The momentous event of the week-ended-today was the presentation of Budget 2024 by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Finance. Usually, Sri Lankan Presidents keep away from Parliament; not Ranil Wickremesinghe, and a jolly good move it is. The Island of Tuesday November 14 headlined the VI Event as: “Prez presents Budget […]

By Saman Indrajith TNA Jaffna District MP M.A. Sumanthiran told Parliament on Wednesday that Rajapaksa brothers had enough money to compensate 22 million people in the country.  Participating in the second reading debate on Budget 2023, MP Sumanthiran said that his party welcomed the Supreme Court determination that ex-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, along with former Finance […]

By Uditha Devapriya Interactions are about connections. Connections are not always about commonalities. After all, it is not just commonalities that are celebrated, it is also differences. There are many ways of celebrating differences, many ways of affirming them. The Interact Movement in Sri Lanka is now almost 60 years old. The Interact Club of […]

Friday 17th November, 2023 Sri Lanka’s economic crisis has eclipsed most other crucial issues, especially relentless attacks on the people’s democratic rights and freedoms. A group of academics has, in a letter published on the opposite page, condemned one such incident. Human rights lawyer, Swasthika Arulingam, was recently turned away from a lecture she was […]

by Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Cabinet reshuffles are part and parcel of the British political system with most prime ministers doing so at least annually. There is much to be commended about this system; ministers whose performance is below par could be removed. By the way, it is alien to the Sri Lankan political culture as […]

A retired Senior DIG of Sri Lanka Police has shed new light on claims that the former Sri Lankan government officials may have colluded with a terrorist group for political gain, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of people, including Australians, in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, ABC News reported.

Prof. Bandara denies allegations as baseless By Saman Indrajith feaOpposition and SJB leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday told Parliament that Chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) Prof Ranjith Bandara had tried to cover up Sri Lanka Cricket’s frauds and corruption, during a meeting with SLC officials on Tuesday. Premadasa said that the video recording […]

Thursday 16th November, 2023 Shortages that Sri Lanka is struggling to cope with are far too numerous to enumerate, but there is no dearth of self-proclaimed saviours. A recent brawl involving three MPs near the parliamentary chamber prompted the party leaders to have a committee appointed to investigate the incident. They said such action had […]

The convocation of the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies, Colombo, (BCIS) for 2023, held at the BMICH on November 10, provided many a thought-provoking ‘take-away’ for the International Relations (IR) student and analyst. The principal dignitaries at the momentous event did considerable justice to current developments in the IR field and thereby rendered the convocation […]

Rex Clementine in Calcutta  Calcutta used to be the capital of India until King George V proclaimed the transfer of the capital to Delhi in 1911. Known as the City of Joy, it’s a pleasant experience to be here during Deepavali time with the streets nicely decorated. This is where the World Cup semi-final between […]

The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) to Make Recommendations on Election Law Reforms is now calling for written representations from the members of the public, political parties, organizations and interested individuals.

By A Special Sports Correspondent The 2023-24 domestic rugby season is set to commence in December (2023) and the good news that supersedes all rugby news is that World Rugby (WR) has lifted the ban placed on Sri Lanka Rugby. Sri Lanka’s rugby community or fraternity was forced to endure much tension and uncertainty during […]

Wednesday 15th November, 2023 President Ranil Wickremesinghe, on Monday, spiced up his budget speech with some political statements. Expressing deep concern about rampant corruption, he flaunted the new anti-corruption laws as a silver bullet while asking the public not to forget those who had ‘stolen the country’s future’ by nationalising successful ventures and opposing the […]

President Ranil Wickremesinghe reiterated his desire for a resurgence of cricket in the country, linking its revival to the broader economic recovery. He made these remarks in response to a journalist’s query during a meeting with heads of media organization at the Presidential Secretariat this afternoon (14). The purpose of the meeting was to brief […]

The Supreme Court today (Nov.14) ruled that former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Minister Basil Rajapaksa and several others are responsible for the economic crisis that Sri Lanka is grappling with.