The World Bank Group’s Worldwide Governance Indicators are: voice and accountability, political stability and absence of violence, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, rule of law and control of corruption. The defeat of Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Sri Lankan Presidential elections on …

The Consortium of Patriotic Organizations, is appealing to His Excellency President Maithreepala Sirisena, to call immediate explanation from the US Ambassador and take necessary action on the matter that US unwarranted interference in Internal affairs of Sri Lanka.

The full …

Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka

“In the face of such blatant external tilting by the US-UK and our gargantuan neighbor, to one community on this island, who is there to speak for the majority community? Certainly not our new government which …

Unconfirmed reports state that president  Sirisena has told the party leaders of the Peoples’ Alliance at the very high level meeting that he has no choice but to appoint Ranil Wickramasinghe, who is widely considered as anti-Sinhala and Pro LTTE …

Senaka Weeraratna, Attorney – at – Law

Sri Lanka’s Constitution must be connected to its heritage and history.   It is a national shame for a country that proudly boasts of a 2, 500 year old history and had won the …

It was none other—and no less—than Prime Minister Wickremesinghe, who in an interesting article in the world press, provides us with the key phrase in understanding what’s going on in this country, how we came to be at this point, …

Union Minister of State for External Affairs General (retd) V K Singh said that the decision to send the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) to Sri Lanka in 1987 was “a high level policy failure”.

“The decision to deploy the …

The fledgling Maithripala Sirisena-Ranil Wickremesinghe government appears to be yielding ground to a resurgent former President Mahinda Rajapaksa because of internal disunity, contradictory policies and indecisive political leadership.

The first concrete sign of deep trouble appeared on Tuesday when the …

For India and Sri Lanka, the presence of China and the fall of Rajapaksa mean that the relationships have to be recalibrated.

Nowhere in South Asia has democracy been so unpredictable as in Sri Lanka. Six weeks before the election …

J.R.Jayewaradane will sigh a relief and break into a wry smile if he finds his constitution is dislodged. As it is, he may have to live with it – a life after death. Shove altogether now, but presidency keeps bobbing …