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Sun, 26 May 2024 Today's Paper
09 May 2022 - 0 - 3182
The political messages coming from the Gogotagama (‘Go Gota Village’) at Colombo’s seafront Galle Face grounds and other protest sites are simple, yet sharp. They are unorthodox and uncompromising too. The slogans....
09 May 2022 - 0 - 2842
The tremendous power of the masses in action was displayed for the first time in post-independent Sri Lanka on August 12, 1953 when the enraged people rose in active dissent. A new factor re-entered....
09 May 2022 - 0 - 1303
The point is if our system puts indignity upon its people, and carries within its structure the possibility of violence, then the only way out of that is to acknowledge that to solve our economic crisis....
07 May 2022 - 0 - 14872
Actress turned politician Geetha Kumarasinghe grabbed media attention a few weeks ago when she spoke out strongly in support of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
07 May 2022 - 2 - 3656
The political impasse in the country continues with various groups except for very few suggesting various solutions keeping their individual interests in mind.
06 May 2022 - 2 - 5718
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP for the Jaffna district M.A. Sumanthiran, in an interview with Daily Mirror, airs his views on the present status of the economy and the political....
06 May 2022 - 0 - 1196
Apparently, no country has laws to punish government leaders responsible for economic mismanagement. In Sri Lanka, government leaders’ economic incompetence has precipitated a gargantuan....
05 May 2022 - 0 - 5783
At present Sri Lanka is expecting a severe food shortage. The authorities are yet to find solutions to the upcoming food shortage and cite the dollar crisis as the reason behind not being able to find a solution to the issue.
05 May 2022 - 1 - 1427
The Galle Face Green has evolved from a mere protest site to a land that demands justice. This is evident with the various tents and their titles that dominate the space at ‘GotaGoGama’.
05 May 2022 - 0 - 837
The Sri Lankan negotiating team led by the Minister of Finance was in Washington, discussing with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials regarding the role IMF could play in stabilising and restructuring the Sri Lankan economy.
05 May 2022 - 0 - 1017
The heads of the Church of Ceylon have strongly condemned police’s recent arrest of peaceful demonstrators and claimed that the conduct of the law enforcement authority is a severe violation of fundamental rights of the people.
04 May 2022 - 1 - 4338
Australia Broadcasting Corporation’s leading investigative journalism and current affairs programme, Four Corners recently released....
04 May 2022 - 0 - 2398
On Sri Lanka’s streets, fuel queues and gas shortages are the conspicuous markers of the nation’s economic duress, but in the homes....
03 May 2022 - 1 - 2992
Soon after the military victory against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a nihilistic terrorist group of its right, Mahinda Rajapaksa, the t
03 May 2022 - 9 - 7457
Sri Lanka is currently bearing the fruits of financial mismanagement, lack of planning and shortsighted decision-making ever since the incumbent government was elected to power. Delays in seeking support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), heavy borrowings on sovereign bonds, opting for credit lines from allies has c
29 Apr 2022 - 1 - 5928
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....
25 Apr 2022 - 0 - 4975
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.
25 Apr 2022 - 6 - 2730
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....
23 Apr 2022 - 0 - 18340
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.
22 Apr 2022 - 1 - 3624
Although #GoHomeGota and #GoHomeRajapaksas are trending Twitter hashtags today, the mood in the country was totally opposite around this time of the year in 2009 ,with days to go for the Sri Lankan....
22 Apr 2022 - 1 - 2858
It is evident with facts that those who are holding higher appointments in the Ministry of Defence providing guidelines and advises to President lack basic knowledge in the discipline of National....
21 Apr 2022 - 0 - 1678
The souls of over 250 civilians who sacrificed their lives to the deadly Easter Sunday bombings back in April 2019 still await justice to Rest In Peace.
20 Apr 2022 - 6 - 10889
The new Cabinet is yet another sign that the Rajapaksas are not letting the country go out of their grip. It is meant to be a rubber stamp of this familial hold of unhinged power in the absence of public approval
20 Apr 2022 - 2 - 7415
With every passing day, the demand for the resignation of the President is gathering momentum, becoming more strident, and more widespread, and echoing even beyond the borders of this country. The President’s response has been to secure the resignatio
20 Apr 2022 - 3 - 1469
The spate of public protests in Sri Lanka continues unabated as the government had failed to deliver what it promised.....
18 Apr 2022 - 0 - 4024
Symbolizing the heart of people’s protests and popular movements, the lyrics of ‘Do You Hear the People Sing?’ from the celebrated....
14 Apr 2022 - 0 - 23413
“Go Home Gota” and/or “Gota Go Home” is the resounding clarion call that is currently motivating and mobilizing a number of protest demonstrations throughout Sri Lanka.
13 Apr 2022 - 10 - 9144
‘GotaGoGama’ – that is what the protesters call the ‘Agitation Site’ at the Galle Face Green which has now transformed into a colony of people from diverse backgrounds and walks of life. What commenced....
12 Apr 2022 - 4 - 2519
A health emergency has been declared by several health unions and stakeholders in the health sector due to the shortage of a list of over 200 essential drugs and devices which are either out of stock or are close to being out of stock. However the Health Ministry as well as the State Ministry of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals has bee
11 Apr 2022 - 0 - 5895
“This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending....
25 May 2024