Where Is Harsha? Prime Minister Questions SJB Leadership Shuffle as 2027 Budget Debate Opens
Parliamentary tradition is a sacred, if occasionally tedious, beast in Sri Lanka, where everyone usually knows their script before stepping…
Category: POLITICS
Postponed: Wickremesinghe Appears in Court Over Rs. 16.6 Million UK Travel Case
The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court has ordered that the case filed by the Criminal Investigation Department against former President Ranil…
Tactical Alignment: SLPP Appeals to Sajith Over Clergy Attacks and Judicial Transfers
In an interesting turn of parliamentary strategy, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has formally reached out to Opposition Leader…
Bail in Hand, Still Behind Bars Handwriting Under Scrutiny: Namal Rajapaksa’s Expanding Krrish and Airbus Legal Tangle
The revolving doors of Sri Lanka’s justice system presented a bizarre spectacle today at the Colombo Magistrate’s Court, as Parliamentarian…
President Announces Revisions to Organised Crime Laws
Few political transformations are as stark as the journey from opposition campaigner to executive custodian. For years, President Anura Kumara…
Verdict Set for November 25: Gotabaya Awaits Ruling on Overseas Travel
Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s attempt to unseal his travel documents has run straight into a wall of judicial skepticism and…
UN Experts Sound Alarm on Organised Crime Draft
In a detailed 31-page joint intervention, five United Nations human rights mandates have formally urged the Sri Lankan government to…
Protesters at British Parliament Echo Local Calls to Repeal the PTA
Members of the Sri Lankan diaspora gathered outside the British Parliament in London on Sunday, November 1, to stage a…
No-Confidence Row: Opposition MPs Protest Rejection of Motion Against Speaker Wickramaratne
Tempers flared inside the chamber yesterday during morning proceedings as Opposition MPs launched a boisterous protest over the rejection of…
Namal Rajapaksa Granted Bail in Rs. 100M Krrish Bribery Probe but Remains in Remand
The Colombo Magistrate’s Court today ordered the release on bail of Namal Rajapaksa, the eldest son of Former President Mahinda…
