All issues in Sri Lanka have the same lifespan as mushrooms, and this has stood governments in good stead over the years. A few months ago, there was a furor over the postponement of the local government (LG) elections...
The SLPP-UNP government has catapulted to the centre stage of politics the 13th Amendment to the Constitution (13A), of all things, making its critics ask whether it has got its priorities mixed up, for its focus at this juncture...
Some Opposition MPs threw the parliament into turmoil on Wednesday. During the question time, they protested, claiming that their right to raise queries about matters of national importance had been violated. Some ministers’ refusal to field supplementary questions also...
JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake, MP, has struck back at his erstwhile comrades in the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP), who have claimed that the JVP, together with a government minister, has invested a large amount of funds overseas. A...
Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa has, in a televised media statement, said that the Opposition is willing to cooperate with the government to resolve the current crisis. His offer, made on Saturday, came close on the heels of...
The SJB, which handed over a motion of no-confidence against Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella to Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, on 21 July, has since got cold feet. It has stopped short of having it taken up for debate for...
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa would have the public believe that he and his party, the SJB, are capable of bringing down the SLPP-UNP administration at a time of their choosing and form the next government. His trusted lieutenants also...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s preoccupation with finding ways and means of fully implementing the 13th Amendment has irked SLPP heavyweights apparently beyond measure if their utterances at various fora are any indication. Some of the senior leaders of the SLPP have...
People take part in sports for diverse reasons. Basically, they combine physical activity with personal, social and emotional benefits. Socially, sports forge connections and nurture teamwork and communication skills. But these may not be the only reasons why some...
The government is punching above its weight on the economic front, mustering as it does enough votes in the parliament to secure the passage of vital bills, motions and resolutions. Its domestic debt restructuring plan ran into stiff resistance,...
The SLPP-UNP government is drawing heavy flak for its efforts to reconvene the dissolved local government (LG) institutions with the previously elected representatives being reinstated so that the SLPP, which won the majority of the local councils at the...
Occasions when the Sri Lankan MPs speak with one voice about anything in the parliament are as rare as a four-leaf clover. Surprisingly, they made common cause in the House, on Friday, opposing as they did the selection of...
