The foreign policy directions of countries often respond to domestic interests, including security and economic stability.
When leaders change foreign policy directions, which at times are likely to go through changes, some follow their predecessors.
In democracies, we see more consistent...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s recent outburst at the western bloc has raised many an eyebrow. It is considered uncharacteristic of the leader of a party known to espouse western liberalism. Wickremesinghe’s uncle, the late President J. R. Jayewardene, whom he...
The ‘man of the moment’ last week was no politician but a preacher, Pastor Jerome Fernando. Fernando states in a sermon of his that the Buddha was ‘looking for Jesus’ because the Buddha sought enlightenment and Jesus had described...
Thankfully, there is at least one Cabinet minister who has the guts to stand up to President Ranil Wickremesinghe and do what he thinks is right. That is the Minister of Sports, Roshan Ranasinghe, currently at the centre of...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has made no bones about the fact that the government will not allow the local government (LG) elections to be held any time soon despite protests from the Opposition, poll monitors and other pro-democracy activists. The...
The Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe is currently on his first-ever visit to China since he assumed office as President Sri Lanka in July 2022.
Expectations are high in Sri Lanka as China has promised debt relief measures though without...
President Gotabaya Rajapakse’s directive to the Director General of the Commission toInvestigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption to probe the alleged involvement of businessman Thirukumar Nadesan and his wife,former deputy minister Nirupama Rajapakse, in the Pandora Papers expose has...
Sri Lankans find themselves in a contradiction, a huge one at that. They desire to have strong leaders, and, at the same time, seek to strengthen democracy through checks and balances. Perhaps, this is arguably attributable to a kind...
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) announced that the recent statement made by Sarath Weerakesekera in Parliament was an unfounded, brazen attack on the Judiciary and the social fabric of the Country.
In a statement, the BASL stated that...
Shah Rukh Khan had been receiving death threats from undisclosed gangsters ever since the tremendous success of his latest films Pathaan and Jawan. The Maharashtra police have given him high security, categorized as Y Plus with six armed guards posted around the clock....
The UN Human Rights Council’s draft resolution on Sri Lanka of October 2022 supports relevant judicial and other proceedings, including in Member States, with competent jurisdiction; to go into human rights violations in Sri Lanka.
The draft resolution recognizes the...
Former President Maithripala Sirisena may have thought of capitalizing on the SLPP’s internal disputes and gaining a boost for his political project. That he has been biding his time, and his exit from the government is only a matter...
