A cursory glance at the 2019 presidential election would tell what guided the vote for Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Islamobohia, Sinhala Buddhist supremacy in its heightened paranoia, dynastic allure and ...

The Aragalaya sweeps a bearded, 55-year-old son of a labourer into power.

Cancelling the Adani project or other major projects does not send a good sign. Sri Lanka has gone through this in the past.

Such unnecessary acts will hamper emerging new political culture of collaboration and respect between opposing parties. For too long, the political landscape has been dominated by animosity and ...

In a sharp rebuke to dynastic rule in Sri Lanka, voters recently elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a working class, neo-Marxist leader and head of the National People’s Power. His victory with 42 ...

On 1 January 2024, BRICS – the intergovernmental organisation comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – admitted four new members: Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates.

Given the economic and geopolitical scenario, pragmatism is likely to take precedence — Sri Lanka will continue to balance between India and China.

The focus on sustainable growth The new government should publish immediate, medium-, and long-term economic policies with clear plans detailing how it intends to generate the foreign exchange needed ...

අමාත්‍ය විජිත හේරත් එසේ පැවසුව ද, වත්මන් ජනපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක බලයට පත්වීමෙන් පසු කරන ලද පත් කිරීම් විමසා බැලීමේදී ඔහු විශ්වාසවන්තභාවය පදනම් කරගෙන මිතුරන්ට තනතුරු දී ඇති බවක් නිරීක්ෂණය වන බව ශ්‍රී ...