Great economic crises lead to tremendous political changes. At the heart of such changes is the state and the use of its power. The public anger mounting over the last two years and culminating....

It is with great pride that I pen this article on the on the 29th death anniversary of former President Ranasinghe Premadasa who was the father of the 200 garment factories programme. The programme led to major industrial development spread throughou

The present uprising against the government brings to memory an incident which sent shivers through the colonial rulers ninety three years ago; the aftermath of the tramway strike in 1929.

Sri Lanka is negotiating with the IMF for help to overcome the present forex crisis. But the IMF’s prescriptions could be challenging.

Famous American newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst has said that news is something that someone wants suppressed.

The Ceylon Workers’ Congress (CWC) which represents minority Tamils of Indian origin recently decided to vote against the government in the event of a no-confidence motion...

‘Direction Sri Lanka - Independent Professional for the Nation’- a collective of professionals consisting largely of legal and medical practitioners held a press conference on April 20. At the press conference....

In the face of an unprecedented massive economic and political crisis and a mounting public outcry demanding the ouster of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his government, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa....

Lawmakers are now airing their views about punishing wrongdoers if and when they come to power. The last person to make a statement in this regard is Field Marshall and former Army Commander....

Since terrorism is an international blight that needs to be rooted out, Colombo’s Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith is right in his efforts to internationalise the process to obtain justice for the victims...

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Dr. Harsha de Silva who is vocal about economic issues takes questions in an interview with the Daily Mirror on the present....

There are ongoing protests around the country against politicians who are thriving despite the economic hardships people go through every day.

Politics is about claims and counter-claims. It is about profit-seeking through exaggeration and pooh-poohing. It is also about wild extrapolation of conclusions wrought in echo-chambers. It is as much about deception as it is about self-deception. P

More than 6.9 million people voted for the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the November 16,

Startling accusations have come to the fore alleging that the two Commission members of the Commission to Investigate Allegations.....

The Russia-Ukraine conflict which had been on the boil since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, exploded into a full-fledged military....

The protesters who are occupying the Galle Face, now for the third week are resilient and persistent. There are no two words....

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is presently facing one of his toughest challenges in his political career with certain sections of the population calling on him to step down with the present crises.

Remember the countrywide protests by the farmers after their crops were destroyed due to lack of chemical fertilizer and the other agrochemicals? As if the allegation by the then Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage that the farm

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has dismissed calls for his resignation, as has his brother, Gotabaya, the president. In an interview with a private radio station, he pooh-poohed calls for an interim government, and insisted that “If there is

On April 12, 2022, Sri Lanka declared that it would suspend all external debt payments with immediate effect. Incidentally, Sri Lanka joined the dubious club of global defaulters.

Over the past six months Lanka has been buffeted by the winds of political-economic turmoil and a breakdown in governance.In the capital city crowds of protesters have occupied the Galle Face.....

Integrity, intelligence, capability, conscientiousness, and experience should take precedence over party loyalty in appointing an interim administration. The President has confessed/apologized....

In a letter to Sri Lanka’s Armed Forces on April 21, Direction Sri Lanka, a group of independent professions requested the Armed Forces to act with care, understanding and exercise....

April 19, 2022 was a day of unrest in Sri Lanka. People in major towns and cities took to the streets staging protests on the newly announced fuel price hikes during the wee hours of April 18. Subsequent....

When Basil Rohana Rajapaksa was sworn in as Finance Minister by his brother President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in July 2021, the appointment captured the attention of the world’s influential media.

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) government is no longer a strong government, despite it commanding a simple majority in Parliament. One cannot give an assurance of even its simple majority which is 113 seats in the House being intact if a secr

Nearly eighteen years have passed since the cabinet took a decision to annexe half a kilometre buffer zone to Sri Lanka’s last primary tropical forest, Sinharaja. On July 22, 2004, the then cabinet approved to obtain a recommendation to connect a b

A protest in Rambukkana on April 19 brought death to a 41 year-old father sending a strong message to protesters, the police and the government to maintain nonviolence throughout this difficult time....