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By Lynn Ockersz Lights go out, one by one, As darkness mingles with desolation, Among people left to their devices, Their hearths dimming by the hour, Amid the thinning aroma in eating places, While hand-to-mouth micro-businesses, Forlornly put up their worn-out shutters, Since there’s no life-line for the afflicted, And begging, for some, becomes an […]

The Tamil nationalist parties are engaging in private talks with the discredited Rajapakse clan, while working to divide workers and youth along ethnic-religious lines.

By Anura Gunasekera We are way more powerful when we turn to each other and not on each other, when we celebrate our diversity….and together tear down the mighty walls of injustice ( Cynthia Mckinney- American politician and activist) Perhaps, by the time this is published, Sri Lanka will have a working government. As it […]

The SEP’s picket and rally calling for the working class to advance a socialist program to resolve the devastating economic situation—one based on its essential needs, not what the capitalist politicians claim is “affordable”—won a powerful response.

The meeting between President Gottabaya Rajapaksa and former President Maithripala Srisena-led Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to discuss the political and economic crisis affecting the country ended without any conclusion on Sunday, reported local media.

President Gottabaya Rajapaksa and former Prime Minister Maithripala Srisena-led Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) held a crucial meeting on Sunday evening to discuss the political and economic crisis affecting the country.

In a bid to find a solution to the current economic, political and social crisis in the country, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will be holding a crucial meeting with 41 MPs who recently quit the ruling dispensation.

Saturday 9th April, 2022 The incumbent government has failed miserably, and the people have a legitimate right to demand its ouster, and hold protests to achieve their goal. Perhaps, they would not have had to take to the streets in this manner, asking President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and others to go home, […]

Friday 8th April, 2022 Power is not only corruptive but also divisive. It nurtures the base instincts ingrained in human psyche, such as insatiable greed and irrepressible urge to control and dominate others. Humans are no different from animals where their intense, selfish desires, and perverse tendencies are concerned. So, the saying that blood is […]

Chaos for food, drinks and fuel in Sri Lanka amid long power cuts - Sri Lanka has appointed a three-member advisory group to assist government officials engaging with the International Monetary Fund, President said.