In yet another miracle of history, Sri Lanka has survived its Indira Gandhi phase. The Rajapaksa family twisted the Constitution to achieve what Indira did with the Emergency. A family dictatorship took over, ruthlessly supervised […]
The newly-elected members of the SLFP (Maithri Group) By Sujeeva Nivunhella in London With the conclusion of the Presidential Election in Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Freedom Party London branch split it to two. One of […]
By Waruni Karunarathne A rift has developed in the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) over President Maithripala Sirisena’s 100 day policy. TNA MP Suresh Premachandran said that there is a difference of opinion among the leaders […]
Normally money talks loud and convincingly in influencing the masses to a great extent in deciding a winner in Sri Lanka’s previous elections, but this time at the 2015 Presidential election, the highest spending candidate […]
An allegation was made against the former President Mahinda Rajapaksa for trying to stage a military coup following the election to remain in power. New Minister of External Affairs Mangala Samaraweera has lodged a complaint […]
COLOMBO: People in the Tamil-majority Northern Province of Sri Lanka are keeping their fingers crossed about the changes that may follow the removal of “military man” Maj.Gen (Retd).G.A.Chandrasiri from the post of Governor, and his replacement […]
The Rajapaksas are out of power but Maithripala Sirisena’s new government faces fundamental problems The long reign of the Rajapaksa family, which had seemed until very recently to stretch dismally into the far future, is […]
COLOMBO: In his first television interview since the results of the elections, Sri Lanka’s new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe told NDTV that his government will redress the pro-China tilt of the Rajapaksa regime “President Rajapaksa’s […]
Former Minister and MP Mervyn Silva today complained to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) against Former Minister and MP Basil Rajapaksa and former Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa over alleged frauds and crimes committed by them. […]
By S. Sivathasan The hour produced the man. The nation endorsed his credentials. The leader of choice Maithripala Sirisena, who scored a resounding victory, is now President by right. The nation has spoken loud and […]
