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Sat, 13 Aug 2022 Today's Paper
13 Aug 2022 - 0 - 924
Leon Trotsky famously observed, “Politics is more like algebra than like elementary arithmetic, and still more like higher rather than elementary mathematics”. The recent election of President Ranil Wickremesinghe by Sri Lankan members of Parliament appears to be an illustrative example of Trotsky’s statement about Politics being more like Algebra than Arithmetic.
13 Aug 2022 - 0 - 130
The ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and some of the political parties which were closely connected to it until recently such as the National Freedom Front (NFF) are hell-bent in vilifying and demonizing the people’s uprising, commonly known as the “Aragalaya” that overthrew the Gotabaya Rajapaksa Presidency and proved how unpopular the government dominated by the SLPP is.
13 Aug 2022 - 0 - 49
While Sri Lanka is still embroiled in its worst ever socio-economic and political crisis, we face a more important battle against climate change.
12 Aug 2022 - 4 - 940
The tourism industry was one of the biggest foreign exchange earners in Sri Lanka. However, since the Easter Sunday attacks in 2019....
12 Aug 2022 - 2 - 268
The youth of this country are set to get a golden opportunity to try their hand at being employed; even if they are students. According....
12 Aug 2022 - 2 - 294
Once again the West has failed to stand by what is right and protect the oppressed. The zeal with which it condemned ....
11 Aug 2022 - 5 - 570
“The government carefully monitors any development having a bearing on India’s security and economic interests and takes all necessary measures to safeguard them,” he said last month.
11 Aug 2022 - 1 - 406
It was the winds and waves of misguided economic planning, mega corruption, and foreign indebtedness which put Lanka into an economic crisis.
10 Aug 2022 - 1 - 297
Our country, is in a state of near bankruptcy. We are unable to make payment for even interest payments on debts to international.....
10 Aug 2022 - 0 - 386
The iconic GotaGoGama is winding down. The crowds have thinned out. The WhatsApp messages that used to flood the inbox have.....
09 Aug 2022 - 6 - 1140
Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka recently said in Parliament that he and his party would join a final battle to remove corrupt rulers from power on August 9. However Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) disassociated itself from Fo
09 Aug 2022 - 1 - 387
Has the political crisis that had engulfed the country some two weeks ago been resolved? Despite some groups questionin
09 Aug 2022 - 10 - 2382
My father instilled in me in childhood, to always have the courage to stand up for what I believe in, irrespective of public opinion, or whoever disagrees with me. This inspired me to never lose hope in Ranil Wickremesinghe, stand
08 Aug 2022 - 2 - 2494
The QR code system introduced to reduce fuel queues has been a success so far. However, even with such a system in place people are still waiting in queues due to the failure of the Government. At present....
08 Aug 2022 - 4 - 582
Images of death, destruction and millions of refugees pouring out of Ukraine still live with us. The US and its NATO allies having egged Ukraine on to challenge Russia into attempting to join the NATO....
08 Aug 2022 - 4 - 1096
Searching for the meaning of the word “legitimate,” I referred dictionaries. Piled up a cross-section of the meaning in Collins, Webster’s, Cambridge and Britannica, as given below: They define....
06 Aug 2022 - 0 - 3161
Devoting the first Saturday article of each month to a film, film personality or film-related topic is a practice being followed by this column in recent times.
06 Aug 2022 - 0 - 391
The policy statement delivered by President Ranil Wickremesinghe in Parliament on Wednesday was far ahead of the similar statements made by his predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa in progressiveness and inclusiveness.
06 Aug 2022 - 0 - 448
In recent decades, the world came close to a nuclear war, which would have destroyed everyone and everything. During the Cuban Missile Crisis,
05 Aug 2022 - 1 - 643
There is a sense of lawlessness in the country. Even the new president of the country has affirmed that there should be one....
05 Aug 2022 - 2 - 889
China’s foreign and defence ministry mandarins must be extremely busy and unceasingly diligent these days, in view of matters.....
04 Aug 2022 - 17 - 2532
Speaking at an emergency debate in the parliament MP Wimal Weerawansa boldly accused certain factions of the Aragalaya,
04 Aug 2022 - 0 - 695
04 Aug 2022 - 2 - 406
President Ranil Wickremesinghe addressing the ceremonial opening of Parliament and making his first major policy statement to the nation—is in such a difficult if not impossible situation that he may have recalled one of his favourite songs as the country face crisis after crisis and crisis within crisis, catastrophe after catastrophe and catastrophe within catastrophe.
03 Aug 2022 - 1 - 416
The resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his succession by Ranil Wickremesinghe, the incumbent did not create political....
03 Aug 2022 - 0 - 512
On May 20, Sri Lanka defaulted on international debt repayment. Defaults happen when governments are unable to meet some or all.....
02 Aug 2022 - 4 - 491
Media reports say that the draft 22nd Amendment (21st Amendment if enacted) is to be debated in the Cabinet today. They also claim that the current draft is different from the 22nd Amendment prepared under the instructions of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Interestingly, both drafts were prepared by the same Justice Minister and he who ju
02 Aug 2022 - 0 - 1068
In May 2021, Bangladesh extended a US$ 200 million currency swap facility to Sri Lanka to help the latter face a severe
02 Aug 2022 - 1 - 383
The fact that Sri Lanka is faced with its worst economic crisis in the modern history is everybody’s knowledge today. Unfortunately, what is not perhaps anybody’s knowledge is how steep and rapid the downturn is, and the depths it is
02 Aug 2022 - 2 - 848
The global food and agricultural systems are in the midst of a perfect storm. Due to the unending overlapping crises, the United Nations defines the situation as “the greatest cost-of-living crisis in a generation.” Recor
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