By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, November 18: In the November 14 Sri Lankan parliamentary elections, the minority Tamils broke away from ethnic parties and supported the all-island, left wing, National Peoples’ Power (NPP) in a tectonic political shift.
As predicted by most, the...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, November 7: Republican party candidate Donald Trump’s decisive victory over Democrat Kamala Harris in the November 5 US Presidential election looks remarkably like Narendra Modi’s sweeping victories in the 2014 and 2019 parliamentary elections in India. Both...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, August 17: Elon Musk’s satellite-based internet service Starlink has had a remarkably smooth entry into Sri Lanka in contrast to its experience in India where it has been facing procedural, business and security issues.
It was in June...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, August 7: Dr.Muhammad Yunus, Bangladesh’s only Nobel Laureate, who was scorned and persecuted by the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was on Tuesday appointed Head of the Interim government by President Muhammed Shahabuddin.
The decision was reached during...
N Sathiya Moorthy
18 July 2024
There is no use of the BJP targeting Mamata Banerjee and M K Stalin, directly by the party's political bosses, both in Delhi and the respective state capitals, or even using the Raj Bhavans to...
Ranil Wickremesinghe if often described as a great political strategist. The evidence is to the contrary. If he was, why would he become Prime Minister six times but never complete a single term of office? Why were all his...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, April 24: The one-day visit of the Iranian President Dr.Ebrahim Raisi to Sri Lanka on Wednesday, brief as it is, has great economic, political and strategic significance for both Sri Lanka and Iran.
During the visit, Sri Lanka...
With 70 out of 93 seats, Muizzu can even change the constitution
By P.K.Balachandran
Maldivian voters gave President Mohamed Muizzu’s alliance, principally comprising the Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) and the People's National Congress (PNC), a super majority in the...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, March 19:
It was no surprise that Vladimir Putin won the Russian Presidential election last Sunday. With no one of any standing to challenge him, he bagged 88% of the vote, a record till date. The nationwide...
N Sathiya Moorthy
If only you had thought ahead, you would have stocked snacks and biscuits, bread and cake, and vegetables suited for amma or pondatti to make your favourite bajji and pakoda, observes N Sathiya Moorthy
Now that the rains and resultant flooding have subsided, you can expect...
Talking on The Gist programme, Ambassador Gokhale said there are obvious economic benefits given that it cuts short, by four or five days, the usual passage through the Straits of Malacca further south. China would be particularly interested since...
Anuradhapura Chief Magistrate Nalaka Sanjeewa Jayasuriya ordered the CID today to refer the pistols of two police officers of parliamentarian Uddika Premaratne to the government analyst to ascertain whether a shooting has taken place using the pistols issued to...
