Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the failed president
The need for a president who will bring back the 19th A and abolish the executive presidency
Ranil’s political swan song?
Gotabaya Rajapaksa did not want to leave as a failed president. In an interview with...
• Why 100 percent organic farming will not succeed and the example of Bhutan
• Chemical fertilizer ban will precipitate food shortages
• Agriculture experts urge government to rethink its decision on the ban
Two weeks ago farmers in the town...
The storm clouds are brewing and it’s going to be a Black Sunday. The priests of the archdiocese of Colombo are organizing a special prayer during mass on the 7th of March and the church bells will ring out....
• Beleaguered President grapples with political tsunami
• Does Sri Lanka need a national airline?
Thousands of protestors have been thronging a make-shift village in the heart of Sri Lanka’s commercial capital Colombo as they try to oust the country’s ruling...
Will Mohamed Nasheed push for a parliamentary system in Sri Lanka too?
The legal lacuna in Ranil’s appointment on the national list
Weeks of struggle and strife have not brought any relief to the people whose frayed nerves...
• Mounting pressure from human rights lobby: a chorus call to end impunity for accountability and justice
• The balancing act with India and Pakistan
• Rating agencies dismiss government’s claim of a rosy economy
Sri Lanka stands on the threshold of...
• SLSI says no standard for cylinder gas composition
• Momentum for affected families to be compensated
• JVP hints at a government created situation
In the end, it was left to the Court of Appeal to deliver some relief to consumers...
Gas cylinders continue to explode
Government seals Trincomalee oil tank agreement with India
No fertiliser for Yala season, food shortages on the cards
The dawn of a new year brings with it the hope of new beginnings. For Sri...
Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa told parliament last week that the government’s decision to bring vaccines which are not approved by the WHO to give to the people of Sri Lanka is a crime against humanity. ‘This is...
Statecraft II
The second anniversary of the Easter Sundayattacks was marked with a two minute silence in the country. Two years on and there is still no sight of justice being delivered for the victims of the attacks who have...
Health experts fear the writing is on the wall for Sri Lanka to fall victim to a fourth surge of the Covid virus which they claim is already spreading silently. With the number of daily cases averaging between 1000-1500...
The government’s cat and mouse games have gambled with lives and they have been lost. Last Sunday the leader of the Janatha VimukthiPeramuna Anura Kumara Dissanayake said one person was dying of Covid every nine minutes. A week since...
