Monday 18th April, 2022 Neither the Occupy-Galle-Face protesters nor the members of the Rajapaksa family are going home! Having dug their heels in, they are engaged in a game of chicken at the expense of much-needed political stability, upon which hinges the country’s economic recovery. A new Cabinet is to be appointed shortly in view […]
The ongoing protests have now continued for several days with neither side relenting. In a non-violent war between the Regime and the People, the rulers have been yielding ground inch by grudging inch but there has been no concession from either side that can end the stalemate. The demand has now boiled down to the […]
Tuesday 1st March, 2022 Sri Lanka’s economic crisis has become an orphan; everybody denies having fathered it. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has refused to take responsibility for it, according to a report published in this newspaper yesterday. He says neither he nor his government should be held responsible for the economic mess the country finds itself […]
Monday 28th February, 2022 More than 4,000 Ukrainian tourists have been stranded here due to the raging war in their country. They obviously did not bargain for a full-blown military conflict at home when they came here. Now, they are up a creek with their funds running out; they have no way of receiving money […]