Street anger boils, unions and the West denounce emergency
Unionists condemned police violence against peaceful protesters near the Parliament complex and the late night emergency…
Changing landscape of protest sites adds more muscle to protests
The anti-government protest at Galle Face has been going on for a month and protestors still…
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More than one hundred Indian bottom trawlers that were auctioned after being seized by the Navy…
Ranil: Govt.’s priority should be resolving economic crisis
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Sri Lankans are being warned of a dengue epidemic, with prevention work in disarray due to…
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White water cannon truck not for Lanka
With police using water cannons to disperse protesters across the country, a newly imported armoured water-cannon truck that was transported to Colombo on the Southern…
Protesters face arrest if they disrupt normalcy
People engaging in protests in a manner that disrupts normalcy or turns violent will face arrest under the state of emergency declared by President Gotabaya…
SJB and partners to support national programme based on BASL proposals
The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and its coalition partners have said they were prepared to extend support for a national programme to resolve the prevailing…
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Editorial
A state of political and economic emergency
Calling out the Armed Forces has seemingly been President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s last throw of the dice – declaring a State of Emergency on Friday night following the hartal earlier in the day, members of Parliament besieged by radicalised students and trade unions threatening to extend strike action on a daily…
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Protests to intensify in the coming days despite state of emergency
Fears of continuous wave of hartals; any government move to use brute force could be highly damaging President’s supporters believe they have numbers in parliament to pass emergency;…
- 5th Column
Slapstick comedy in Parliament while citizens suffer
My dear Dishonourable Deputy Speaker Ranjith, I feel sad and ashamed that I have to write to you in this manner. However, I also feel that I must,…
- The Economic Analysis
The hard road to economic recovery, stability and growth
The resolution of the widespread protests, political and constitutional issues and ensuring law and order are essential for the country’s economic stability and economic recovery. The expeditious resolution…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
India says credit lines to overcome crisis not an endorsement of the current regime
As India extended its credit lines to assist Sri Lanka during the ongoing economic crisis, it has also actively pursuing development projects to secure geopolitical and bilateral interests…
- Focus on Rights
Sri Lanka’s ‘bunker government’ and a parliament under siege
Bright smiles of determined young Sri Lankans contrast starkly with the tear gas and water cannons used by the police this Friday to smash tents and scatter protestors…
- In the National Interest
Government’s bad faith with political games further delays hopes of resolution of crisis
Writers and political analysts have repeated ad nauseum that what the country is facing is a crisis of a magnitude not witnessed in living memory. To the thousands…
- Thoughts from London
How the mighty are crumbling
That was meant to be a candid statement. At least that is what Finance Minister Mohamed Ali Sabry perhaps thought it was and hoped that most of those…
- Lobby
Political undercurrents supersede contest for deputy speaker post; opposition unity in shambles
Any thoughts that a stronger and more united Opposition would emerge in Parliament on the back of month-long street protests against the Government were swept aside on Thursday…
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Sri Lanka is at a political deadlock. Protesters want the President and parliamentarians to go home.…
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Political deadlock: President, Parliament and protesters
Sri Lanka is at a political deadlock. Protesters want the President and parliamentarians to go home.…
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