By Vishvanath It is now clear that the proposed debate between SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa and his JVP/NPP counterpart, Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD), is a nonstarter in spite of streams of rhetoric let out by both sides frequently. On Thursday...
By Vishvanath Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga, a close associate of SLPP Founder Basil Rajapaksa,has reiterated that the government is planning to hold a snap general election before the next presidential contest. He told reporters in Colombo...
By Vishvanath There seems to be no end in sight to the SLFP’s problems, which are legion. It never rains but it pours for the once formidable centre-left party, which is now a shadow of its former self. The Election Commission has...
By Vishvanath Ill-conceived words, when uttered in public during an election campaign, have the potential to inflict irreparable damage on a political party and ruin its chances of winning. Hence the need for spokespersons for political parties to exercise control over their...
By Vishvanath President Ranil Wickremesinghe has intensified his presidential election campaign in the North and the East parallel to electioneering in other parts of the country. He was in the North on Friday, distributing land, attending various ceremonies, launching development projects and...
By Vishvanath The UNP is floating a story that President Ranil Wickremesinghe has told a recent Cabinet meeting in no uncertain terms that a presidential election would be held first, and funds for it had already been allocated. It seems...
By Vishvanath The  much-awaited debate between the leader of the JVP-led NPP, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, MP and Opposition and SJB leader, Sajith Premadasa, on the economy, has been scheduled for June 06 at long last. Dissanayake on Monday (20) informed...
By Vishvanath Close on the heels of Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena’s recent declaration, at a public event, that there would be no general election before the upcoming presidential contest, Udayanga Weeratunga, who is considered Basil Rajapaksa’s mouthpiece, said in an...
By Vishvanath Experience is said to be the best teacher, but this adage does not hold true for the SLPP, which refuses to admit its mistakes, nay blunders, much less learn from them, repair its image by assuaging public anger,...
By Vishvanath Election fever has begun to run high in Sri Lanka, and several presidential hopefuls are girding up their loins for the big contest to be held either in late September or in early October, this year. The Election Commission...
SLPP intensifies campaign for general election By Vishvanath Pivithuru Hela Urumaya leader and dissident SLPP MP Udaya Gammanpila is reported to have said the SLPP is mounting pressure on President Ranil Wickremesinghe to dissolve the parliament on or before 15 May, 2024....
By Vishvanath Another International Workers’ Day has come and gone. Sri Lankan political parties held colorful events to mark the occasion on a grand-scale on 01 May.  May Day rallies in this country are always shows of strength put on by...

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