Colombo, November 17: The number of Sri Lankans wanting to emigrate has doubled in the last 3 to 5 years. Presently, 27% would like to emigrate, the Sri Lanka Opinion Tracker Survey (SLOTS) has revealed.
Dr. Ravi Rannan-Eliya of the...
Ranil proved Bismarck’s words that politics was the art of possible
When German statesman Otto von Bismarck said that politics was the art of the possible, he didn’t have Ranil Wickremesinghe in mind but the latter is certainly proving...
Colombo, June 19
Looking at China’s attitude to the economic and humanitarian crises in Sri Lanka over the last six months, it is clear that Beijing wants Sri Lanka to meet certain onerous conditions, which it cannot fulfil easily or...
Is the latest episode of the Ashu Marasinghe saga worth discussing or should we refrain from doing so because what is alleged to have occurred stems from a private dispute?
We would suggest that the Marasinghe shenanigans deserve all the...
Last Friday’s vote in the parliament on the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution Bill turned out to be a sort of contest between Basil Rajapaksa and his political rivals, who scored an impressive victory. It is no secret that...
The Sri Lanka Parliament is set to elect a new President tomorrow (20) amidst a political turmoil owing to the resignation of President Rajapaksa. This is the second time such an election is taking place in the House. The...
The Sri Lankan High Commissioner-designate to India, Milinda Moragoda, has submitted to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a detailed blueprint for making Sri Lanka-India relations a “special” one marked by “inter-dependence, mutual respect and affection.”
The document, entitled “Integrated Country Strategy...
A decade of appeasement had only helped the Muslim League gain greater legitimacy. When the Second Round Table Conference came in September 1931, the League leadership played an even more divisive role.
Jinnah and the Aga Khan were present in...
It all started as road rage. But as it has happened so many times in the recent past, the consequences of that one act will have major implications on the country.
Forty one year old H.G Kumarasinghe was a truck...
Yuan Wang 5, the controversial dual-purpose vessel belonging to China, has already sailed out of Sri Lanka’s shores after a strategic mission to the Hambantota port in southern Sri Lanka. It was strategic for multiple reasons, China was testing...
Will Ranil Wickremesinghe make the SLPP regret having elected him the President and thrown a lifeline to his party, the UNP? This is the question one asks oneself when one hears some UNP seniors boasting at media briefings that...
