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Tue, 22 Oct 2024 Today's Paper
Russia is continuing its invasion of Ukraine despite condemnation by international community. Recent news bulletins revealed that Russia has tested their hypersonic missiles on targets in Ukraine. This means....
Economic collapse is no longer imminent, it has arrived. Make no mistake, a set of policy outcomes as disastrous as this would lead to mass anarchy in almost any other part of our region. Whatever....
The total population of Tamils - both Sri Lankan and Indian -is 3,113, 247. Of these 1,611,036 Tamils are living in the Northern and Eastern Provinces. Another 1,502,211 Tamils live outside the Northern and Eastern Provinces
In 2014 when Russia carried out several take overs of Ukrainian territory and the rebellion in the industrial heart of Ukraine,
Finally, the main Opposition broke its silence. The mega rally organised by Samagi Jana Balawegaya on March 15 witnessed the participation of a massive crowd, blocking streets in Colombo, holding effigies of ruling party politicians and voicing their
Certain acts of disruption by the Engineers Union of the Ceylon Electricity Board (EUCEB) had given rise to grave concern as the country is forced to plunge in power cuts. Ceylon Electricity.....
This is a time when people who have lost their sources of income would want some relief. That relief must come courtesy the government. Just the other day President Rajapaksa assured the country....
The unprecedented yet not unforeseen economic crisis, foreign exchange crisis and debt crisis Sri Lanka is going through with people dying and being killed in queues for their basic needs....
We call it an agony for good reason. As never before experienced or seen in Sri Lanka, is the agony of having to spend long hours in ever lengthening queues made worse by the contradictory statements mouthed by the subject ministers,
There are calls, obviously from oppositional elements, for snap elections. There are of course constitutional provisions for holding parliamentary elections and those who make such demands cannot be ignorant about them.
This month (March 2022) had seen widespread discontent by many Sri Lankans from all walks of life on new and old social – economic – political concerns, leading to more than 100 street protests across the country, though many of the protests and
The recent trends in public rallies and protests showed that people’s thoughts and ideas do matter.
The frustration among the masses over the long-running, incessant shortage of essential items, especially fuel and gas and the steep...
The death of two journalists working for Fox News, US in Ukraine on March 14 has reignited the conversation on the value....
Our country’s finances are in a parlous position. The country is indebted to the tune of several billion dollars and reserves are, to put it
Last week President Gotabaya Rajapaksa addressed a nation in crisis. Instead of calming the masses, a good part of whose life is now spent in everyday queues, he managed to further enrage them. What could probably be the operating para of his sp
Most of us, having spent over a decade growing with schools as much as we did with our families, are constantly reminded.....
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 this year and the war is entering its 26th day. Whilst one may sympathize.....
The brutal invasion of Ukraine by Russia whose leader Vladimir Putin who is considered by most independent analysts as tyrannical or insane,
Twice-postponed Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa’s visit to New Delhi took place finally to secure a US $ 1 billion credit line to purchase essentials - food items and pharmaceuticals for dollar-starved Sri Lanka.
Former Speaker Deshabandhu Karu Jayasuriya, the Chairman of the National Movement for Social Justice, says that the country’s current crisis is due to the uncontrolled borrowings from foreign countries, the defrauding of public funds and the failur
Energy is a hot topic these days globally. So be it in Sri Lanka. The subject energy makes headlines year in and year out in Paradise.
Protests by citizens should never be discouraged. A protest happens when citizens are unhappy and want a change. Last Tuesday’s protest staged by the main opposition gave a clear message....
One of the principal reasons for our failure as a nation to progress is the absence of strong institutions. If we had a National Panning Commission, Elections Commission with educational....
As some cities in China, the country where Corona virus was first discovered, have gone into fresh lockdowns due to a spike in COVID-19 cases, Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry has also urged Sri Lankans....
The address to the nation by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday might have aimed at instilling confidence in him and his government in the minds of the public who have been and still....
The call for independent thinking and free inquiry in Kalama Sutta, Buddha’s famed discourse, continues to appeal to scholars and dedicated teachers.
Sri Lanka’s political scene experienced a charged tempo when the main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) took to the streets on Tuesday (March 15) protesting against an inefficient government and demanding from the president to call for an ear
Given the chaos, confusion and uncertainty currently prevailing in Sri Lanka, it is only natural for people to be afraid of a worse calamity that tomorrow might unleash on the helpless citizens of this country.
The adjective has been tagged to the verb ‘American.’ Over the past few weeks, it has been used when referring to Minister Basil Rajapaksa. Subjective. After all beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and, by implication, so too ugliness.
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