Executive madness

Gotabaya Rajapaksa landed this country in such a mess, on his watch as the President, that…

Minorities & System Change By Ameer Ali

It has taken seventy-five years of self-destructive communal politics to bankrupt Sri Lankan economy and leave…

Regional rivals China, India eye Sri Lanka Telecom

ECONOMYNEXT – Investors from China and India has expressed interest in buying Sri Lanka Telecom, market…

Sri Lanka Supports US War-Mongers Against Houthis

By Latheef Farook – Sri Lanka, once an inspiring leader of Non Aligned Movement, hosted a Non Aligned…

Houthi Challenge In The Red Sea And Lanka’s Battleship

Earlier this month, President Wickremesinghe said, a decision had been taken to deploy a ship from…

‘Free Palestine Movement’ Praises S. Africa For Backing Palestine

A letter was handed over by representatives of the Free Palestine Movement of Sri Lanka to…

Foreign Ministry urged to advise govt. against Red Sea deployment

Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Iran M. M. Zuhair yesterday (09) urged the government not to…

Kanchana urged to review proposed power sector reforms to avert disastrous consequences

Herath and Wijesekera Dissident SLPP lawmaker Charitha Herath has urged Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera…

Historian Ilan Pappé on Israel’s end game in Gaza and the future of the Israeli apartheid state. By Chris Hedges

“Religious nationalism is to religion what National Socialism was to socialism,” warned Leibowitz, who died in…

Blow after blow: After VAT new excise tax on fuel, other items By Damith Wickramsekara

Govt. considering how to implement IMF stricture to adjust excisable taxes     The government is…

Rohingya refugees agitate as UNHCR office in Colombo plans closure

Rohingya refugees peacefully protesting in front of the UNHCR office in Colombo. They are requesting permanent…

Sri Lankan-Palestinian families recall great escape from Gaza

With the Embassy being notified of their struggles and hardships the two families were able to…

New Year Dawning Atop A Volcano

In spite of various leaders of the government painting a rosy picture about the recovery of…

War on Gaza: Global Leaders Must Find the Courage to Hit Israel and the US Where It Hurts

As the world looks forward to 2024, holiday celebrations are being overshadowed by humanity’s failure to…

IMF, taxes and social revolution

President Ranil Wickremesinghe NPP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake Among the contestants to the top job circulating…

“We’ll never sit with criminals who destroyed the country”- SJB MP Dr. Harsha De Silva

If the tax system becomes more equitable, it wouldn’t be a big burden for people in…

‘American tax, Somalian life’

Perhaps, nothing represents Sri Lankans’ resentment towards the new tax regime and the aggravation of their…

THE IMF -A LOAN SHARK; NOT HUMANITARIAN, SYMPATHETIC OR HELPFUL

For the pledged loan of 2.9 billion dollars to be granted, the IMF laid down a…