Monday night, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) finally parted ways with Ranil Wickremesinghe, announcing plans to field its own candidate at the presidential election. The move effectively split the Pohottuwa and saw President Wickremesinghe af

Finally the date of our widely expected presidential election has been announced. Lankans will cast their vote to elect a new president on September 21 this year.

The Supreme Court has issued an interim order preventing IGP Tennakoon from functioning in the role of IGP. This move comes amid various parties questioning the legality and appropriateness of his appointment.

Two years ago, the last ten days of July saw a brutal crackdown of a public uprising that craved a system change following an unprecedented economic meltdown that irreparably ruined the life of over half of the populace while turning that of another

In Parliament a few days ago the Minister of Agriculture made a startling revelation.

There’s a political poster that’s been splashed on the walls of Colombo. Black letters on a yellow background mean that the author or the party cannot be identified

Despite Opposition political parties accusing the President and his party, the United National Party (UNP) was attempting to postpone the Presidential election for the past few months, it seems that the road is clear for that election.

Just two years after the ‘Aragalaya’ and the country is beginning to emerge from its state of bankruptcy, a new crisis seems to be in the making.

Gardihewa Sarath Chandralal Fonseka known generally as Sarath Fonseka has thrown his hat into the presidential poll ring again.

The following is a reply to an article published in the Daily Mirror on 22.07.24 under the heading ‘BOASTERS in politics and American Trump’ by Desmond Mallikarachchi.

In Sri Lanka or anywhere in the world, history has been mostly penned about winners and not losers. The same can be said in the field of politics. Yesterday (July 25) the death of leftist politician Vickramabahu Karunaratne was announced.

For decades, Sri Lanka’s State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) have been plagued by inefficiency, corruption, and a lack of transparency. Apart from the burden on the public purse, the consequences for citizens have included substandard medicines to explo

There are two complaints that are frequently heard in Sri Lanka about its education system.

With the Election Commission scheduled to announce any time now the date for the Presidential Election, political parties are expressing various views on forming different alliances, with President Ranil Wickremesinghe being at the centre of attentio

In our country, politicians their hangers-on and even members of the clergy seemingly enjoy impunity for the commission of crime and/or instigation of the same. Their actions committed in broad daylight and under the full glare of media coverage, pai

Twenty years ago, as a budding journalist, fresh out of university and covering the then peace process, I had the fortune to be exposed to, and to some extent ‘indoctrinated’ by the grand promise of multiculturalism, often through seminars and st

Diego Garcia, which houses a major American air and naval base, is one of the islands in the Chagos archipelago which Mauritius claims.

Hot on the heels of a string of work stoppages by employees of several departments of the public sector which earned the wrath of the public, the unions of government teachers and principals announced a work-to-rule campaign for two weeks from yester

In a move reminiscent of the 1989 James Bond action-thriller “Licence to Kill,” the Tanzanian government is considering issuing new licenses that would allow wealthy trophy hunters to target Africa’s most magnificent male elephants, known as

As we discussed earlier, Britain and Italy seem to be the most hostile European countries towards immigration....

The exact date for the much-anticipated presidential election, has not yet been released. A report in our sister...

The Commissioner of Elections has announced presidential elections between 17 September and 16 October this year. However, many a citizen and political parties of the opposition have hinted at a possible delay or indefinite postponement of the expect

Why is the government in such a haste to amend an Article in the Constitution which has somewhat a relevance only when the term of the President or the Parliament is to be extended? Does the government want to extend the term of the President or the

The anti-Tamil pogrom ofJuly 1983 is an unforgettable chapter in the post-independence history of Sri Lanka. The catastrophic events of that dark month drastically affected the lives of several Tamils in Sri Lanka. As a Sri Lankan Tamil journalist,

The global media’s spotlight is on the Republican Party Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the aftermath of last Saturday’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the Republican Party’s presidential candidate.

During the past two weeks there was much concern and debates about a move by the government’s education ‘arm’ to remove aesthetic subjects from the school curriculum. There is enough literature published regarding this move which explains some

Sri Lanka awaits an announcement from the Election Commission on the date of the Presidential Election. Right now, however, there are humanitarian issues that every citizen needs to be concerned about and address. One of these key issues is human tra

The youth of today want freedom and that too in loads. The generations before them were happy with freedom in small doses, but they wanted government welfare more than anything else. Present day youth would feel insulted if someone has to take care o

“The central premise of the Biden campaign is that Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs. This campaign is the principle reason behind this assassination attempt.” So said J. D. Vance, Republican senator of Ohio and a

When the country ran out of foreign reserves and fuel queues sprang up, Sri Lankans stormed the President’s House and ousted Gotabaya Rajapaksa. That may be an extreme case, but that was not the first time the street protestors toppled governments