Sri Lanka rode the roller coaster in 2018
Sri Lanka saw cataclysmic political events in 2018. Democracy, which was introduced way back in 1931 and was thought to…
A Peaceful Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year
As you celebrate Christmas, may you experience true love. Jesus is the reason for the season and the epitome of true love.…
UK supports Sri Lanka’s commitments to UNHRC
The UK Foreign Office responding to the petition “Refer Sri Lanka to International Criminal Court, if it continues to fail…
TNA tells Speaker not to recognise MP Mahinda Rajapaksa as Leader of the Opposition.
The Tamil National Alliance has written to Speaker Karu Jayasuriya not to recognize MP Mahinda Rajapaksa as Leader of the…
Indian Tea likely to benefit from wage hike
Indian Tea is likely to gain benefit from wage hike in Sri Lankan plantations and pesticide problems in Vietnam. India…
India Relived?
Relieved at the reinstatement of Ranil Wickremesinghe as Sri Lankan PM, India on Sunday welcomed resolution of the political situation…
President doubts he can work with PM
Sri Lanka’s president accused newly reappointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe of corrupt leadership in a scathing speech Sunday in which…
The Court’s Slap
Not for the first time in recent weeks, Sri Lankans held a collective breath on the afternoon of December 13th,…
Dissolution of Parliament Unconstitutional
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday, December 13, that President Maithripala Sirisena’s order to dissolve Parliament and hold new…
The Deep Roots of Sri Lanka’s Political Crisis
In the first week of December, Sri Lanka’s political crisis deepened after the country’s Court of Appeal issued an interim…