Visa Deal Sparks Parliament
You won’t believe the circus that broke out in Sri Lanka’s parliament recently! Picture this: lawmakers are shouting, tempers are flaring, and it all started because of a report on a controversial visa deal. The protagonist in this drama? Harsha de Silva, the Chair of the Committee on Public Finance, who last week dared to […]
Confusion Over Ranil’s Draft Constitutional Amendment
People in Sri Lanka are confused and worried about President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s recent move to draft a 22nd Amendment to the Constitution. Critics believe this is a tactic to delay the upcoming presidential elections, which the Elections Commission is expected to announce soon. Presidential Apologies and Blame-Shifting Recently, President Wickremesinghe has been outspoken. He criticized […]
Global Chaos: Massive IT Outage Shakes Businesses Worldwide, What Happened?
Businesses worldwide grappled with a major IT outage last Friday (07/20/2024), as everything from banks to doctors’ offices and even TV broadcasters faced disruptions. The system failure was felt globally: credit card systems went down in Australia, airlines from the USA to Europe to India cancelled thousands of flights, resorting to handwritten boarding passes for […]
SL is Getting Better?
More people feel the economy is improving, and government approval is rising, according to a survey by Colombo-based think tank Verité Research. The government’s approval rating surged to 24% in July, up from 7% in February 2024, the survey revealed. Current economic conditions were rated as “good” or “excellent” by 28% of respondents, a significant […]
Delay in announcing election date?
Election Commission has said that elections will be held between Sept. 17 and Oct. 16. The commission could declare the exact date of the election any time from now and before the 20th of August seems that the commission is not interested in declaring the date of the elections soon. It is widely speculated that […]
Sirisena needs to hurry up and pay up
Former President Maithripala Sirisena has asked for six more years to complete his payment to the victims of the Easter Sunday bomb attacks. President’s Counsel Faizer Mustapha, appearing for Maithripala Sirisena, informed the Supreme Court that his client has already paid Rs. 58 million in compensation to the victims and further stated that the remaining […]
The Purple Brigade of John Kothalawala
One of Sri Lanka’s most illustrious politicians, Sir John Kotelawala CH, KBE, LLD was Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister from 1953 to 1956. Erect and soldierly in his bearing, ‘Sir John’ as he was affectionately known was undoubtedly one of the most colourful personalities of his time He loved horses and took great pleasure in his […]