By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, December 7:
Global revenue from arms sales had plunged in 2022 due to the failure of the US arms industry to meet orders, says the international arms monitor Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in its latest report.
In...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, November 30:
Sri Lankan Malays, who are Muslims, had, for at least two centuries, drawn inspiration from the Hindu epic Ramayana to overcome the traumas of exile to Ceylon from their native Java in the Indonesia archipelago.
The...
By Tang Lu
India has a large population and is one of the fastest- growing economies in the world. But when it comes to developing competitive sports, with the exception of cricket which is popular across the country, India has...
In an apparent bid to fish in the troubled waters of Sri Lanka, pro-Tamil Tiger forces in Tamil Nadu and the Diaspora, have come out with the claim that Tiger Supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran, who was killed by Sri Lankan...
On January 12 the Tamil Nadu State Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution urging the Indian government to immediately implement the long-pending “Sethusamudram project” envisaging a canal cut through the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Bay to facilitate ship...
The six times prime minister trounced his two opponents, Dullas Alahapperuma and Anura Kumara Dissanayake by a 52 seat majority.
Pollsters had forecasted a neck to neck contest between Wickremesinghe, who was acting president after former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled...
The financial crisis in Sri Lanka is one of the first major challenges faced by the ruling Rajapaksa family as traders, importers and the opposition are up in arms against the government’s mishandling of the situation. Prices of food...
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s promulgation of a ‘food emergency’ in the face of an unending forex crisis has shocked the local population and surprised friends and adversaries, both inside and outside the tear-drop nation.
Civil society activists have also...
History is studded with femme fatales. They will kill for love. In ancient Mesopotamia Ishtar,the oldest known goddess and seductress lovedGilgamesh, a handsome semi divine king who did not love her back. As the old adage goes hell hath...
The recent appointment of the United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe as a Member of Parliament under the UNP National List, and the prospective appointment of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) big wig Basil Rajapaksa as an...
Ranil Wickremesinghe has no Midas touch. Everything he touches turns to dust. Not gold. Wickremesinghe is a loser. And a trailblazer at it.
Wickremesinghe is a serial elections loser. In the 45 years or so he has been in...
Colombo, May 19: The Sri Lankan government has said that the Colombo Port City Economic Commission (CPCEC) Bill will be amended entirely on the lines suggested by the Supreme Court. And the main opposition party, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya...
