On 4th January 2024 reports that “President Ranil Wickramesinghe said a decision has been taken to deploy a ship from the Sri Lanka Navy on the Red Sea area, contributing to the security of the region against Houthi activities.” What exactly does “ a decision has been made” imply? Did the President make this decision […]

Other than in the early post-independence era governments of our country have been extremely wary of media personnel. Such was the fear of the independent press/media under the leadership of Former Premier Sirimavo Bandaranaike, her government took over the Lake House group of newspapers in the guise of board-basing that media outfit. Unfortunately, the group […]

Opposition and Samagi Jana Balawegaya leader Sajith Premadasa has said he was surprised by President Ranil Wickramesinghe’s declaration that Sri Lanka would send a warship to the Red Sea to determine Houthi attacks on commercial ships. Premadasa said the President’s claim that a warship would be deployed because Houthi attacks caused an increase in the […]

The Lawyer’s Collective in a letter addressed to President Ranil Wickramesinghe called for the immediate termination of the appointment of Deshabandu Tennakoon as Acting IGP in view of the recent Supreme Court judgment. The urge the President to refer the judgment to the Attorney General to consider without delay charging the police officers with the […]