Those who pay floral tributes to Rohana Wijeweera’s portrait lack the courage to look at his eyes – Leader of Second Generation Uvindu Wijeweera
By Vishvanath
The Batalanda Commission report is still in the news. The parliament is going to have...
By Vishvanath
Never a dull day in Sri Lanka! Issues crop up at such a pace that it is well-nigh impossible to keep track of them, much less tackle them, the latest being the ongoing hullabaloo over a 25-year-old presidential...
By Vishvanath
JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva, giving a press conference over the weekend, declared the NPP’s Colombo mayoral candidate—Vraie Cally Balthazaar, who is a National Executive Committee member of the NPP. His announcement came as no surprise, for she...
By Vishvanath
The JVP-led NPP government is having more than its fair share of problems. Now, it has a potential national security issue to contend with. Cabinet Spokesman and Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa, addressing the weekly post-Cabinet media briefing on...
2025 Budget:
By Vishvanath
Capturing power is one thing, but retaining it is quite another. The JVP-led NPP government finds itself in a situation it apparently did not bargain for during its quest for power. Perhaps, the NPP politicians took the...
by Vishvanath
Leader of the House and Minister Bimal Ratnayake was at his oratorical best in the parliament on Tuesday, lashing out as he did at the Opposition. In his address replete with banter, rhetoric and barbs, in equal measure,...
By Vishvanath
Much-advertised efforts to bring the SJB and the UNP together to form an electoral alliance have failed, and the two parties are now planning to contest the upcoming local government (LG) polls separately under their own symbols. It...
by Vishvanath
The title of this comment is a rhetorical question SJB MP Dayasiri Jayasekera asked during the ongoing budget debate in the parliament on Thursday (Feb. 20). It may sound a bit absurd because President Dissanayake Dissanayake is the...
Budget 2025:
by Vishvanath
There has been a mixed reaction to the NPP government’s maiden budget President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who is also the Minister of Finance, presented to the parliament on Monday (17). The government claims that it has been...
by Vishvanath
It seems that Lady Luck has ceased to smile on the NPP government since its spectacular victory in the 2024 general election. The prices of essentials have are increasing; farmers are protesting against guaranteed prices for their paddy...
by Vishvanath
Supermajorities for governments often come with great expectations of those who vote them into power. In Sri Lanka, political parties make numerous election promises, and the one that wins is left struggling to deliver on its pledges in...
