Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa would have the public believe that he and his party, the SJB, are capable of bringing down the SLPP-UNP administration at a time of their choosing and form the next government. His trusted lieutenants also...
The writer examines the background and the impediments on the way to fully implementing 13A.
Is all the effort that Ranil Wickremesinghe is putting in to implementing the 13th Amendment to the Constitution for real, or is it a...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s preoccupation with finding ways and means of fully implementing the 13th Amendment has irked SLPP heavyweights apparently beyond measure if their utterances at various fora are any indication. Some of the senior leaders of the SLPP have...
People take part in sports for diverse reasons. Basically, they combine physical activity with personal, social and emotional benefits. Socially, sports forge connections and nurture teamwork and communication skills. But these may not be the only reasons why some...
• The Speaker rules that public finance is the prerogative of Parliament.
• The Speaker’s ruling infringes on judicial decisions says the opposition and calls upon the Speaker to act conscientiously
The dry spell prevailing in the country due to the...
Basil’s entreaty to Ranil to save the party from predators such as Lanza points to something like a political divorce.
The SLPP is not about policies or principles. It is quite simply a family project, of Rajapaksas.
It would...
The current Sri Lankan government that was elected in November 2019 has faced numerous challenges since Gotabaya Rajapaksa was elected executive president.
The problems were so severe that he was forced to flee under coercion and duress.
He made a series...
It was President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s uncle J.R. Jayewardene who
was known as the ‘Old Fox’ of Sri Lankan politics, a sobriquet earned by
his maturity in age when he became the country’s leader and also his
reputation as a scheming Machiavellian politician....
Some 36 years later, the government of President Ranil Wickremesinghe is trying to resurrect the Indo-Lanka Accord to its full potential.
President J.R Jayewardene and Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi reached a consensus to sign the Accord aimed at resolving...
The All Parties Conference (APC) held here on Wednesday with the objective of getting consensus on the implementation of the 13 th., Amendment (13A) of the Constitution which devolves power to the provinces, ended in an impasse as previous...
The SJB and Jathika Janabalawegaya have reportedly taken a decision to boycott the All Party Conference convened by the President to make political party leaders aware of the National Reconciliation Programme expected to be implemented by the government.
The APC...
• Devolution of power to the provinces
• Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella must resign
There has been a surfeit of relentless criticism over His Eminence Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith's stand on various issues where he has expressed his views without...
