by Somapala Gunadheera Of late there have been some adverse comments on the failure to downsize the armed forces after the defeat of the LTTE and engagements of soldiers in seemingly infra dig civilian activities. It appears to be in...

The JVP has organized a massive protest rally on Tuesday (1) against the increasing commodity prices and the rising cost of living. JVP Propaganda Secretary and parliamentarian Vijitha Herath told a press conference that political parties had to organize people’s struggle against the issues faced by the people and the government’s failure to address them. ...

By Kelum Bandara and R. Sethuraman Former President Chandrika Kumaratunga, after a long period of silence, expressed herself in an exclusive interview with Daily Mirror at her residence in Horagolla. She discussed about her currents activities and future plans in...

There were few surprises Wednesday when Rob Ford announced which city councillors have been chosen to make up the key committees that will drive the new mayor's political agenda.

by Ranil Wickremesinghe By the 4th century BC, Asia had begun its first cycle of economic growth and power. This was the reason why Alexander the Great decided to travel eastward to establish an empire. At that time there was...

by Ranga Jayasuriya "I was taken to the upstairs, where there were four police officers. I was ordered to strip naked. I felt shamed. I looked around. Then a cop shouted at me to strip or else will be beaten....

IT is going to be ugly but it will be beautiful in its ugliness, Independent MP Rob Oakeshott famously predicted some weeks back.

by Dr.A.C.Visvalingam President -CIMOGG One hundred and sixty-one Members of Parliament, in their understandable admiration of President Rajapaksa’s leadership in eliminating the LTTE, appear to have taken up the position, by voting for the 18th Amendment ("18A"), that he can...

Hot this season on the political column circuit – all things Orwellian. The President amended the constitution. Everyone’s talking about democracy infringed and the boot stamping on the face and people vanished forever. George Orwell’s 1984 has suddenly become the go-to reference when describing the political situation. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great book. ...

Rep. Joe Wilson and Democratic opponent Rob Miller have new television ads that take a decidedly negative turn in their race for South Carolina's 2nd District.Wilson campaign officials say the Republican congressman's ad debuts Wednesday.In the ad, a somber Wilson introduces a retired two-star Marine general who tells Miller he should return contributions he's taken from the liberal organization M...

JUST after 1.30pm yesterday, Rob Oakeshott shuffled into Tony Windsor's second floor office in Parliament for the most important meeting of their political lives.

There are times when one simply cannot believe the attitude of the government. It acts with an impunity never quite before seen and unlikely to be seen elsewhere either. They send out signals to the international community with no apparent care in the world for what our overseas trading partners think. The case of stripping ...

by Kusal Perera Latest news on Mervyn caught every one off guard and in total surprise. There were frantic calls on Tuesday night by many who wanted to know, if the news was right. Some one left a comment for...

Latest news on Mervyn caught every one off guard and in total surprise. There were frantic calls on Tuesday night by many who wanted to know, if the news was right. Some one left a comment for an online news on Mervyn’s removal that said, “Don’t do this. This would rob us, of our popular ...

The GOP nominee seeking to become South Carolina's first female governor said Thursday she won't sign a pledge to put more women on boards and in charge of state agencies.The nonpartisan Southeastern Institute for Women in Politics, which works to narrow South Carolina's political gender gap, has asked GOP Rep. Nikki Haley and Democratic Sen. Vincent Sheheen to agree that, if elected, they'll use ...

By Tisaranee Gunasekara “You’ve made the world in to a madhouse….an enclosure in which the sane are trampled underfoot by a herd of galloping lunatics”. - Ernst Toller (Hoppla, Such is Life!) We are living through a transformative time, a...

It is an obviously biased opinion, but former House Speaker Bob Sheheen gives his nephew, Vincent, "a better than 50 percent chance" of finishing first among Democrats in the race for governor tonight, without the need for a run-off.Sheheen is battling S.C. schools superintendent Jim Rex and Charleston Sen. Robert Ford for the Democratic nomination for governor. Sheheen, who has led in recent poll...

TV comedy She's the Mayor, inspired by antics of Rob Ford, Giorgio Mammoliti and others in Toronto's wild political scene, will air early 2011.

U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, R-Lexington, has drawn a Republican challenger, as the period to file with political parties for this year?s elections closed today. Candidates seeking office in 2010 had until noon to file with the parties. Challenging Wilson in the June 8 primary will be Lexington businessman Phil Black. Wilson defeated Black in 2008, and if he wins again the five-term congressman will face...