Gotabaya resigned and fled the country for Singapore, Arjuna Mahendran’s safe haven, that, the then President Sirisena’s plea in 2017 [remember 20,000 signatures] for the swindler’s extradition....

Lankan society is at a critical juncture. A number of crucial issues have converged at the same time. Our Government is indebted to the tune of US$51 billion to international financial institutions and is unable...

Sri Lanka is facing a crisis which is essentially a crisis of governance. It is mainly due to political and financial mismanagement. It has led to an economic crisis and if we are to come out of it we should resolve....

“Gota Go Home” was the clarion call around which the people launched their “Aragalaya” or Struggle. It has achieved its primary goal.

The government which earlier retreated in the face of the people’s uprising against it now seems to have determined to take the bull by the horns and defeat it. It is not clear if this is the result of the government exhausting its patience or the

If conflicts could be settled by friendly dialogue instead of war or violence, then what a wonderful world we would be in.

If Sri Lanka was crying now she is bleeding. This is because the Aragalaya is now pushing the country’s peaceful protest to a human....

People’s power is democracy and democracy is people’s power. Yet these notions which underscore that sovereignty lies in the people....

Former MP Hirunika Premachandra has made headlines over the recent past as she has led several protests with the participation....

Following the July 9 mass uprising, the then President Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced that he would tender his resignation on July 13. Having been turned down by several destinations including India, on the evening of July 12, word went round that the

“There is a meaning to death only if you have lived a meaningful life”

I write (the time is 12.09 pm, on Wednesday) at a time when there is a remarkable and unprecedented lack of political clarity in the country.

Politicians, who no sooner elected to Parliament tend to forget they are obligated to serve the people but end up serving themselves,

As of now Sri Lanka has run out of fuel. According to the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) sources fuel reserves have completely....

On June 6, 1956, the day the ‘Sinhala Only’ Bill was introduced by the then Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike in Parliament, the Federal....

Gotabaya Rajapaksa, is set to become the first of many things. The first executive president of Sri Lanka to be chased out of power....

One may not be happy with the dramatic turn of events that occurred over the weekend, but he/she has to accept it to be the reality. No amount of restrictions by the authorities were able to prevent the people form converging in Colombo on Saturday a

In developing countries, there is a deep-set notion that political leadership is the key to good governance and economic progress. For example, in Sri Lanka now, most people believe that a change in the political leadership will magi

My steadfast iron horse’s wheels are so keen on kissing the gravel paths. Nostalgia for that bygone time took me down memory lane six decades. ‘Country roads, take me home; To the....

On Saturday hundreds of thousands of protestors descended on Colombo demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa -the culmination of a non-violent protest movement demanding his resignation....

When word went round inviting all citizens to gather at the Galle Face Green on July 9, many thought that it wouldn’t be a success with the imposition of curfew the previous night. But as the....

A way out of the current economic crisis is not within sight. The government has sought financial assistance and support for debt restructuring from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) but the progress of that programme also seems to be slower than

With the Rajapaksa Government facing an unprecedented Aragalaya or public revolt and the protests going on in most parts of the country for three months, Sri Lanka desperately needs a statesperson who will work for the next generation and not for the

People taking the law into their hands is a common sight at queues and at fuel stations. People are frustrated to the brim, but that doesn’t give them the power to behave like hooligans. Just the other....

Sri Lanka is in the depth of an economic and political crisis of apocalyptic proportions. Many millions in the most vulnerable sections are skipping meals; Inflation has crossed 50% ( unofficial figures.....

Ram Manikkalingam, Visiting Professor of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam has sketched ‘An Agenda for Change’ (Sunday Times, July 3, 2022). Now change is an easy and cheap term.

In the aftermath of all the available stocks of fuel being used up and as usual, different dates being mentioned by government spokesmen as to when the next fuel shipment is due;

Sri Lanka’s fuel crisis has claimed the lives of 16 while people were waiting in queues to get their share of fuel. The queues continue to stretch despite fuel being issued at IOC filling stations.

July 2022 is significant in the world Hindu diary of events, with the consecration ceremony at the world renowned Thiruketheeswaram temple!

The media play an important role in shaping public awareness and providing information that shapes attitudes and public opinion. Media also.....