Vichara Now that the NPP has won an absolute majority in the Parliament, there will be reams written on their achievement, particularly on the unique contribution and wise leadership of AKD the President. While endorsing the sentiments expressed so liberally, what is not understood is why this radical change did not come earlier in a […]

Vichara The country is aware of several Mafiosi like the diesel mafia, rice mill mafia, and the drugs mafia which are a curse on the country. But it is very rare that people mention about the Pettah mafia which is the mother of all mafiosi. They have existed since colonial times and have grown in […]

Vichara Produced below is an extract of the Official Results of the Presidential Election 2024 .   Number of Members Province   Dissanayake Premadasa Wickremesinghe                 Votes % Votes % Votes %     Ampara 7 Eastern   108,971 25.74% 200,384 47.33% 86,589 20.45%         […]

Vichara Members of Parliament are considered the representatives of the people, and their decisions are guided by the wishes of the people and national interests. The exodus of SLPP members to the Ranil camp is under the delusion that RW performed a miracle in taking the country out of the economic and security debacle. It […]

Vichara A recent statement of Lalkantha of the NPP that judicial power must be devolved to the village level has created much uneasiness among lawmakers and politicians. Objection to this comment is based on the assumption that Judicial power is the prerogative of the Judiciary created by the Constitution. It must be noted that judicial […]

VICHARA May day has come and gone leaving a few significant lessons for the major political parties. First lesson is that the NPP has shown that they are a force to reckon with. They were able to muster massive crowds not only at the main venue in Colombo but assemble similar numberss in three outstations […]

Vichara May Day is round the corner. Mayday is also the international distress call used by aircrafts and ships. It is appropriate we scream mayday” to alarm the nation that the ship named Sri Lanka is sinking. The Captain of the ship is confident that we can save the ship if we throw all the […]

Vichara. ( ලංකාපුවත්) – ලෝකයේ අති නවීන තාක්ෂණික හා සංචාරක ක්‍රමවේදයන් සමගින් ‘ශ්‍රී රාමායන් ට්‍රේල්ස් ශ්‍රී ලංකා’ (‘ශ්‍රී රාමායණ මංපෙත්’- Shree Ramayan Trails sri Lanka) ව්‍යාපෘතිය කොළඹ ටාජ් සමුද්‍රා හෝටල් පරිශ්‍රයේදී පසුගියදා(21) නිල වශයෙන් ආරම්භ කරනු ලැබිය. ඉන්දු ශ්‍රී ලංකා අධ්‍යාත්මික සම්බන්ධතාවයේ සහ සංස්කෘතික පුනර්ජීවනයේ නව යුගයක් ආරම්භ කිරීමට අඩිතාලම දමමින් මෙරට සංචාරක ක්ෂේත්‍රයේත් සංස්කෘතික […]

Vichara The country is aware of several mafiosi like the diesel mafia, rice mill mafia and the drugs mafia which are a curse on the country. But it is very rare that people refer to the Pettah mafia which is the mother of all mafiosi. This mafia has existed from colonial times and grown in […]

Vichara President Directs Completion of Urumaya” Program Granting Free Land Rights to 2 Million People by June ( President’s Media Division 22 March 2024). President RW has declared his intention to contest the upcoming Presidential Elections. According to his supporters, there is a block vote of 2.4 million Asswesuma beneficiaries who are obliged to vote […]

Vichara. During the Budget debate, in his address to the Parliament the President said that the Govt.’s way is the only way. President’s way is the IMF way. But there is another way for the country. It demands a change of direction, a focus on the critical issues, resolution and courage. The crucial cause of […]

Vichara When confronted with a difficult question from a member of the public it is the standard ploy of a bureaucrat to throw the book of rules at him. FRs and ARs are safe havens of the unwilling bureaucrat. Recently a similar situation was witnessed in Parliament. When the opposition asked for information on the […]