Sri Lanka opts for pre-emptive debt default to combat economic crisis

Sri Lanka on Tuesday announced a pre-emptive default on all its foreign debt totalling $51 billion as a “last…

The Mirihana Catalyst – Apocalypse for the first family

By Anura Gunasekera As this is being written hundreds of thousands of ordinary people in defiance…

GR Presidency A Colossal Liability By Ameer Ali

Nationwide public demonstrations continue. The strategic long holiday declaration for New Year celebrations with the intention…

Rajapaksas divided the nation to rule; it came together to demand their removal

If you are depressed, like many millions of Sri Lankans are, by the perilous state of…

A new nation is emerging

We shall not give up this struggle for a new country and a clean system. Let…

High time for president and Govt. to step down!

Experts say policies introduced by Mr Rajapaksa after he was elected in 2019 – steep tax…

Behind Sri Lanka economic crisis are also Lakshman, Jayasundera, Cabraal, Attygalle: legislator

Behind Sri Lanka’s economic crisis are a set of officials that made policies in President Gotabaya…

Forecast of famine, food shortages and parliamentary debates

Today, Sri Lanka is facing numerous and probably the biggest challenges in its history. Economists have…

South Asia’s Arab Spring: Protests Amid Hybrid Economic War in Pakistan and Sri Lanka

Viewpoint by Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake The writer, Dr Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, is a Sociocultural and Medical Anthropologist based…

Can people’s opposition unseat president ?

Students of Khemadasa Foundation Chants of slogans demanding the incumbent President and his family relations to…

The mass uprising: What could be the outcome?

The protest movements initiated and run by the citizens, independent of the involvement of political parties…

People’s power comes of age

Scepter and Crown must tumble down, and in the dust be equal made, with the poor…

Anarchy reigns by M S M Ayub

How would the current political turmoil in Sri Lanka possibly end? Will President Gotabaya Rajapaksa step…

striking images from times square, new york (ICYMI)

Sri Lanka’s soul dying a slow death

The economic challenges in the next few days are not going to get any easier for…

Straitjacket all politicians

The unfolding political drama is replete with irony. After Mahinda Rajapaksa’s defeat in the presidential race…

AGITATION MAY TURN INTO RIOTS

The resignation by the Cabinet ministers from their respective portfolios on Sunday is nothing but the…

Sending him Home: Lessons from Marcos

The drama for an ‘interim government’ is nothing but another extension to dilute the aggression of…