KAMALIKA PIERIS Shivanthi Ranasinghe observed in May 2022 that for the past two months, the country has been experiencing different types of protests. Television news from March 2022 onwards showed groups of people in different towns blocking the main roads protesting against the shortage of petrol, gas, kerosene, as well as electricity cuts. These protests […]

චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම, LL.B., Ph.D. හැඳින්වීම– part I පොතක් වශයෙන් මා විසින් පිළියෙලකල ඉහත සඳහන් මාතෘකාව සහිත ලිපි එකතුවට ලියනලද හැඳින්වීම කොටස් දෙකකින් ඉදිරිපත් කරන්නේ ජූලි 9 දා සිදුවූ ජනාධිපති ගෝඨභයගේ ඉවත්කිරීම සමඟ රටේ උද්ගතව ඇති අර්බුදකාරී තත්වය ඉදිරියේ එහි සඳහන් කර ඇති කරුණුවල වැදගත්කම නිසාය. අලි–මිනිස් ගැටුම් ගැන ඇතිවූ පෙලපාලි මෙන් නොව, පෝර දියව් පෙළපාලි […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS GotaGogama was attacked on the afternoon of  May 9th,2022 around 2.30 pm- 3 pm. Sri Lankans who were watching live television coverage of the Temple Trees meeting called by  Mahinda Rajapaksa , saw mobs carrying wooden poles and other objects trooping out of Temple Trees, immediately after Mahinda Rajapaksa had ended his speech. […]

By A. Abdul Aziz, Chairman, Press & Media Desk – AMJSL. (Given below is an excerpt of the Eid-ul-Adha Sermon delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Supreme Head of the world-wide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Islam, on 10th July, 2022, at ‘Masjid Mubarak’, Islamabad, Tilford, U.K.) After Tashahud, Ta‘awuz and the recitation of Surah al-Fatihah, […]

Prof. Hudson McLean The President of the Republic & the Prime Minister was summarily kicked out. Dismissed.  Well done! The Democratic Republic of Sri Lanka shall run through the Democratic Process of electing the next leaders! Let us get back to business! Sri Lanka needs Credibility & International Support. To get the economy back on […]

වෛද්‍ය කේ.එම්. වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර ලේකම්දෙශහිතෛෂී ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරය වත්මන් ආර්ථික අර්බුදය සහ ඒ තුළින් උත්සන්න වූ දේශපාලන අර්බුදය නිර්මාණය කිරීමට දායක වූ පාර්ශ්ව හෙවත් අර්බුදයේ පියවරුන් පිළිබඳව විවිධ පාර්ශ්ව එකිනෙකාට චෝදනා කරති. ඊට අමතරව යම් පාර්ශ්ව අර්බුදය නිර්මාණය කරන්නට බෙහෙවින් දායක වූ පියවරුන්ට එය විසඳිය හැකි යැයි විශ්වාසය පළ කරති. එසේම අර්බුදයේ මූලයන් පිළිබඳව සහ එය […]

By Noor Nizam – Peace and Political Activist, Political Communication Researcher, SLFP/SLPP Stalwart, Patriotic Citizen – June 10th., 2022. Was Gotabaya’s failure to bring all the corrupt officials and government servants and politicians before the law and punish them over the last 31 months lead to this “Aragalaya”? This is not just an “aragalaya”. The […]

Courtesy multipolarista.com Sri Lanka owes 81% of its external debt to US and European financial institutions and Western allies Japan and India. China owns just 10%. But Washington blames imaginary Chinese debt traps” for the nation’s crisis, as it considers a 17th IMF structural adjustment program. Facing a deep economic crisis and bankruptcy, Sri Lanka […]

Courtesy International Business Travel Sri Lanka’s embattled president was flown to an airbase near the main international airport Monday, officials said, raising speculation he will escape into exile abroad. Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the presidential palace in Colombo under naval protection on Saturday, shortly before tens of thousands of protesters overran the compound. Hours later, the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is still in the country and met the tri force commanders today morning, the Daily Mirror learns. Rajapaksa who was aboard a naval vessel within the territorial waters of Sri Lanka following the July 9 protest, returned back to land today and met the tri force commanders and […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Party leaders have decided to elect a new President on July 20 through a vote in Parliament in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardhane said today. He said it was decided to convene Parliament this Friday (15) and inform the House that there is a vacancy […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror United Arab Emirates carrier flydubai has suspended operations to Colombo in Sri Lanka until further notice, a spokesperson for the budget airline said on Monday. “We will continue to closely monitor the situation on the ground in Sri Lanka. Passengers who have booked to travel on these flights will be contacted […]

Courtesy Adaderana Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa says that the mandate of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) government including the President and the Prime Minister is now over and that they are prepared to give leadership to the country. Making a special statement today (11), he said that the opposition is ready to […]

Courtesy Adaderana Party leaders have reportedly decided to convene the Parliament on July 15 (Friday), following the President’s resignation. SJB parliamentarian Ranjith Madduma Bandara said that nominations for the position of President will be accepted on July 18 (Monday) and that the President will be elected on July 20. Speaking to reporters following the party […]

Courtesy Hiru News President Gotabaya Rajapaksa still in Sri Lanka says Parliament Speaker as he clarifies reports of President leaving country “I made a mistake in the BBC interview, President is still in the country” speaker has told ANI news agency,

Courtesy Hiru News COLOMBO, July 11 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s central bank governor signalled on Monday that he would stay in the job but warned that prolonged political instability in the country may delay progress on negotiations with the International Monetary Fund for a bailout package. “Political instability might delay the progress we have been […]

Courtesy Hiru News Making a special statement this afternoon (11), the Prime Minister said that with the weak administrative system in the country, the economic crisis of this country can never be restored in a few days, and it will take at least a year to recover one step. Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe says that […]

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Courtesy FB දැවන්ත ආරාක්ෂක බලකායන්ගේ එකතුවෙන් ගොඩ නැගූ යෝධ බැරියර් එකින් එක පෙරලමින් ජනාධිපති මැදුරට අරගල්කරුවන් ඇතුලු වූ ඓතිහාසික අවසන් සටන පිලිබ්ඳ අරගලයේ පෙරමුනේම සිටි සටන් සගයකු වන සමජවාදි තරුණ සංගමයේ ක්‍රීෂ් ටෙලාන්.සියඹලාපිටිය සහෝදරයා විසින් සිය ෆේස් බුක් ගිනුමේ තැබූ සුවිශේෂී සටහන මෙන්න… // ඇත්තම කියනවනං හොඳම අවස්ථාවල පොටෝ වැදුනෙ ෆෝන් එකෙන් නෙවේ ඇස් දෙකෙන්. […]

Courtesy The Time of India Anger and frustration may have prompted Sri Lankan protesters to storm Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s official residence. But the bottom line and the lesson from recent history like the Arab Spring countries where civil strife hasn’t abated is that Sri Lanka needs a functional government to get its act together, conduct negotiations […]

Mark Almond Courtesy MailonLine The anarchic scenes in Sri Lanka are enough to make the blood of any world leader run cold. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence overrun by furious protesters. Crowds cavorting on his four-poster bed and in his swimming pool and gym. Sections of the Prime Minister’s home in flames. This burning building not […]

Courtesy The Financial Express An all-party govt may lack political legitimacy to steer the nation out of economic collapse Since the last three months, nationwide protests in Sri Lanka have escalated against the crippling shortages of essentials, double-digit food and fuel inflation and long power cuts, among other privations. The groundswell of discontent spilled over […]

Courtesy ANI News Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), July 11 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on July 10 called the economic crisis in Sri Lanka a “serious” matter and highlighted India’s help to the island nation. Addressing media persons, Jaishankar said, “The Sri Lankan crisis is a serious matter. It is something which has been built over […]