50s, S.W.R. D. Bandaranaike broke away from the United National Party (UNP) and formed the Sri...
Does the government know whether it is coming or going? Or is it following the old adage, ‘those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make them mad’?
That is the question on the minds of many after the...
This should have been a time for celebration. Friday marks the second anniversary of Gotabaya Rajapaksa assuming office as the seventh Executive President of Sri Lanka. While the Rajapaksa dynasty may indeed be celebrating regaining and consolidating their stranglehold...
By Kassapa
For weeks, these columns have been filled with details of the outrageous incompetency, impunity and impulsivity with which this government has acted, more so in recent months. The appointments of Ajith Nivard Cabraal and Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara thero,...
By KASSAPA
Just where will the government led by the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and headed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa draw the line, when it comes to acting with impunity and callous disregard to the letter and spirit of...
By Kassapa
Every now and then, political parties make miraculous comebacks. The resurrection of the United National Party (UNP) after its debacle at the hands of the newly formed, S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike led Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) in 1956 was...
The Sinhalese language, known for its pithy expressions, has an expression for the maladministration of justice- ‘naduth haamuduruwangey, baduth haamuduruwangey’- implying that sometimes, the culprits and the decision makers in a court of law are one and the same.
The...
