Thursday 4th August 2022 President Ranil Wickremesinghe has proved that he is playing his new role with aplomb, and is desirous of adopting a novel approach to governance, if his maiden policy statement is anything to go by. He had yesterday’s ceremony to mark the inauguration of the third session of the ninth Parliament pared […]
Wednesday 3rd August 2022 President Ranil Wickremesinghe is scheduled to make his maiden Policy Statement in Parliament today. While he is settling in, his political enemies are regrouping. It is not clear whether the SBJ will throw its weight behind its MP Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, who wants to launch what he calls the final […]
by Krishantha Prasad Cooray Saturday the 9th of July was a moment of truth for our people. In coming together to Colombo in an unmistakable show of force, Sri Lankans brought to life the words of Albert Einstein that “in the midst of every crisis lies great opportunity.” Sri Lanka has never faced a crisis […]
Was it really a birthday? When President Gotabaya Rajapaksa completed 73 years, we did not see any official or family celebrations – the stuff of Rajapaksa power, and the politics of crooked governance.Instead, there was much more of the Gota Power on show. Twenty-one Protesters on what is now described as the front of Gota […]