All indications are that the executive board of the International Monetary Fund will sign off tomorrow on the $2.9 billion bailout package its staff worked out...
Saturday 18th March, 2023 The Rajapaksa-Wickremesinghe government can allocate funds for anything other than elections. It claims to be too broke to spare any money for...
Friday 17th March, 2023 Sri Lankan politics is characterised by unbridled machismo. Macho men of all stripes are full of themselves and consider politics as a...
Thursday 16th March, 2023 There seems to be no end in sight to the ongoing trade union struggle, which has dealt a crippling blow to the...
Wednesday 15th March, 2023 Warring trade unions are girding up their loins for a showdown with the government, which is determined to crush today’s strike. What...
Tuesday 14th March, 2023 Progress eludes countries where populist politics has taken precedence over economics, Sri Lanka being a glaring example. Politicians, unlike statespersons, do not...
Monday 13th March, 2023 The Rajapaksa-Wickremesinghe regime has been able to bulldoze its way through thanks to the pusillanimity and timorousness of the Opposition, which is...
We conclude today what probably is the longest running series of articles ever in this newspaper. It was written by Chandana Jayawardena, the hometown boy who...
Saturday 11th March, 2023 The Rajapaksa-Wickremesinghe government’s fear of elections is so intense that it is ready to do anything to sabotage the local government (LG)...
Friday 10th March, 2023 Sri Lanka is now like Singapore thanks to its current leaders; it, too, has become a police state! The long arm of...