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It was interesting to read The Island editorial today (13); it says Ranil Wickremesinghe should consider having ‘Houdini’ as his middle name, given his adeptness at political escapology. He certainly has much more of an escapology than most of our politicians. But how good is the Houdini style for our democracy? Is what we see […]

Addressing a May Day rally organised by his party in Polonnaruwa, former Sri Lanka President and the chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Maithripala

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appealed to the protesting citizens to join hands to steer a "pro-people struggle" to meet the challenges,

Addressing a May Day rally organised by his party in Polonnaruwa, former Sri Lanka President and the chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Maithripala

Monday 2nd May, 2022 The government has gone into overdrive to form an all-party interim administration in response to people’s protests, and a request from the Mahanayake Theras. It however has chosen to remain silent on protesters’ demand that their stolen money be returned. Gomi Senadhira, a former diplomat and public servant has, in his […]

Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa consented to remove Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is also his older brother, as the country continued to reel under the worst economic crisis since Independence in 1948.

By Admiral Ravindra C Wijegunaratne (Retired from Sri Lanka Navy) Former Chief of Defence Staff A long time ago, on 01 April 1881, Royal College (then known as the Colombo Academy) in Mutwal, Principal Mr John B Cull started a School Cadet Platoon. The idea was to train students on drill so that they would […]

On April 19, amid mass anti-government protests, Sri Lankan police forces opened fire on a crowd of protesters at Rambukkana demanding affordable food and fuel.

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By Lynn Ockersz Easily one of the greatest poems in the English language, renowned modern poet T. S. Eliot’s, ‘Journey of the Magi’, defies easy interpretation. On the face of it, the poem focuses on the arduous journey ‘The Three Wise Men’ of the East, or the Three Kings of Christian legend, made to a […]