Worsening crisis gives rise to birthing of new nation

Nuwara Eliya Malaiyaha   by Jehan Perera A little publicised march wended its way from Talaimannar…

Hands off funds, future of workforce…

Members of the Jathika Jana Balawegaya staged a protest in front of the Fort Railway Station,…

Sri Lanka: The fate of a protest that toppled a president

Udeni Kaluthantri, a 54-year-old port worker, became an overnight sensation last year for reasons that had…

A year ago, twin revolutions within Aragalaya. Thank God, one lost!

A year ago, on July 9th, hundreds of thousands of Sri Lankans, dispossessed by the economic…

The fate of a protest that toppled a president

Udeni Kaluthantri, a 54-year-old port worker, became an overnight sensation last year for reasons that had…

Comedy of Terrors A government haunted by the memory of Aragalaya

With the number of repressive actions that the government has taken in recent months, especially after…

Aragalaya, Karadaraya and Mardanaya; System Change

By Andrew Devadason Vicar-St. Paul’s Church, Milagiriya Colombo It has been one year since we got…

Was the Aragalaya a conspiracy or a spontaneous uprising?

Was the Aragalaya a conspiracy or was it a spontaneous uprising of a people facing a…

Aragalaya through political lenses

There is hardly anything that the ruling party politicians and their cronies hate more than last…

Understanding social upheavals: Beyond Conspiracy Theories

By Kalinga Tudor Silva   Sociological explanations frequently serve as a counter point to popular conspiracy…

Peaceful protests and freedom of expression including calls for a leader to quit office are entirely legitimate -EX BASL President Saliya Peiris PC

This present attack on me is clearly orchestrated not because of my appearing for a particular…

How they tried to defame and destroy the Aragalaya

There were many who were out to discredit the uprising  Recently, I wrote in this column…

Government should uphold the Constitution and Democracy of the country”

STATEMENT OF THE CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE IN SRI LANKA ON THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY AND…

SL Core Group expresses concern over ‘heavy-handed’ responses to protestors

The Core Group on Sri Lanka on Tuesday expressed concern over ‘heavy-handed’ responses to peaceful protests…

Sri Lanka’s CEB engineers protest against high tax; warn to expend agitation By CHANKA JAYASINGHE

ECONOMYNEXT: Sri Lanka state-run Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Engineers’ Union held a protest in Colombo at…

LG: Veto Elections; Persuade System Change

System change was one of the important matters the protesters (aragalists) wanted to emphasize during the…

Reforms or a revolution?

The political situation of the country is in a state of extreme confusion. It can be…

The crisis in Sri Lanka: Human rights in peril

The State’s response to people’s outcry was unsurprising, given Sri Lanka’s history of a powerful executive,…