I was struck by the article written by MDD Pieris in The Sunday Island, under the title, “Free school uniform decision taken in minutes on a platform in Bakamuna” by President Premadasa. I am penning ...

The 200 garment factories programme was the major industrial development project spread throughout the country, creating employment and exports, bringing in valuable foreign exchange Exports were ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday congratulated C. Joseph Vijay following his swearing-in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, highlighting the ...

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday welcomed Vietnamese President Tô Lâm to Parliament, describing Vietnam as a ...

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has declared that the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and the United National Party (UNP) have already united ...

Sri Lanka’s political history has witnessed many dramatic changes of government, fierce electoral contests and periods of deep public dissatisfaction. Yet, until 2022, governments were removed ...

The US has been complicit in the 9 July 2022 assault on the President’s House. A new book, on the regime change project, by renowned political commentator Mohan Samaranayake, examined the then US ...

On May 1, 1999, a meeting between the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic led to the release of three U.S. soldiers captured a month earlier by Serbian troops.

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Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a retired lieutenant colonel, nicknamed the "Terminator" by his own family, won 53-54 percent of the vote ...

This speech was delivered by Deepal Jayasekera, General Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), and Dilaxshan ...

Tamil Nadu CM C. Joseph Vijay visits political leaders after swearing-in, exchanging greetings and suggestions in a series of meetings.