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…
Category: EDITORIAL
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…
Honour has departed Sri Lanka
From the bond scam in February 2015 to the Presidential Secretaries found counting proceeds of graft, sleaze and corruption in…
The ruination of the United National Party
As with all great ideas, the start was excellent. Political stalwarts like Don Steophen Senanayake, Dudley Senanayake, Solomon West Ridgeway…
MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA’S “RAW” DEAL
By Faraz Shauketaly Six months ago there was no greater critic of India’s attitude to interference in Sri Lanka’s…
The ruination of the United National Party
As with all great ideas, the start was excellent. Political stalwarts like Don Steophen Senanayake, Dudley Senanayake, Solomon West Ridgeway…
No Conscience for Mahapola Funds
The details revealed by News1st of the saga surrounding the Mahapola Trust Fund and its two subsidiaries is testimony to…
PRIME MINISTER Imran Khan
A long, quintessentially Pakistani struggle to achieve the summit of national politics has finally succeeded. Imran Khan is finally the…
ZERO COMMITMENT MAXIMUM CORRUPTION
January 2015 marked the start of heady days ahead for Sri Lanka that tropical isle where a war of terror…