Social media is giving this regime a run, but there are occasions when some posts in this form of media make a joke out of the crisis Sri Lanka is in. There was one post recently where a facebook....

Scores of Western nations, including European Union members, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, along with politically pro-West Japan and Australia, have proscribed the Palestinian...

As Sri Lanka plunges into a pitfall by the day more problems emerge in various sectors. Even though health officials continued to deny claims about an impending drug shortage, several state hospitals....

The New York Times (NYT) is in a pitched battle with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). When it comes to misinformation,

After months of dilly dallying, vacillating and procrastinating, the Gotabaya Rajapaksa government has now decided to seek International Monetary Fund (IMF) assistance to restructure or resuscitate Sri Lanka’s economy, which has plunged into its wo

Given the new challenge posed by the Russo-Ukrainian war in Europe, and the continuing challenge posed by a rising China in the East, global and regional powers are busy exerting and expanding their influence over countries in South Asia – an area

After over a month of the war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on March 27, announced that Ukraine was ready to discuss....

During these sweaty island nights punctured by power cuts, think about the missing bogeyman. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the incumbent....

National Freedom Front Leader Wimal Weerawansa recently claimed that he would ensure that the government would soon.....

A Sinhala newspaper reported on Sunday that the employees of the cash-strapped Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has drawn Rs. 4 billion as overtime payments during the past twelve months! It further stated that all efforts by the CPC administration

Even vegetarians consume milk and eggs because these are the most cost-effective sources of nutrients. They are versatile foods that can be used in a variety of ways. As a result, they are in high demand, and as in any market economy, market forces d

Can the law be made silent when shrine (Devalaya) officials enjoy limitless political powers of powerful political figures? They amass abundant wealth thanks to this political framework. A similar incident was reported in Anuradhapura city where the

There had been quite a few responses from those who knew Prof. Senaka Bibile well, on this great man’s mysterious death as expressed in Part I of this article. Therefore, we give more specific....

We are still in the first three of the months of the year. But, every day, every waking moment, citizens living here and by extension people of our origin overseas remember, ask and wish to be....

The war in Ukraine whose path of confrontational politics with Russia was backed by the US and its NATO allies has now entered its second month. According to the UN, 6.5 million....

We are a country which is familiar with suffering. Since 2000, we have lived through a civil war, a devastating tsunami, Easter Sunday attacks and COVID-19. We are now facing an economic crisis. Facing....

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.

The pandemic is still a hot issue here in Sri Lanka and around the world. Although we see a drop in numbers the issue is still being discussed and a lot of precautions are being taken.

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.