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Dr. Upatissa Pethiyagoda The crisis facing us is real and the future frightening. But what has caused it? The causes may be unclear and the correction is expected to be long. The causes are probably many, and the cascade will encompass many sectors. It has already led to shortages and long queues for fuel, rising […]

Thousands of anti-government protesters stormed into the President’s House on Saturday, forcing President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee with his family for an unknown destination. Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s house was set on fire by the protesters as Sri Lanka slid furt

“Always the bridesmaid and never the bride” was a comment often made by Ashok Ferrey, the sub-situ occurring not once but four times over as he was shortlisted for Sri Lanka’s most prestigious award for creative writing as follows: Colpetty People–2002, The Good Little Ceylonese Girl -2006, The Professional–written as Saroj Sinnetamby-2012, and The Ceaseless […]

By Lionel Weerakoon A home garden is a piece of land around the dwelling with clear boundaries and it has a functional relationship with its occupants related to economic, biophysical and social aspects. A home garden often consists of a mixture of annual and perennial crops, sometimes including small livestock. On account of the vertical […]

As thousands of protesters stormed Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksas residence in Colombo on Saturday demanding his governments resignation amid the ongoing economic crisis, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremmesinghe has summoned an ...

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa left the country after ant-government protesters stormed the Presidential Palace in the national capital Saturday, multiple media reports citing sources said.

The news of his flee came shortly after the Sri Lankan police fired tear gas at protestors on Saturday, July 9, in the largest anti-government marches

Sri Lankan PM Wickremesinghe offers to resign

Colombo, July 9: Thousands of irate anti-government protesters in Sri Lanka on Saturday stormed into embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s official residence in central Colombo’s high-security Fort area after breaking the barricades, as they demanded his resignation over the island nation’s worst economic crisis in recent memory. At least 30 people, including two policemen, were injured in clashes between security personnel and protesters – some of them holding Sri Lankan ...

Tens of thousands of protesters broke police barriers blocking the President's House where Rajapaksa has been housed since late March when the island-wide protests raged calling for his resignation