The United Nations and rights organisations have condemned the ongoing anti-narcotics crackdown in Sri Lanka that has led to the “arbitrary arrest” of 30,000 suspects.Police in Sri Lanka said the arrest were made as a part of the operation Yukitiya (Justice) which began in mid-December and aims to completely eradicate the illegal drug trade in […]

NPP Leader and MP Dissanayake shed light on some questionable public fund allocations. Speaking in Parliament yesterday, he took exception to a supplementary estimate which sought legislative approval for Rs.1.4 billion as Sri Lanka Telecom divestiture cost, and Rs.200 million for President Ranil Wickramesinghe’s foreign tours and domestic travel in addition to the annual budgetary […]

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 […]