Despite recommendations by the committee appointed by President Gotabaya Rajapakse for quality checks to be carried out on gas cylinders before it is released to the consumer, the explosions have continued.
In one of the latest incidents reported from...
· A parliamentary election to break the political quagmire?
· Rapid rise in witch hunt of government critics
By Lankathilaka
The government is on the horns of a dilemma. The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam conveyed the party’s...
• Government relaxes fertilizer ban
• Protestors and trade unions hold government in their grip
• Principal and teacher trade unions bow to plea of medical specialists to suspend their action
Sri Lankan history has for long echoed with...
By Lankathilaka
• Latest US State Department report points to alleged human rights abuses
• Is ASP Perera the victim of a political witch hunt?
• The Government’s war with conservationists continues unabated
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, with an unassailable logic in mind, appears...
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...
The peoples discontent at the actions of the government’s representatives and its polices have become a routine phenomena.
Yesterday, news broke of how the people of Nahurupola in the Galpatha area tied Harsha Jayasiri, a member of the Panadura...
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...
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 become...
The government clamped down on dissent as protests erupted in Colombo and other parts of the country over the fuel price hike which has seen the cost of living sky rocket, and the ban on chemical fertilizer imports which...
• Delay in not ordering Covid vaccines will cost Sri Lanka millions extra
• Special commodity levy on essential food and on face masks
Sri Lanka has been one of the most vaccinated countries in the world since 1947. According...
• CEB management ignored warnings about impending power crisis
• Ranil Wickremesinghe tells government that this situation cannot float
As the old adage goes, Sri Lankans have been reduced to living a hand to mouth existence. For months the country has...
Torture and inhuman treatment a risk under the PTA
The arrest last week of Wasantha Mudalige, Convenor of the Inter University Students Federation, set off an avalanche of condemnation and protests demanding his release. A larger than life figure...
