While applauding Marapana for his speech, had he been genuine, he should firstly, not have permitted the meeting summoned by Mangala S on 6 February in the Finance Ministry, certainly not with representatives from the sponsor countries in attendance.Furthermore, he …

(Courtesy of The Island)

Sri Lanka has become a joke and is the laughing stock of the world.

Four months ago, Sri Lanka had two Prime Ministers, then two Leaders of the Opposition. It is now fielding two teams to …

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French President Emmanuel Macron has recalled his Ambassador to Italy for consultations. In diplomatic parlance, a nation recalls its Ambassador to any country for ‘consultations’ when it wishes to express extreme displeasure.

Let alone recalling an …

I have just completed reading your Op-ed article titled ‘Why reconciliation in Sri Lanka matters to UK’ in a Sri Lankan newspaper, and decided to respond due to some glaring contradictions between what Britain preaches to others and what it …

by Rajeewa Jayaweera

UNP Member of Parliament and former State Minister for Child Affairs Vijayakala Maheswaran (VM) dropped her bombshell on July 03, during the ‘Janapathi Nila Mehewara’ gathering in Jaffna, in the presence of the Foreign Minister, Internal …