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