The Rajapaksas and their loyalists used to ridicule the UNP for its inability to field its own presidential candidates; UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe shrank from running for President in 2010, 2015 and 2019, consecutively, and let common candidates contest...
Several Opposition parties are planning to form a grand coalition with a view to turning the tables on the government. Negotiations on the proposed alliance are already underway with the SJB, the SLPP dissidents and others discussing modalities, according...
by Vishvanath
The SLPP-UNP combine, which was on the defensive last year, is now on the offensive. The SLPP seniors who went into hidinghave come out and are berating those who were involved in Aragalaya. The two parties are also trying...
by Vishvanath
Ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa maintains a very low profile, but he happened to be in the news last week. Media reports that he had been given a state-owned house at Stanmore Crescent created quite a stir with some...
Sri Lanka may be experiencing numerous shortages, but it is never short of thrilling political dramas, the latest being a clash between a serving General and a political party leader. They were on intimate terms until a few years...
Elvis Presley famously likened ambition to a dream with a V8 engine, meaning that if one had to get anywhere one had to rev it up oneself. Many Sri Lankas are doing so. Hence there is no dearth of...
Time was when President Ranil Wickremesinghe was seen to be kowtowing to the Rajapaksas, who made his ascension to the presidency possible, albeit to safeguard their own interests, and remained powerful enough to call the shots in the government...
There is no likelihood of a presidential election being held this year. The Constitution permits only popularly elected Presidents to advance presidential elections, and President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was elected by the parliament, cannot opt for early presidential polls...
There is no likelihood of a presidential election being held this year. The Constitution permits only popularly elected Presidents to advance presidential elections, and President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was elected by the parliament, cannot opt for early presidential polls...
by Vishvanath
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 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...
