By Vishvanath
The JVP-led NPP finds itself in an ideological bind. On the one hand, it has had to come to terms with the present-day global economic reality and act accordingly to keep the Sri Lankan economy on an even...
By Vishvanath
Speculation was rife in political circles that the government would hold the Provincial Council (PC)elections before in early April 2026, but they are likely to be further delayed. Foreign Minister VijithaHerath, addressing the parliament on Thursday, said the...
By Kassapa
Just when you thought it was safe to watch the news, Sunil Handuneththi has done it again, this time with a blunder of epic proportions, claiming that a Sri Lankan brand of tea has won the Nobel Prize.
A...
By Vishvanath
Sri Lankan politicians usually take their political battles beyond the country’s national boundaries. This practice has a long history.In the late 1980s, Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was an Opposition firebrand at the time and his soulmate, Vasudeva Nanayakkara, submitted a petition to...
By Vishvanath
The Opposition usually asks the government many questions in the parliament during one sitting, but the latter provides evasive answers to them or keeps asking for more time until the issues that its political rivals highlight fizzle out....
By Vishvanath
Social media is awash with posts denigrating elderly individuals in politics and key government positions in Sri Lanka as well as in other countries. During the 2022 Aragalaya, protesters went so far as to use derogatory terms to...
by Vishvanath
Much has been spoken about the phenomenon of youth-led uprisings in this part of the world. Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal have already experienced them, in 2022, 2024 and 2025, respectively. They are generally thought to be spontaneous...
By Vishvanath
The NPP has provided the SLPP with a fresh rallying point, albeit unwittingly. It has promised, in its election manifesto, to scrap the perks and privileges for the former Presidents, and it says the recently passed Presidential Entitlements...
By Kassapa
When Namal Rajapaksa and the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) was trounced at the last presidential election, securing just 2.5 per cent of the votes, critics were quick to write the party’s political obituary. The party and the...
By Vishvanath
Sri Lanka may lack foreign currency reserves and other such essentials, but it is never short of issues which crop up at such a rate that one cannot keep track of them. There also occur situations where either...
By Kassapa
Interrogated, arrested, remanded, admitted to hospital, bailed and discharged home, Ranil Wickremesinghe can be credited with one achievement: he has lived to fight another day, both literally and metaphorically.
Indeed, if one were to believe the medical reports presented...
By Vishvanath
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who received intensive care for seven days after being arrested and remanded under the Offences Against Public Property Act, on August 22, walked out of hospital on August 29! He is expected to address...
