By Sena Thoradeniya Ex-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (GR) has written a book, The Conspiracy to Oust Me from the Presidency”. We have not read it yet. Our critique of the book can wait. In this essay we thought of bringing into the notice of GR and his ghost writer about a publication titled, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa […]

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By Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island During President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s India visit in July 2023, five Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) were signed by India and Sri Lanka to establish physical connections between the two countries. This was followed more recently by the launch of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) – a mechanism that claims to […]

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By Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel (LL.M (UCL London)), former Ambassador to UAE and Israel, former Chairman of the Consumer Affairs Authority, President of the Lanka Ambassador’s Forum – United Kingdom, Solicitor in England and Wales The Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka occupies a vital position within the country’s legislative framework, serving as the […]

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by A. Abdul Aziz Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso, and Togo in the north, Ghana covers an area of 239,567 km2 (92,497 sq mi), spanning diverse biomes that range from coastal savannas to tropical rainforests. With over 32 million inhabitants, […]

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උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් මෙරටට එරෙහිව ක්‍රියාත්මක වන ඉන්දියානු ආක්‍රමණය පරාජයට පත්කිරීම සදහා සකලවිධ වූ සියලු බලවේග ඒකරාශී වියයුතු බවත්, ඉන්දියානු රජය සමග වර්තමාන ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා සාකච්ඡා වට ගණනාවක් පවත්වා ඇති බව හා එහි ප්‍රතිඵලයක් ලෙස මේ වනවිට රටට අහිතකර ආර්ථික, ආරක්ෂක හා වෙළෙඳ ගිවිසුම් ගණනාවක් අත්සන් කරමින් පවතින බවත් ඒකාබද්ධ ජනතා ක්‍රියාකාරී […]

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උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් ජාත්‍යන්තර බලවේග ඡන්දයෙන් තේරී පත්වූ ජනාධිපතිවරයකු ව්‍යවස්ථා විරෝධී ලෙස බලයෙන් නෙරපාහැරීමේ කුමන්ත්‍රණයට විවෘතව සහාය දුන් බව හිටපු ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්‍ෂ මහතා මුල්වරට අනාවරණය කළේය. විදේශ බලවේග සහ ඇතැම් දේශීය පාර්ශ්ව මා ජනාධිපති ධුරයෙන් ඉවත්කිරීම සඳහා ප්‍රචණ්ඩ විරෝධතා සහ කඩාකප්පල්කාරී ක්‍රියා සංවිධානය කළ බව ද ඒ මහතා වැඩිදුරටත් හෙළිකර තිබේ. හිටපු ජනාධිපති […]

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Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, March 08 (Daily Mirror) – Sri Lanka is navigating a delicate balance between its support for the two-state solution in Palestine and its efforts to strengthen ties with Israel, as evidenced by recent developments such as the opening of a Honorary Consulate in Haifa , participation in Red Sea operations […]

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Courtesy Adaderana The Presidential Scholarship” program proposed by President Ranil Wickremesinghe holds immense potential to provide crucial assistance to economically disadvantaged students, says State Minister for Education Aravindh Kumar. This initiative is geared towards supporting 100,000 students during the 2024/2025 academic year, he added. The state minister expressed confidence that this program would play a […]

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Courtesy Hiru News In a recent development, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna leader and former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, along with national organizer Basil Rajapaksa, have raised significant reservations regarding their party’s potential support for current president Ranil Wickremesinghe should he choose to contest the upcoming presidential election. These concerns were reportedly voiced during a discussion held […]

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