The Colombo Powers Conference provided the momentum for Asian-African and led to 1955 Bandung Conference (Excerpted from the Memoirs of JR Jayewardene) I participated in this...
by Rajan Philips Although it was the economy that ended Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s presidency and it was very much the main backdrop to the September presidential election,...
(Excerpted from Rendering Unto Caesar, autobiography of Bradman Weerakoon) (Continued from last week) The prime minister’s father too had been named John Kotelawela and there was...
“It doesn’t matter whether a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice – Deng Xiaoping” By S.A.C.M. Zuhyle As a concerned citizen...
by Vijaya Chandrasoma An October Surprise is defined as “an unexpected political event or revelation in the month before a presidential election, especially one that seems...
(Excerpted from the autobiography of Dharmasiri Pieris, Secretary to the Prime Minister) One could not however easily get away from managing. Besides the day to day...
by Kumar David Anura rose from the humblest of origins to the pinnacle power. In the months to come more lyrical and elegant commentators than this...
by Rajan Philips It is no exaggeration to say that no previous Sri Lankan political leader has achieved what Anura Kumara Dissanayake accomplished this week. His...
by Mohan Mendis The 2019 and 2024 Sri Lankan presidential elections saw significant shifts in political leadership and voter preferences. In 2019, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, representing the...
by Dr. Kadira Pethiyagoda former visiting scholar Oxford University Sri Lanka’s Presidential election saw a genuine left-winger, from a Marxist party, record a victory that upended...