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...
Former US President Donald Trump suffered a heavy judicial gavel blow on Tuesday. US District Judge Tanya Chutkan, citing a US Supreme Court precedent, shot down Trump's attempt to prevent the White House from releasing some vital records required...
By Vishvanath
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had worry written all over his face when he spoke at a ceremony to mark the completion of a road development project, at Weeraketiya, last week. He said many of the 6.9 million people who...
By Vishavanath
The government, unable to shore up its crumbling image due to its bungling and poor performance, has apparently sought to weaken the Opposition in a bid to overcome challenges on the political front and prevent a possible electoral...
By Vishvanath
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is often heard saying that anyone is free to leave the SLPP government or join it. This is what he told the SLPP rebels a few months ago in no uncertain terms. But he...
By Vishvanath
The SLPP dissidents are hardening their position on the controversial agreement between the government and the US energy firm, New Fortress, despite an earful they got from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa at a meeting...
By Vishvanath
The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) may have thought it could go on riding roughshod over its coalition partners because their MPs had been elected on its ticket, and it could retain a comfortable parliamentary majority even if...
The government may have thought the Easter Sunday attacks would be forgotten with the passage of time like the other such tragic incidents and attendant probes the country has witnessed. It may also have labored under the delusion that...
Former President Maithripala Sirisena’s son, Daham, has taken to active politics as the Chairman of the SLFP Youth Council in the Polonnaruwa District. Speculation is rife that he will be the SLFP’s pick for the North Central Province Chief...
Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla’s Sri Lanka visit and talks with the Tamil political parties here triggered speculation that the Rajapaksa government would be compelled to expedite the process of holding the much-delayed Provincial Council (PC) elections. But...
Pandora has become a household name in this country of late thanks to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which released millions of secret financial documents, dubbed the Pandora Papers, exposing many questionable offshore transactions involving some political...
Former war-winning Army Commander Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka went ballistic in Parliament on Friday (08). He fired salvos one after the other at his former political bosses in the yahapalana government, which, he declared, had been a total failure. He said...
