Leading political parties, mostly in the Sinhala speaking south, are known to loudly proclaim the need to elect more women to ...

The Government is confronted with many challenges including finalising debt restructuring and strictly following the conditions laid down by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) while keeping ...

In the lead-up to Sri Lanka’s parliamentary elections on November 14, corruption has emerged as a dominant and decisive issue.

Apart from the TNA, parties such as Tamil National People's Front (TNPF ) led by Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, the Eelam ...

In the history of the JVP, Dissanayake has played a particular role in its jettisoning of socialistic demagogy and ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s state-run Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) under the new government led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has opted for reforms without privatizing the utility service ...

Forced into exile 25 years ago and compelled to stay away in order to stay alive, journalist D.B.S. Jeyaraj always dreamt of returning to Sri Lanka. That flame of hope flickered occasionally, as the ...

a onetime minister embroiled in many a controversy, complained that he had been forced to put out his personal funds to campaign. The case of the NPP is quite different. Its rallies, particularly ...

President Dissanayake is asking the people to give NPP a mandate to form of a strong government to fulfil the promises made at the presidential election. It has been the political trend till now that ...

About ten months ago, among other things, I informally discussed the devolution of power with Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who ...

Jagjit Singh Sohal, known as Comrade Sharma, a pioneer of Naxalism in Punjab, passed away on October 20 at the age of 96.