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Fri, 25 Oct 2024 Today's Paper
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa does not wear traditional ‘Kurahan satakaya’ (red coloured shawl) which is part of the family’s traditional attire. All the other members of the Rajapaksa family in politics stick to this dress code, but President R
All presidential candidates came up with plans for the country. Rosy pictures were painted. Promises galore there were. Some of the plans were pragmatic, some idealistic and some downright silly. In all, without exception, there was talk of the futur
Last week on Wednesday, November 20, the United Nations marked Universal Children’s Day. Earlier known as World Children’s Day, it was renamed in 1954 as Universal Children’s Day with the intention of promoting “international togetherness, aw
PROCRASTINATION is the name of the game, a game that is well played in our island country!!! Whether it be Politics, Elections, Bringing Criminals to Justice, Building Bridges, or Planning Equitable Distribution of Wealth, Making Schools available to
President elect Gotabaya Rajapaksa announcement that loss-making institutes have to be turned around has been met with positivism more than a lackadaisical attitude.
The mandate was overwhelming; overwhelmingly Sinhala and Buddhist. So was dissent and rejection; overwhelmingly non-Sinhalese and non-Buddhist. Looking at the Graphics, Charts and the numbers of votes-cast they projected, it seemed more like citizens
First let’s look at the positives. Clearly, the size stands out for its smallness. Just 15! The previous regime had to legislate a limitation and even that was mere eyewash.
In the United States this year there have been hundreds of cases where husbands have killed their wives for various reasons. The Cable News Network (CNN) - the world’s first 24/7 cable television channel started by the legendary Ted Turner who is k
A good ruler should act impartially and should not be biased and discriminate between one particular group of subjects against another. (Cakkavatti Sihananda Sutta) According to recent newspaper reports, the leader of Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) organisatio
B…’s comments are more than mere observations, he follows it up with insightful thoughts opening up an astute debate on behaviour patterns of Sri Lankan politician and voter during different types of elections: Presidential, Parliamentary PC and
Many people of all walks of life have already expressed their opinions on the outcome of the Presidential election concluded on last Saturday. It is important for political leaders to know why people voted....
The new President-elect of Sri Lanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a week into his administration has already hit the turbo and is on full throttle. He expects everyone in his governance mechanism, including his elder siblings irrespective....
Today these words reflect crimes committed against the Palestinian people and cry to the heavens for justice.These crimes caused Nelson Mandela to say in December 1977 commemorating Palestinian Solidarity Day
The 2019 presidential election is over and Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been elected as the seventh Executive President with a thumping majority. The result seems to have upset the calculations and predictions of many a commentator and analyst wr
From early this year, the diverse political factions which formed the governing and opposition political parties in parliament have been girding themselves to face the impending presidential polls.
This is from that old gentlemen who thanked Gotabaya Rajapaksa, personally for constructing the jogging track and the beautiful lake at Bellanwila, which was once a marshy land breeding mosquitoes, a few months back when he was jogging along and wave
The tide which brought Maithripala Sirisena and the UNP to power in 2015 has now turned the other way. That, at any rate, is what I gather from last week’s results. And that tide didn’t just turn......
Women in Sri Lanka constitute a formidable 52% of the estimated population of 21 million. It is a matter of great concern when out of the total economically-active population of 8.5 million, only 34% are women.
Analyses of results of last Saturday’s presidential election seem to run counter to recent history. The main reason for the assumptions of political analysts seems to be the popular but wrong presumption that people always support candidates on the
“Discussions on ‘alternatives’ should begin when almost the whole society is in one mind. That begins from how a strong democratic opposition to the government could be forged”
As much as the recent Presidential Elections showed how much Sri Lanka is divided, certain posts on social media underscore the fact that we need to work more on reconciliation.
Last Saturday’s election was more free and fair than the 2015 presidential election in more than one way. Violence and election law violations saw a drastic reduction during this election when compared to the 2015 election.
Sri Lanka at present is more in a holiday mood than in a mood to celebrate. People have to struggle to find freshly baked bread or buns these days because most bakeries are closed. Some inquiries made revealed a fact that’s interesting. Workers in
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in his address to the nation after being sworn in on Monday, articulated that his foreign policy would be neutral, and Sri Lanka would not get entangled in any super power rivalry in the region.
Scratch a Sinhalese and you find a racist,’ I’ve heard my Tamil friends say. In jest of course. ‘Scratch a Tamil and you find an Eelamist,’ I’ve heard my Sinhalese friends say. In jest of course. ‘Scratch a Muslim and you find a Jihadists
Today’s column joins millions of fellow Sri Lankans in congratulating and conveying our good wishes to Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa on his unprecedented election victory obtaining 52.25 per cent or 6,924,255 of th
When STEEL AND VELVET became the subject of my article, I was transported back to what I had read about the incomparable former US President Abraham Lincoln, the Poet Carl Sandburg said of him and I quote from ‘OUR DAILY BREAD’: “Not often in t
The election is over; done with. At least for the time being that is. In the run-up to the election, so much attention was paid on the threat posed by fake news and disinformation.
With the resounding victory of Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the presidential election conducted on November 16, much attention is now focused on what will happen or what should happen in Parliament. Speaker Karu Jayasuriya’s office in a statement says it
The country must thank, apart from the National Elections Commission (NEC), the outgoing President Maithripala Sirisena who handled the Defence and Law and Order portfolios for maintaining peace during the month-long Presidential election campaign. A
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