Where a strongman failed, women are now fueling a democratic revival
It was a brief remark during a mundane session of parliament. But to Harini Amarasuriya, Sri Lanka's prime minister, it was ...
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Canada plays politics with Sri Lanka again ahead of its national election
UK Premier Keir Starmer reiterated his Government’s commitment to addressing justice, accountability of reconciliation in Sri Lanka and issues faced by Tamils, including advocating for human rights ...
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SJB accuses govt. of postponing important tasks and decisions
The main opposition SJB yesterday accused the NPP government of postponing important tasks and decisions. Addressing a press conference at the SJB Headquarters in Colombo on Monday, Chief Opposition ...
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Opposition in denial
By Tisaranee Gunasekara Austrian writer and Nobel Laureate Elfriede Jelinek’s magnum opus, ‘The Children of the Dead’, unfolds in the Austrian mountain resort, Alpenrose. Amongst the inn’s guests are ...
Where strongman failed, women are fueling a democratic revival in Sri Lanka
When the country all but ran out of cash and fuel, the burden fell disproportionately on women, who shoulder the domestic ...
ThePrint1d
EAM Jaishankar extends Independence Day greetings to Sri Lanka
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has on the Independence Day of Sri Lanka extended his felicitations to Foreign ...
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An open advise to President Anura Kumara and his coterie of Ministers
Not only the people of this country, but the whole world knows it. Also please don’t forget that this country had been governed by Sinhala Buddhist Kings on the advice of Buddhist monks for the past ...
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Mahinda Rajapaksa willing to vacate residence if officially notified - SLPP
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is willing to vacate his official residence if the government officially informs him to do ...
The Sunday Times3d
Govt. faces public pressure to bring the corrupt to book, but action falls short of public expectations
Old cases are revived, but arrests seen as witch-hunt and hurried moves; Govt. leaders react to Yoshitha’s release on bail, vow to pursue the cases; Yoshitha relates his remand ...
The Sunday Times3d
On the president’s unwise threat to ‘send the military’ to Sri Lanka’s rice mills
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s warning that he intends to order the Sri Lanka Army to transport rice from the mill to the stores if the owners of rice mills do not act according to Government ...
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‘Mahinda Rajapaksa must vacate official residence’ – President AKD
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has stated that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa should return his current residence to the government, assuring that a suitable house will be provided for him if ...
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Yoshitha Rajapaksa surrenders all licensed firearms
The Ministry of Defense recently announced that firearms issued with licenses for personal protection must be surrendered, with the possibility of re-issuance after a review ...