by Vishvanath
The JVP-led NPP government has bowed to the inevitable. Speaker Asoka Ranwala resigned from his post on Friday amidst calls from the Opposition for the government to remove him for allegedly making a false claim that he had...
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...
by Vishvanath
The newly-elected NPP government finds itself in an unenviable position. It is under the microscope as well as tremendous pressure to carry out its election promises, especially tax and tariff cuts. It is struggling to make essential commodities freely available at...
By Kassapa
Velupillai Prabhakaran, leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) perished in a watery grave at Nanthikadal on May 19, 2019. Last week marked his 70th birth anniversary. It is also around the same time that the LTTE...
By Vishvanath
An argument is being peddled in some quarters that the general secretaries of political parties have discretionary powers to appoint anyone of their choice to the parliament through the National List (NL) although the Election Commission (EC) has categorically stated that only the NL...
Nationalistic forces clawing their way up
by Vishvanath
The JVP-led NPP government has chosen to tread cautiously although it was expected to get off to a flying start. This may be due to the steep learning curve it is facing, among...
Once upon a time, Ravi Karuanayake was the blue-eyed boy of the United National Party (UNP).
By Kassapa
As a young man in his twenties, Karunanayake entered politics under the watchful eyes of Lalith Athulathmudali. It was not the best of...
By Vishvanath
Rational thinking and power are mutually exclusive, in this country, as is public knowledge. Power acts as an intoxicant and drives the wielders of it to extremes, in most cases. Electoral defeats have a sobering effect on politicians...
Inauguration of 10th Parliament:
by Vishvanath
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake sought to break away from tradition at the inauguration of the 10th Parliament on Thursday (21). He travelled in the front seat of his presidential vehicle, opened the door himself, got off and...
By Kassapa
No one was surprised that that Jathika Jana Balavegaya (JJB) won the November 14 general election. However, everyone was surprised at the scale of their victory. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said before the election that he expected an...
By Vishvanath
A 21-member new Cabinet has been appointed, and the JVP-led NPP is now about to learn what it is like to wield unbridled power, which it had been dreaming of for decades.
The people have given President Anura Kumara...
by Vishvanath
All political leaders, especially President and JVP-led NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake and SJB chief Sajith Premadasa are on tenterhooks, given the extremely high stakes they have in today’s parliamentary election. Unless they improve the electoral performance of...
