Yahapalanaya regime ascended to power on the plank of eradicating corruption. It was widely alleged that a coterie of ruling elites of the last regime became law unto themselves. What happened in the aftermath under MS/RW....

Will former President Mahinda Rajapaksa nominate his brother and former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Sunday for the candidacy of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) for the forthcoming Presidential election?

Lawmaker Sajith Premadasa has decided to break away from the shackles placed on him and think for himself. At present Sajith is much talked about after he showed his intentions of contesting the much-looked-forward-to presidential elections.

Sri Lanka caught deep in a geopolitical conflict between the two economic giants with a heavily polarised society Presidential elections in January 2015 saw both Tamils and Muslims polling almost en bloc, perhaps for the first time in such a manner a

Narendra Modi could have been right, only if he had acted democratically with the consent of the Kashmiri people. His supporters may point out that in repealing Kashmir’s special autonomous status, Modi acted democratically.....

The political environment is getting intersting by the day as the Presidential Elections are approaching. For the political camp led by Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), days roll by with preparations for its first ever convention on August 11, pr

The vociferous voice of minister Sajith Premadasa who states that he is ready to be the president of the country is sure to give members of the People’s Liberation Front (JVP) goosebumps. This is because the socialist party was silenced and virtual

Politics is about the clash of ideas, debates and discussions about policy, the turning of notions into ideas, ideas into ideologies and laying it all before the people for decision. Elections are won and lost based on the strength or otherwise of co

On the threshold of a presidential election, the political climate in Sri Lanka is plagued with uncertainty with the mainstream political parties having come up with various dates to announce their presidential candidates but keep delaying to do so f

There are, at present, no threats to Sri Lankan sovereignty in any part of our boundaries; at least, not in the traditional way that “threat” has been defined for most of recent history. Why then are some Sri Lankans, including Opposition politic

Prestige comes when you feel you have done something well, but Honour comes when others feel you have done something well”!!! This is so relevant in the context of today’s living when we are looking at elections ahead, turmoil in our lives, divis

With the entire citizenry kept in suspense as to who would be the main contenders for the much hyped about Presidential Elections after November 2019, the entire political landscape has assumed the shape of big gambling table. It is so as none of the

What is the main criterion of a Presidential candidate? Ask the main political parties in the country that are prepared to field their candidates for the forthcoming Presidential election which is to be held most probably in December this year.

The climate forecast projects that the dry zone of Sri Lanka, which receive an annual rainfall of less than seventy-five inches, is to get drier in the years to come. On the other hand, it has already been witnessed that the annual rainfall in the we

The United National Party (UNP) is heading towards a dangerous internal rupture as the jockeying for the party candidacy at the presidential election is fought ugly along the usual fault lines. During the last ten years, internal fighting in the UNP

Both the US and the Taliban are participating in the on-going series of talks in Doha (Qatar) in the hope of arriving at a ceasefire and a settlement which will enable: (1) the holding of intra-Afghan political negotiations for sharing power (2) the

A silent revolution is now under way in the marketing of agricultural products in the Jaffna District. The system is designed to prevent the merciless exploitation of farmers and consumers by middlemen and brokers, who recklessly rob the farmers misu

After much deliberations and meticulous analysis of Intelligence reports, in 1988, following a hard and painful struggle and out of absolute need for socio-political survival, JR and his coterie reluctantly handed....

As I reflect on my youth in an infinitely more genteel era, one wonders where the principles, values and sense of right and wrong that were instilled in us as children have gone? Gratitude, loyalty and other have vanished....

These are times for economic debates as the global economy may again be on the edge of falling into a deep recession. In this context, the recent interventions by Prof. Howard Nicholas in Colombo....

In the early 1980s, Sri Lanka’s iconic musical group -‘The ‘Gypsies’- wrote and put to music one of their famous ditty ‘Uncle Jonsonge Jubilee Partiya’. A take-off based on a wedding anniversary celebration....

There is political excitement in the air in anticipation of the presidential election before year end. Although no dates have been specified, there is much speculation about prospective candidates and their prospects. Among those being spoken of as p

As Sri Lanka struggles to bind itself together three months after the deadly Easter Sunday attacks, the country’s Muslims continue to face constant scrutiny, with the security apparatus and reactionary forces turning their violent gaze on them.

The UNICEF World Children’s Report 2017 reveals that globally, more than 12 million girls marry below the age of 18 every year. An estimated 200,000 children in the United States were married between 2000 to 2015, according to ABC News. The UNICEF

A recent story where some Jaffna residents opposed the work of a company to set up the infrastructure and provide 5G technology exposed the backward thinking of a section of these northerners.

As Sri Lankans ready themselves for the much awaited Presidential Elections one of the minority communities, the Tamils, are left wondering as to what their future in the island would be. Former Northern Province Council member M.K Sivajilingam has s

Strategies work in politics. But, the same strategy is unlikely to work twice. It will yield on the first occasion, but not on the next. Ahead of the Presidential Elections, the two main political forces are now occupied with strategizing for the p

US Ambassador Aliana Teplitz is agitated. The lady is in a hurry. She has written to President Maithripala Sirisena seeking his intervention to ensure Cabinet approves the proposed Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact agreement between the

We have at times heard the phrase, ‘When the shit hits the fan’ meaning when things we never heard of thus far suddenly coming out into the public domain. We are now facing such a situation when literally the muck belonging to other countries has