by Our Correspondnent in Colombo A significant disclosure was made during yesterday’s court proceedings into Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday terrorist attacks, when Additional Solicitor General Dileepa Peiris told the court that military
Note From Our Editorial Desk Sri Lanka is bracing for a potential national disaster as heavy rainfall continues to impact the Northern and Eastern Provinces. A Deep Depression over the Southwest Bay
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Sri Lanka teeters on the edge of disaster, and the government’s slow, ineffective response risks pushing the nation into chaos. A deep depression in the Bay of Bengal has already escalated into
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Sri Lanka has officially concluded the long-awaited restructuring of its international sovereign bonds (ISBs), amounting to a total of $12.55 billion, marking a significant step towards stabilizing its economy and improving its
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by Luxman Aravind When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king. The palace instead becomes a circus – Turkish proverb Politics in Sri Lanka, where the truth is often muffled
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by Luxman Aravind There are moments in a nation’s history when its people must collectively bow their heads in shame. The debacle unfolding in Wandurawa, in Gampaha district, where the machinery of
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by A Special Correspondent in Colombo The appointment of the Secretary to the Ministry of Health remains in limbo, even as other ministries have successfully filled their positions. According to a reliable
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by Our Political Affairs Editor In an exclusive interview with Sri Lanka Guardian, Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, commonly known as Pillayan, former Chief Minister of the Eastern Province and currently leads the Tamil Makkal
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The Colombo Magistrate’s Court has today (21) issued arrest warrants for former Minister Douglas Devananda after he failed to appear in court to give evidence in a case involving businessman Subramaniam Manoharan
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The following article is based on the speech delivered by the author in his capacity as President of Sri Lanka at the inauguration of the First Session of the Tenth Parliament. Today
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The following article is the editorial of the Jaffna Mirror, a regular publication focused on socio-political affairs in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka has undergone a seismic political transformation unparalleled in its modern
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Former Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, also known as Pillayan, appeared before the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today morning, 20 November, to provide a statement regarding the controversial Channel 4 documentary on the 2019
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In a way it was a great thing for the country that the National People’s Power (NPP) scored an emphatic victory at the Nov. 14 general election. Now the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
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Editorial In the crumbling edifice of the country’s democracy, we witness yet another sordid chapter: a rejected politician, Lakshman Kiriella, attempting to slither back into Parliament through the manipulative invocation of religious
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by Our Political Affairs Editor An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation, in Colombo to finalise the third tranche of its bailout package for Sri Lanka, met with former President Ranil Wickremesinghe today
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Editorial The sheer scale of the National People’s Power (NPP)’s victory in Sri Lanka’s recent parliamentary elections is nothing short of staggering. 159 out of 225 seats—a super-majority that not only surpasses
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