By Kassapa
Trouble was brewing in cricket circles for some time now and the evidence was piling up against the game’s administrators, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), run by Shammi Silva and a handful of his cronies. It came in the...
Throughout history, rulers of Sri Lanka, whether indigenous or European, had deployed soldiers from India to fight their wars.
By P.K.Balachandran
This was due to a shortage of manpower in the island. Given its much bigger population, India had a vast...
Professional politicians and public personalities vie for leadership, potentially weakening the campaign to restore monarchy
By P.K. Balachandran
Colombo, March 31
– The movement to restore the monarchical system in Nepal is gaining popular support due to the repeated failure of...
Whom the Gods wish to destroy, the saying goes, they first make them mad. This comes to mind when considering the recent political decisions of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Wickremesinghe has, over decades, acquired a reputation of being politically astute. He...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, April 3: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Sri Lanka from April 4 to 6 to bolster economic and strategic ties with New Delhi’s southern neighbor. The visit comes at a critical juncture as India navigates...
Chief Government Whip and Minister of Highways Johnston Fernando, a devout Catholic himself, has called upon President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to find out whether there is a conspiracy behind what he calls ‘bombs in churches’. He has made this call...
Prime Minister tells Buddhist clergy that he will not resign until the certainty of a replacement
Will the Prime Minister oust the Leader of the Opposition?
It has been three weeks since the start of GotagoHome at Galle Face...
By Vishvanath
The SLPP’s second national convention held last Friday (Dec. 15) has attracted much media attention for all the wrong reasons. Going by the SLPP leaders’ fiery speeches replete with rhetoric and bellicosity, the event looked more like the...
While Pooja Shakun Pandey of the Hindu Maha Sabha called for a genocide of Muslims at the Dharam Sansad in Hardwar in 2021, Shiv Sena (Shinde) leader Sanjay Nirupam recently threated to unleash another Jallianwala Bagh massacre targeting Muslim...
The political deadlock has continued with no end in sight. The President who has ignored the peoples call for his own resignation, has been attempting to push Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa out of office instead. During a hurriedly convened...
Never has the convention of a political party in Sri Lanka evoked so much interest as that of the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) did last Friday when its faithful gathered at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo.
The...
