The Executive Presidency, introduced by President Jayewardene in 1978, sounded a death knell for the democracy, which Sri Lanka enjoyed for three decades, since Independence, in...
By Professor I. M. Dharmadasa, email: dharme@shu.ac.uk CEB engineers’ mafia has again threatened a countrywide total blackout on the pretext of opposing certain amendments to the...
There are reports of big celebrations in California. They have heard that Basil – the Crowman or Kaputu-kaak – Rajapaksa has decided to retain his US...
by Uditha Devapriya On May 18, the grace period for a USD 78 million coupon payment expired in Sri Lanka. For the first time in its...
by Dr Laksiri Fernando Is there any rationale behind attempting to amend the Constitution during a severe economic crisis in the country? Different people give different...
by SENA THORADENIYA Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was rejected by even Colombian elites at the 2020 General Elections, who later entered the Parliament through the national list...
By Sena Thoradeniya “JVP and the FSP are planning to bury the hatchet. I hope they won’t bury it in our heads”. (From “Jeff & Nut”;...
As far as the distraught masses are concerned, today, Parliament has lost much of its import. People have begun to treat it and, its members, who...
For the 125th anniversary of Trinity College, Kandy, The Old Boys Association published a 135-page commemorative volume, titled Memories of Trinity, containing short pieces written mainly...
Ex-Central Bankers’ open letter to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa: We are writing this letter on behalf of all members of the Central Bank Retired Executive Officers Association,...