I am of course referring to former Kalutara district Parliamentarian Palitha Thewarapperuma who died of accidental electrocution on 16 April 2024. As stated earlier , this United National Party(UNP) ...
In Sri Lanka’s current political environment this saying is most applicable to the progress of President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s administration. Ranil took over the reins of Government when the country ...
A “Kaputa” (Crow) from the US meets with a “Nariya” (Fox) in Sri Lanka. The fox is planning to devour a feast , fit for a king sorry President. The crow wants to prevent it. So it resorts to many ...
The Ilankai Thamil Arasuk Katchi(ITAK) known in English as the Federal Party will celebrate its 75th Birthday in December this year. The premier political party of the Sri Lankan Tamil people known as ...
Current media coverage in Sri Lanka is heavily focused on the forthcoming Presidential elections. Though officially not announced yet, it seems a foregone conclusion that the presidential poll would ...
These days, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)/National People’s Power (NPP) Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake and top-level party stalwarts are busy receiving a beeline of foreign diplomats, who seem ...
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (Peoples Liberation Front) led Jathika Jana Balawegaya ( National People’s Power is a left-leaning, working class-oriented broad front consisting of the JVP and 27 other ...
“Putting your foot in your mouth” is a figurative expression about a person saying or doing something that should not be done or not have been said, especially if it embarrasses the person concerned ...
This week’s Column is the second of a series of articles denoting the 20th anniversary of the revolt headed by former eastern tiger commander Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias “Karuna Ammaan” against ...