by Vishvanath
Chief Government Whip and Minister Prasanna Ranagunga has been quoted by the media as saying, after an SLPP event in Minuwangoda over the weekend, that his party would not field a presidential candidate, and it will back someone...
By Vishvanath
What is happening in Sri Lankan politics is a textbook case of irony. The SLPP government, under President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s stewardship, is busy undoing what it pledged to do in its election manifestos or did after being voted...
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
The signs are that President Ranil Wickremesinghe will shortly announce his participation in the upcoming presidential contest. The Opposition has been able to have the public doubt whether he will run for President at all. However, a seasoned...
Wednesday’s countrywide strike made the Rajapaksa-Wickremesinghe administration bite the bullet and offer to negotiate with the protesting trade unions. Government propagandists went into overdrive to make little of the strike, and play down its politico-economic fallout, but the harsh...
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
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...
All issues that crop up in Sri Lanka have one thing in common; they have a very short lifespan. But the Easter Sunday carnage has been different thanks to the tireless efforts of the Catholic Church, especially Archbishop of...
Will Ranil Wickremesinghe make the SLPP regret having elected him the President and thrown a lifeline to his party, the UNP? This is the question one asks oneself when one hears some UNP seniors boasting at media briefings that...
by Vishvanath
The Sri Lanka Podujana Permuna (SLPP) is now facingsomething it did not bargain for when it entered into an alliance with the United National Party (UNP) in 2022 and elevated Ranil Wickremesinghe to the executive presidency. Their union doubtlessly stood both sides in good...
By Vishvanath
The NTJ (National Thowheed Jamaath) terror attacks, on April 21, 2019, turned out to be a one-off, with its leader Zahran Hashim himself carrying out a suicide bomb attacks in the Shangri-La hotel, Colombo, on April 21, 2019....
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa and his associates cannot be unaware that mass gatherings pose a danger to society while Covid-19 is spreading fast after a let-up, and that the public frowns on street protests for two reasons—health risks and...
