What A Charlie! – How Black is Ranil?
Likely support for the beleaguered former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka came from an almost predictable source.…
Category: EDITORIAL
HIDING BEHIND MOTHER’S SKIRT
The question really needing an answer is how it is that all those coming into power or authority or procuring…
An abysmal report card for 2018.
As the year draws to an end – an ignominious one at that – one of Asia’s oldest democracies, would…
Let’s get on with good governance
The appointment of Sri Lanka’s latest cabinet of Ministers following the events of 26th October is an eye opener as…
A Failed Leader Survives – again
The Supreme Court interpretation of the petition against the Presidential Proclamation of the dissolution of parliament has been welcome in…
THE SCOURGE OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT
The current constitutional and political crisis has highlighted a glaring deficit in terms of good governance and the people’s fundamental…
The Common Man’s Plea
Mahinda Rajapaksa, you are a 72 year old man, a career politician for 52 years, including two terms as PM and…
THE MAKING OF A CRISIS
The 17th of August marked precisely three years into this government. The government that came in promising good governance, promising…
KASHOGGI’S KILLERS ARE LESS IMPORTANT THAN PETRO DOLLARS
Jamal Kashoggi would have known best as to how dissidents are viewed and treated in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.…
SILENCE SAYS IT ALL
The country has indulged Ranil Wickremesinghe a tad too long. Several years ago Wickremesinghe was a feature of the Batalanda…