Ranil Returns to Court Tomorrow. This Time the Attorney General’s Answer Matters
The investigation into more than Rs 16.6 million in State expenditure associated with former President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s 2023 visit to…
Category: POLITICS
Namal is Already Remanded Until October 13. Tomorrow He Faces Another Airbus Decision
One court yesterday refused bail to Namal Rajapaksa in the Airbus bribery case and remanded him until October 13. Tomorrow…
Overseas Sri Lankans May Finally Get the Vote. Now Comes the Hard Part.
Sri Lanka is moving towards allowing its citizens overseas to vote without flying home. The principle sounds straightforward. Making it…
Sri Lanka Goes to the UN to Talk About Restoring Trust. Trust Begins at Home
Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath has taken Sri Lanka’s message to the United Nations under a General Assembly theme built around…
22A: So Who Exactly Gets Two More Years?
Parliament begins its two-day debate today on the Twenty-Second Amendment after the Supreme Court determined that no referendum is required.…
Namal Stays in Remand: Now Until September 30
Namal Rajapaksa will spend at least another week in remand custody after the Colombo Magistrate’s Court yesterday extended his detention…
22A: No Referendum. Now the Decision Belongs to Parliament.
The Supreme Court has cleared the central constitutional hurdle facing the proposed extension of judges’ retirement ages. But it has…
Ranil is Everywhere Again. But Are the Voters There?
He is out of the Presidency. He is out of Parliament. Yet Ranil Wickremesinghe seems remarkably difficult to remove from…
AKD Has the Numbers. Now Comes the Harder Test.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake achieved what once looked politically impossible: he took a movement from the margins of Sri Lankan politics…
Namal Now Faces Two Airbus Cases. This is Getting Serious.
Namal Rajapaksa entered this week already in remand over an alleged Rs 100 million Airbus-linked bribe. He has now also…
