Editorial

Some thugs whose wealth acquisition is the direct result of gross human rights violations (genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and…

The Human Rights Council is mooting a special office on Sri Lanka. Officially it’s to be called ‘Evidence Preservation Mechanism…

India does share borders with Myanmar and China. Relations with Myanmar have improved over the last 25 years or so.…

We live in times when enemies of the people come wearing all kinds of suits and titles. Diplomat. High Commissioner.…

There are tea parties in Colombo, it seems. Fun stuff. Cheap for diplomats, but hey, these are not ladies and…

India loves Tamils. Modi loves Tamils. But Modi cares not and India cares not of Tamil fishermen and their livelihoods.…

The entire world is a battleground as long as there are resources to be obtained and markets to be established.

Words have been spoken. Among them, this: ‘renege’ Interesting choice, that.

An intro to this week’s undressing of economists, economies and economics in E-Con E-News (www.eesrilanka.wordpress.com)

The Indian High Commission’s spokesperson needs to get some sleep because pretend-sleepers will not wake up and smell the coffee/tea.

The Yicai Research Institute rankings were laughed at, because it was China-based. Who is laughing now?

If ‘May 2009’ didn’t happen, these arms may not have been buried at all. They would have been used and…

This government didn't promise to end nepotism, but that doesn't make nepotism right!

Someone is ill and you laugh? Hmmm….

The bottom line is, at worst, the USA is ‘perfect’!

Mandel had a mind that could see beyond the immediate and self-interest; Pelosi has a mouth and two tongues, selective…

උදයංග අඩි හප්පමින් කිමාලිට බැණ වදින අතර යුක්රේනය ලොක්-ඩවුනයකට ලක් විය. උදයංග ගැනත් උදයංගවාදය ගැනත් තව කුමන කතාද!

The people of the United States of America deserve better than what the Bill Killingtons, Georges-in-the-Bushes, Donald Ducks and Tanned…

Will Ambassador Teplitz, even in diplo-speak, offer a ‘compare and contrast’ about different kinds of protests in her country and…

It’s hard to think of anything more delusional than the UNP thinknig that it is positioned to un-delude.

Sri Lanka didn’t end up being Bhutanized as Rajiv Gandhi predicted. But Sri Lanka’s sovereignty remained severely wounded. Pandering to…

Why was Perera removed? Did he do wrong? Was he inefficient? If so, was he given a new job as…

In 2015 Harsha de Silva accused the then Kotte MC Chairman of corruption. In 2020 the ex-Chairman jumped ship to…

So, if there is no free lunch, then the MCC, by their theorizing, would involve ‘payback’. And now, with the…

They alternately privilege religion and science; it’s now the Kingdom of God now the Nation State!

In other words, Sri Lank is not interested in pursuing her development priorities (read: ‘the priorities that are written for…

'පැණිය හැදුවේ මම...දීපිය තොගේ වාහනය, දීපිය තොගේ ක්‍රෙඩිට් කාඩ් එක (PIN එක සමග), දණ ගපිය, වැඳපිය මට!'

You do it all, you ship out the wealth, and you give back a tooth and then ‘it’s all even…

“After requesting govt. to scrap Speaker’s traditional budget dinner, SJB has grand five-star do same night.” — The Island

Real import substitution (of machines, etc) has not been even broached. Yet the capitalists feign pain.