The deployment of the police and the armed forces in large numbers in Colombo, last Friday, caused quite a stir, and brought the entire country under a pall of uncertainty. Political circles were abuzz with speculation that the government...
The first anniversary of goon attacks on the Galle Face protesters and the subsequent wave of retaliatory violence that swept through the country and led to the resignation of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, and the ouster of President Gotabaya...
Cuba’s communist government canceled the annual May Day parade this year due to an acute fuel shortage. Fidel Castro must be turning in his grave! Sri Lanka, however, went ahead with its International Workers’ Day celebrations despite its economic...
Politics and cricket may be like chalk and cheese in many respects but they have one thing in common; both are full of glorious uncertainties. So, the stock of a political party and its leader/s does not remain constant,...
Sri Lankans have earned notoriety for their very short collective memory. It is said that they cannot remember anything for more than a fortnight. Their memory deficit has stood politicians in good stead; the latter can get away with...
It is often said that people remember deities and try to be pious only when they get into trouble. Otherwise, they do as they please, paying no heed to the possible consequences of their actions, as if they were...
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is a political rubber ball, in a manner of speaking; he has a remarkable ability to bounce back up after falls. He is given to lateral thinking and it is difficult to get inside his...
There has been much hullabaloo over the proposed anti-terrorism law, which is widely thought to be part of a strategy to strengthen President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s position and help the SLPP-UNP administration keep its political opponents, trade unions and civil...
Aragalaya has become part of Sri Lanka’s political lexicon, and often figures prominently in parliamentary debates, too, as it did on Thursday (23). It came to an end on 22 July 2022, when the STF, the Army and the...
The government is pulling out all the stops to postpone the local government (GL) elections indefinitely. It has even challenged a Supreme Court (SC) interim order and resorted to something unprecedented in this country. The parliament has decided to...
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...
The Rajapaksa-Wickremesinghe government has changed its strategy in trying to postpone the Local Government (LG) polls indefinitely. Earlier, it placed itself on a collision course with the Election Commission (EC) by depriving the latter of funds needed for elections....
