Tuesday 11th August, 2020 The Cabinet of the newly elected SLPP government is scheduled to be appointed tomorrow. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa...
Monday 10th August, 2020 Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in as the Prime Minister again, yesterday. Mahinda’s dramatic comeback, five years after his downfall, reminds...
John Dalberg-Acton, or Lord Acton, a British historian of the late 19th and early 20th century famously said that “power tends to corrupt, and absolute power...
Saturday 8th August, 2020 It may be quite a while before the Opposition parties figure out what hit them on Wednesday. They are reeling from concussion....
Friday 7th August, 2020 It is all over bar the shouting. The SLPP was on course for a resounding victory, at the time of writing, according...
Thursday 6th August, 2020 Hurly-burly is done and everyone is now agog. Thankfully, there has been a bloodless election. We can only hope that the post...
Wednesday 5th August, 2020 Sri Lanka goes to the polls, today, to elect a new Parliament. It is for the first time in the country’s electoral...
Tuesday 4th August, 2020 The Attorney General’s Department has caused quite a stir; it says it can seek the assistance of the armed forces to execute...
Monday 3rd August, 2020 The run-up to the forthcoming general election has been without major incidents. One can only hope that the situation will not change...
This is the last issue of our newspaper before the country goes to the polls on Aug. 5 to elect the 13th Parliament since 1947. Talk...