The only way the current dispensation could remain in power was by unleashing chaos, National People’s Power (NPP) leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake said on Sunday addressing the party’s retired military personnel’s association in Badulla. “This can be an ethnic or religion conflict. If you look at some Tamil papers, a lot of space is given to stories […]

Several ministerial portfolios are likely to be reshuffled within this month, political sources have claimed.

The G20 joint declaration in Delhi is being described as a significant diplomatic win for India. The agreement of a joint statement looked almost impossible a few days ago, given how sharply divided the group was over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In the end, we had a declaration that garnered unanimous support from all G20 […]

‘Ram and Nagulan responsible for over 600 killings roaming free’ By Shamindra Ferdinando Sri Lanka Republican Front leader Patali Champika Ranawaka, MP, has questioned the circumstances under which the Rajapaksas granted amnesty to 12,600 LTTE cadres following the successful conclusion of the war in May 2009. However, some of them were released during the Yahapalana administration (2015-2019) [...

Monday 11th September, 2023 The effective date of the new Anti-Corruption Act––15 Sept. 2023––was announced on Saturday (09). The timing of that announcement could not have been more inappropriate. The gazette notification came less than one day after the government had made a mockery of its much-advertised commitment to eliminating bribery and corruption. On Friday, […]

Former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya, over the weekend, urged political parties, represented in Parliament, to pay attention to the urgent need to enact the laws necessary to meet the challenges ahead. Jayasuriya, who served as the Speaker during the 2015-2019 period, in a statement issued on Saturday (09) stated that the Parliament seemed to be slow […]

By N.A.de S. Amaratunga Adequate nutrition is vital for both physical as well as mental growth and development of the human being. If this development is inadequate the whole nation would not advance in all spheres of human activity, the economic, cultural, sports etc. The creativity, thinking ability, and learning capacity of the nation as […]

Mangosuthu Buthelezi, a towering figure in South African politics and outspoken Zulu chief, has died at the age of 95. During the racist apartheid regime, he founded the Zulu Inkatha party after becoming disillusioned with the African National Congress (ANC). Thousands were killed in clashes between supporters of the two parties in the early 1990s. […]

By HIMAL KOTELAWALA ECONOMYNEXT – If Sri Lanka allows elections to distract from the path of recovery, stabilization and growth, the country will be hit by a fresh crisis far worse than any before, former central bank governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy said. Speaking at a forum organized by Cal, a Colombo-based investment banking group, Coomaraswamy said […]

SJB Colombo District MP Dr. Harsha de Silva decried in Parliament last week what he considers a glaring injustice within the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) taxation intention. Participating in the debate on new Inland Revenue Bill, he argued that imposing taxes solely on EPF members while neglecting to tax the capital gains of private banks […]

Chief Opposition Whip and Kandy District MP Lakshman Kiriella last Wednesday accused Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena of being notorious for suspending Standing Orders of the House.He said so when the Opposition MPs opposed taking up the new Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill for debate in Parliament without going through the relevant consultative committee stages. Kiriella said that the bill has [&#...

The no-confidence motion vote against Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella was defeated by 113 votes to 73 in Parliament on Friday with 38 MPs absent at voting time. It was defeated by 40 votes after a three-day debate moved by the main opposition SJB.The SJB, JVP –led NPP, TNA and SLPP dissidents in the Opposition voted […]

The latest Channel 4 documentary on Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday bombings is claimed to be an exposure, but while there’s nothing dramatically new in it, it seems to have is set the cat among certain pigeons. Allegations that the military intelligence was involved with Islamic extremists involved in the Easter Sunday carnage is not new. […]

Saturday 9th September, 2023 The government is cock-a-hoop over its win in Parliament yesterday. It succeeded in defeating the Opposition’s no-faith motion against Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella comfortably. The Opposition could muster only 73 votes for its motion as opposed to the government’s 113. The outcome of yesterday’s vote came as no surprise. In a […]

By Saman Indrajith The Opposition’s no-confidence motion vote against Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella received 113 nays and 73 ayes yesterday in Parliament.The motion was defeated by a majority of 40 votes. Thirty eight MPs were absent when the vote was taken after a three-day debate moved by the SJB. The SJB, JVP–led NPP, TNA and […]

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has reaffirmed that the country s education policies would be safeguarded from political influence and unified under a single legal framework.