Since the beginning of the new era, China’s policy of fostering amity, sincerity, mutual benefit, and inclusiveness in neighborhood diplomacy has significantly advanced its relations with neighboring countries. China has reached a
Before J. R. Jayewardene left on a state visit to the United States at the invitation of then President Ronald Reagan, he received a questionnaire from Washington. It asked about his favourite
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“The Colombo Municipal Council is ours. The green flag has always flown over the Colombo Municipal Council. Can we turn a blind eye to this by handing it over to the leftists…?”
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Julie Chung was appointed as the United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka in February 2022. The ‘aragalaya’ against Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s government had begun even before she arrived in Sri Lanka. By the
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“Whenever Jupiter changes position, the JVP becomes powerful. But that power never lasts long. Within two or three years, it fades away. That happened in 1971. It happened in 1987. It happened
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When the 2004 tsunami struck, George W. Bush was the President of the United States. Former President Bill Clinton was a strong leader in Bush’s rival Democratic Party. Thinking about the fate
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The 1956 general election was a political deluge. That deluge swept away the UNP, then the largest political party in Sri Lanka, the way a flood sweeps away a mansion. Riding the
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When Mrs Bandaranaike’s left-wing government swept into power with a two-thirds majority in 1970, it inherited a business landscape dominated by the UNP. Previous attempts at nationalisation by S. W. R. D.
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The National Security Advisor of India recently made a thought-provoking statement regarding India’s neighbours. He said that, due to weak governance, public uprisings had led to regime changes in Bangladesh, Nepal, and
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When President Ranasinghe Premadasa first carried out a Cabinet reshuffle in 1990, he never imagined that it would mark the beginning of his downfall. In that reshuffle, he appointed Lalith Athulathmudali, who
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In 2014, the China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC), a state-owned entity, submitted a proposal to establish an aircraft maintenance facility in Sri Lanka. The Chinese proposal aimed to provide
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