Sri Lanka may be experiencing various shortages, but it is never short of issues for public debate, the latest being President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s recent offer to devolve the police and land powers to the Provincial Councils. Everybody is nowtalking...
Sri Lankan cricketers’ abysmal performance during the past several tournaments and very serious allegations of corruption against Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have brought about tensions among the three branches of government to all intents and purposes strange as it...
By Vishvanath
Yummy lemon cream biscuits and attractive election manifestos are like chalk and cheese, but they have one thing in common—lack of genuineness. The former are marketed with false claims to mislead the public, and the latter contain mistruths...
The government finds itself in what may be called ‘a holy mess’. Religious leaders who once supported it have turned against it, claiming that it has reneged on its promises to them.Prominent among the erstwhile friends turned critics of...
Sri Lankans have earned notoriety for voting unwisely, electing the wrong people to govern them and then protesting. But there is no gainsaying that they cherish their franchise and are ready to go to any extent to safeguard it,...
Ranil Wickremesinghe is in a dilemma. He declared in the parliament, on Tuesday, that he did not know whether he was in the government or in the Opposition. That he is in a state of confusion became evident when...
The Opposition’s motion of no confidence against Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella over the sorry state of affairs in the public health sector is to be taken up for debate in the parliament shortly. It is scheduled to be put...
By Vishvanath
Former Presidents Maithripala Sirisena and Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (CBK) have patched up a compromise. They were seen together attending a ceremony to mark the 125th birth anniversary of the SLFP founder and former Prime Minister S. W. R....
The government seems to have adopted a fatalistic attitude; it seems oblivious to the danger of anarchy descending on the country. Having pinned all their hopes on the IMF, its leaders are apparently keeping their fingers crossed while the...
A recent press interview with Minister Namal Rajapaksa provides some insights into the thinking of the ruling Rajapaksa family. In answer to a question from The Daily Mirror journalist, Jamila Hussain, on what has come to be known as...
It never rains but it pours. Perhaps, nothing exemplifies this popular saying more than what former President Maithripala Sirisena has experienced during the past several years. With the benefit of hindsight, he must be thinking that it was a...
By Visvanath
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena finds himself in an unenviable position. The Opposition’s no-faith motion against him will have to be taken up for debate in the parliament soon. Although the SLPP, which the Speaker represents, has a parliamentary...
