By vishvanath
There seems to be no end in sight to trouble for the SLFP. A special meeting it held on Saturday, under the chairmanship former President Maithripala Sirisena, turned stormy when three of its office-bearers of the party were sacked. They were MPsDuminda Dissanayake (National...
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....
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...
By Vishvanath
Political parties are upshifting with only about eight months to go for the next presidential election. The SLPP-UNP government stands accused of trying to put off the presidential poll as well, the way it postponed the Local Government...
by Vishvanath
No government ever wants to undertake anything that increases the cost of living in an election year. As an avalanche is to a mountaineer, so is the political fallout of a massive tax increase to a regime preparing...
By Vishvanath
The SLPP and the UNP are at loggerheads. They have not been able to reach a consensus on whether it is the parliamentary polls or the presidential election that should be held first. President Ranil Wickremesinghe has ruled...
By Vishvanath
The Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) is going to elect its leader for the first time in its 74-year history, according to media reports. The contest for party leadership, to be held on Jan. 21, will be...
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 VishvanathThe SJB is preening itself on the success of its women’s rally in Kandy on Saturday (Feb. 24). Itsleader and presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa, speaking at the event, spelt out his party’s policiestowards women. The first conference of...
By Vishvanath
The Opposition’s anti-government campaign in the parliament has resonated with the irate public, but it has failed to yield the intended results. The government has retained its hold on the legislature, and the Opposition has failed to match...
By Vishvanath
The Maithripala Sirisena faction of the SLFP has claimed that SLFP General Secretary Dushmantha Mitrapala’s office at Darley Road. Colombo 10, was broken open recently and some vital documents were removed by their rivals. Acting on a complaint...
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...
