In watching the video of the launch of the UNP manifesto, one of the factors that surprised me most was the performance of Sajith Premadasa. I had never seen him so stiff in delivering his public speeches. He was speaking …

By Malinda Seneviratne

There’s an agreement on the table which could thrust Sri Lanka into an inextricable bind where knot could be tightened at will by another country through multiple means. The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact.

The US Government …

Location, Location, Location” is reason why Sri Lanka is important and it is the reason why nations adopt numerous approaches to ensure stakes in potentially any corner of the island all of which bring immeasurable value to them. Why can’t …

P. S.Mahawatte

(Courtesy of   The Island)

In The Island of 5th May, Dr. Rajitha Senaratne has confessed that “some of those within the government ranks have forgotten that it was the Tamil and Muslim minorities who cast a block …

Ever since a regime change was choreographed in 2015 January, the US has been using its lackeys in government to exert tremendous influence in 3 areas – Sri Lanka‘s economy, Sri Lanka‘s Parliament and Sri Lanka‘s armed forces. Based on …

Victor Ivan, the founder Editor of the popular Ravaya – a Sinhala  tabloid launched particularly to target President Ranasinghe Premadasa with the backing of the Western and Indian embassies and, of course, Lalith Athulathmudali and Gamini Dissanayake —  has written …

Having lost their most powerful bargaining chip at Nandikadal, the Tamil leadership, lured by Ranil Wickremesinghe, embraced Gen Sarath Fonseka, the much-decorated head of the Army who, along with the heads of Navy and the Air force, inflicted the most …

By Chandre Dharmawardana.

According to news reports (e.g., Island 18-Oct.-2019), the “Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi”, a constituent party of the “The Tamil National Alliance” (TNA) has hurled a 13-point request letter into the political arena of the presidential stakes, even …

By C.A.Chandraprema

(Courtesy for The Sunday Island)

Today the Tamil people of the north and east do not have even the development and material assistance that they got from the Rajapaksa government.

The 13 demands put forward by five …

(Courtesy of Asian Tribune)

At a time Sri Lankan nation is engulfed in a serious debate whether the United States’ military could possibly have a foothold in Sri Lanka with the July 2017-signing of the Acquisition and Cross Services Agreement …