Sri Lanka’s September 22, 2026 Easter Sunday judgment marks a decisive legal reckoning with one of the country’s deadliest terrorist attacks, convicting 15 of 24 defendants after an extensive examination of thousands
Former Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake performed a miracle that paved the way for the Maithri-Ranil government in 2015. Maithri, Ranil and Anura were able to label the Rajapaksas as thieves because of
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“These tariffs may be modified upward or downward depending on our relationship with your country.” This note, written at the end of Trump’s letter to President Anura, contains a message directed at
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If the JVP had introduced an English class among their five classes… S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike was known as the ‘Silver Bell of Asia’. He was a talented speaker at the Oxford Union in
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When President Anura Kumara was in opposition, he was a strong critic of Krishan Balendra, the Chairman of John Keells Holdings. This criticism stemmed from the handover of a Colombo Port Terminal
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S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike was not created by D.S. Senanayake. Bandaranaike was a leader who emerged from the Sinhala Maha Sabha. D.S. enlisted Bandaranaike to secure the Sinhala Maha Sabha votes for the 1947
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When Gotabaya Rajapaksa was on the verge of declaring Sri Lanka bankrupt, a proposal was received from China through the then Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa. The proposal was to obtain a $4
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The local government (LG) election was scheduled to be held in February 2022. At the time, Ranil, who had entered Parliament via the national list, believed that if the LG election went
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India came into conflict with J.R. Jayewardene’s government when it decided to lease the Trincomalee oil tanks to a Singaporean company. Not only J.R.’s administration, but also those of Sri Lanka’s first
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Prabhakaran showed greater interest in Sri Lanka’s mineral sands than previous Sri Lankan governments. He instructed the LTTE not to attack the country’s mineral sand resources. At the same time, he blocked
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Before the Local Government (LG) elections, U.S. Ambassador Julie Chung met with President Anura Kumara to discuss the prevailing political climate. During the meeting, she mentioned that a recent opinion poll she
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Ranil’s UNP won the 2001 general election but fell short of securing the majority required to form a stable government, winning 109 seats. In that election, the UNP polled 45.62% of the
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A widely circulated social media post compares two contrasting images: one depicting Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath engaging with the Sri Lankan diaspora in Rome during his attendance at the Pope’s funeral, and
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In the last presidential election, the Cardinal and the Church were faced with three potential candidates: Ranil, Sajith, and Anura. Of the three, Ranil’s father hailed from a Christian family, and his
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12 January 1960 marked a historic moment for the Colombo Municipal Council, as M.H. Mohamed (Mohamed Hanifa Mohamed) became the first Muslim to be elected mayor in its history. The Colombo Municipal
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A CIA report later revealed that J.R. placed his hopes in America and his foreign allies to help him weather the storm of the 1987 Indo-Lanka Accord. But as their silence grew
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