The segment of the population who are over forty years of age still recall with clarity the atrocities committed by the JVP in 1971 and in 1989. Even for those who are younger, the JVP’s policies resemble unadulterated socialism...
Is the latest episode of the Ashu Marasinghe saga worth discussing or should we refrain from doing so because what is alleged to have occurred stems from a private dispute?
We would suggest that the Marasinghe shenanigans deserve all the...
The first, almost ‘official’ pronouncement came this week. The Treasury should state whether it is possible to allocate the ten billion rupees that are needed for local government elections, UNP stalwart Navin Dissanayake told the media.
This is the clearest...
By KASSAPA
Political circles are abuzz with the news that elections to local government bodies will be held early next year, possibly in late February. Close on the heels of this development is feverish speculation that President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s United...
Anyone who has read Ms. Gamage's recent speeches will recall that her main target is the SJB, with vitriol directed specifically at its leader, Sajith Premadasa. Her aim is to diminish the SJB and its leadership in the eyes...
Maithripala Sirisena, it appears, has the opposite of the Midas touch: whatever he touches, turns to dust, the latest victim being the United Peoples’ Freedom Alliance (UPFA).
The sixth Executive President of Sri Lanka made a mockery of the Presidency...
Whether we like it or not, Basil is back.
Basil Rajapaksa, younger brother of Chamal, Mahinda and Gotabaya, founder of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), mastermind of the Rajapaksas’ political comeback in 2019 and the Finance Minister who plunged...
Sri Lanka’s cricket, once known for its dashing playing style and legendary stars, has made world headlines for the wrong reasons. One of its cricketers, Danushka Gunathilaka, who was touring with the national team for the recently concluded T20...
Diferences of opinion among the opposition ranks was evident even before the protests began when the JVP withdrew support. They said that the protest was only a political stunt aimed at raising the profile of the parties involved and...
A question that has bothered many is why, after being handed the
Presidency on a platter without having to sweat for it, President Ranil
Wickremesinghe is acting the way he does.
One can even explain why he doesn’t go against the Sri...
Ranil proved Bismarck’s words that politics was the art of possible
When German statesman Otto von Bismarck said that politics was the art of the possible, he didn’t have Ranil Wickremesinghe in mind but the latter is certainly proving...
We hear Wickremesinghe say every now and again that he is still for the 22nd Amendment, but we have not seen him taking any practical measures to ensure it becomes law. Despite all his faults, we...
