Dilrook Kannangara Sri Lanka had at least four (4) petroleum ministers since 2010 and people voted all of them out. It is obviously telling. It is also important to put facts right and not be fooled by political sob stories said by these rejects. What really happened to the 99 tanks in Trinco tank farm? […]

Dilrook Kannangara Forced by India, successive governments since 2012 have invested disproportionate amounts of money in schools in estate communities. From a layman’s point of view, it is a good” thing and it will bring good” outcomes. In reality, that’s not how things work. In fact, the outcome of it will be disastrous for Sri […]

Dilrook Kannangara It was reported that over one hundred Rohingyas are in a military-run camp in the north of the island. However, there may be others who have already made it to Sri Lanka and have become citizens. They must be sent back to their homeland – Burma or Bangladesh. Sri Lanka has a very […]

– දිල්රූක් කන්නන්ගර ජාතිකවාදය (nationalism) යනු උතුර, දකුණ, නැගෙනහිර සහ බටහිර යන සතර දිග්භාගයම එක්සේසත් කිරීමයි. මෙය 2024 මහා චන්දේදී මනාවට සිදුවුනා. අධිරාජ්‍යවාදීන්ට එරෙහි ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරය මෙන්ම 2024 චන්දය ජයගත් පක්ෂය සිංහල, දෙමළ සහ මුස්ලිම් ජන එකමුතුවෙන් රාජ්‍ය පාලනය දිනා ගත්තා. ඊට වැඩි ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරයක් 15 වන සියවසේ සිට තිබී නැත. දැනට ඇත්තේ  ජාතිකවාදී (රටේම […]

Dilrook Kannangara The most decorated military officer of the Sri Lanka army has retired from all military posts after 41 years of service to the nation. These years saw most violence in the island nation. He was also one of only two four-star Generals of the army. He commanded not only the 58th Offensive Division […]

Dilrook Kannangara The island cannot sustain the entire human and animal population it currently has. It is an undeniable fact. The only solution is to cull the most damaging animals to its food security and economic activity. There isn’t enough food to go around for all. Unless humans are protected from hunger, malnutrition, under development […]

Dilrook Kannangara Economics was known as the dark science until the 19th century. When the demand and supply curve was presented to non-economics academics and others, they asked what happens to people who cannot meet the price demanded by suppliers? They simply cannot afford it came the answer which horrified them. What if suppliers were […]

Dilrook Kannangara NPP government received the largest percentage of votes in any parliamentary election in South Asia. What is more important is its mandate came from all ethnic and religious groups. It won all except one district. With 159 seats in parliament, it is the only party ever to rule Sri Lanka without a coalition. […]

Dilrook Kannangara LTTE commemorations once again highlighted the undeniable fact that all its organizers and essentially all Tamil Eelmists are Sri Lankan born. While Cyclone Fengal disrupted the planned large LTTE commemoration since 2009 the organizers have said they will hold it on another day. Indian born Tamils around the world are not keen in […]

Dilrook Kannangara Provincial council and local government elections are overdue. They must be held as soon as possible. Most government powers that matter to the people including healthcare, education, agriculture, etc. are provincial powers. Central government cannot deliver on any promise without these powers vested in provincial councils. Local government bodies are the grassroots level […]

Dilrook Kannangara Though the 2024 election outcome in the north, east and other areas of high minority population density seems promising of a united Sri Lanka, it has happened before. Yes; we have been through it before and the end was a disaster. When basic needs of minorities are challenged, they turn towards Sinhala political […]

Dilrook Kannangara The 2024 General Election is a watershed moment in Lankan history. Interestingly the total number of votes won by NPP still falls short of the number of votes Gotabaya won in 2019. It is not the quantity but the quality. NPP won around the country from all communities and creeds. No party has […]

Dilrook Kannangara All ruling parties since 1947 have been coalitions. While there were instances where a single party could form the ruling party, they still opted for coalitions (e.g. 1977). This was to gain as much support from the grassroots levels which helps in Local Government and later Provincial Council elections. 2024 has been a […]

Dilrook Kannangara The electorate is fractionalized as never before. SJB shares a disproportionately large chunk of the Muslim vote. It is so large comparatively that a large portion of SJB’s elected MPs will be Muslims. It is also supported by strong Muslim support for the SJB at the presidential election where Sajith won all Muslim […]

Dilrook Kannangara The year 2024 is shaping up to be the most important year in Sri Lanka’s history. It already had unprecedented political changes and more are on the way. Over 100 once powerful politicians have been reduced to zero; most of them have given up politics and elections. This is indeed the May-2009 moment […]

Dilrook Kannangara NPP scored a stellar election victory bagging the entire Christian Belt – Wattala, Ja-Ela, Katana, Negombo, Wennappuwa, Naththandiya and Chilaw.  In addition, electorates with a significant Christian population including Moratuwa, Dehiwala and Colombo West also went the NPP way.  Colombo North was once a Christian majority electorate but it is now a Hindu […]

Dilrook Kannangara When a new government is elected, doomsayers and losers say nothing will succeed. That is to vent their very own personal defeatist thoughts. That is not where I’m coming from. While wishing every success to the AKD government I wish to bring to the attention the challenges that are too steep for any […]

Dilrook Kannangara Anura Kumara won the most keenly contested Sri Lankan election with a large margin. He transformed the JVP into a modern and realistic political party. As a result, he won Colombo-7 along with other affluent Colombo suburbs (3,4,5,6). Same goes for suburbs with professionals including Homagama, Moratuwa, etc. His dramatic wins in former […]

Dilrook Kannangara සියලු පක්ෂ විපක්ෂ IMF වැඩපිළිවෙල ඉදිරියට ගෙන යාමට තීරණය කර ඇත. එය අගය කල යුතුය. එහෙත් එක කණ්ඩායමක් පමණක් ඒ සම්බන්ධයෙන් අන්තගාමී වී ඇත. එම කණ්ඩායම හිතන්නේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සහ ලාංකිකයන් ජීවත් විය යුත්තේ සහ මියයා යුත්තේ IMF හාමු වහන්සේ සඳහාම බවයි. මෙය වැරදි ආකල්පයකි. සියලු IMF වැඩපිළිවෙලවල් තිබු රටවල් IMF වැඩපිළිවෙල රටේ […]

Dilrook Kannangara JVP first entered parliament under Sri Lanka Progressive Front label in 1994 winning just 1% of the vote and 1 seat. However, within just 7 years, the JVP increased its percentage to 9%. That is a staggering 9-fold increase in votes percentage. It came at the expense of SLFP votes. At the last […]

Dilrook Kannangara This year marks 100 years of elections in Sri Lanka and what a fitting celebration it is as election excitement reaches fever pitch. As the most crucial election in Sri Lanka’s history draws near, the likely outcome of the election is becoming clearer. Although the deathmatch is between Ranil and Sajith to take […]

Dilrook Kannangara Ranil seems to assume that he is IMF’s sole representative! IMF has not appointed Ranil as their sole agent or spokesperson so he should stop acting like one. And Ranil is not the only party the IMF deals with. The IMF already held independent discussions with the JVP and the SJB where Ranil […]

Dilrook Kannangara Having considered about 13 suiters including Ranil for the prime minister post in May 2022, Gotabaya chose Ranil for the post on May 12, 2022. Since that day Ranil plotted to get rid of Gotabaya. For three months Ranil kept telling the people that the economy was bankrupt and that it cannot be […]

Dilrook Kannangara රනිල් අවුරුදු 47ක් දේශපාලනයේ සිටියි. ඔහුගේ ක්‍රියාමාර්ග විමර්ශනය කිරීමෙන් පැහැදිලි වන කරුණක් නම් ඔහුගේ සියලු සැලසුම් ඉතා කෙටි කාලීන බවයි. මේවා දිගු කාලීන ව්‍යසනයන්ය. 1982 චන්දය ඔහුගේ පළමු අද-මැදුරේ-හෙට-පැදුරේ සැලසුමයි. තම මාමාගේ චන්ද වැඩපිළිවෙලට MK සුනිල් පෙරේරා (ගෝනවල සුනිල්) අත්‍යාවශ්‍ය බව පවසා එකල ජනාධිපති ලවා ඔහුට වැලිකඩ බන්ධනාගාරයෙන් සමාව ලබා දුන්නේය. කැලණිය රජමහා […]

Dilrook Kannangara Comparing Bangladesh and Sri Lanka is wrong. The level of violence and ethnic composition are totally different in the two nations. Sri Lanka was economically bankrupt, had given up repaying loans and had 2 years and 1 quarter of negative economic growth when Aragalaya commenced. On the other hand, the Bangladeshi economy was […]

Dilrook Kannangara Since he entered active politics almost 50 years ago, Ranil only had very short-term plans targeting elections. These plans subsequently turned sour and caused long term destruction. He simply bolted when their disastrous long-term consequences emerged. Catastrophic austerity measures have been agreed to with the IMF that will decimate the economies of the […]

Dilrook Kannangara Sri Lanka is doomed under Ranil’s foolish gimmicks that are kept hidden from locals. However, an influential expert group has pointed out the real horror of Sri Lanka’s so-called debt restructure. All that Ranil has done is pile up more and more debt since late 2022 and postponed the repayment of loans and […]

Dilrook Kannangara Since introducing the current constitution in 1977, no less than 21 constitutional amendments have been made so far. Three (3) more attempts were made that ended in failure and another attempt by the name of the 22 Amendment is currently underway. None of these was for the benefit of the nation or the […]

Dilrook Kannangara Sri Lanka’s constitution has lost its gloss, credibility, supremacy and worth as it is regularly changed to suit politicians in power. In fact, the 47-year-old constitution has changed 21 times already and the 22 attempt is now being made. That is 22 changes within 47 years. No country has such a worthless piece […]

Dilrook Kannangara Sri Lanka is fast coming to its end. Having struggled a miserable 75 years of poverty, wars, insurrections, riots, bankruptcy, etc. it is now on its last legs. It will succumb to India within the next few decades if not years. Although it is resisted by some, there are supporters. India is home […]