By Kassapa
It could be co-incidence but the return of Basil Rajapaksaw, strategist for the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and the launch of the United National Party (UNP)’s election campaign both occurred last week. Twenty months into his Presidency,...
By Vishvanath
The SJB and the JVP-led NPP are vying with each other aggressively to enlist the support of former high-ranking military officers and the members of the Maha Sangha, with about six or seven months to go for the...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, March 13
The March 11 notification on the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act of 2019 (CAA) has already triggered an agitation in Assam, shaking the foundation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government there.
And if the CAA...
By Vishvanath
Chief Strategist of the SLPP, Basil Rajapaksa, has returned from the US and started pulling the strings around as if to the manner born. When he landed at the BIA on March 05, the SLPP gave him a...
It is not Russia but Ukraine which is in dire straits despite massive US arms aid
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, March 9:
Of the two countries that are at each other’s throats now - Russia and Ukraine - it is Ukraine which...
By Kassapa
Amidst great publicity and fanfare, Basil Rajapaksa, founder of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), its chief political strategist and also failed Finance Minister who presided over the country descending into bankruptcy- affirmed by no less than the...
By Visvanath
The SLPP had a meteoric rise in national politics and captured state power three years after its formation in 2016, but it failed to consolidate its electoral gains and is not a shadow of its former self. Has...
By Visvanath
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena finds himself in an unenviable position. The Opposition’s no-faith motion against him will have to be taken up for debate in the parliament soon. Although the SLPP, which the Speaker represents, has a parliamentary...
By Kassapa
The confirmation of Deshabandu Tennakoon as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) this week is a strong signal that the country is in for a wild ride with at least the presidential election being due by October. It...
By VishvanathThe SJB is preening itself on the success of its women’s rally in Kandy on Saturday (Feb. 24). Itsleader and presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa, speaking at the event, spelt out his party’s policiestowards women. The first conference of...
By Kassapa
The talking point in political circles last week was whether President Ranil Wickremesinghe is trying one last-gasp trick to stay in power by abolishing the Executive Presidency.
This concept first came to light several months ago when it...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, February 21
As Myanmar descends into chaos, mega Indian and Chinese projects are getting stuck, dogged by security issues.
The writ of the military government does not run in the northern part of the country where armed ethnic groups...
