NPP’s much touted stand that it wouldn’t ... is widely believed to have backed Mahinda Rajapaksa’s 2005 Presidential Election ...

The northern vote should be examined against the backdrop of expulsion of the entire Muslim population from that province in ...

Tisaranee Gunasekara “The future is cloth waiting to be cut.” Seamus Heaney (The Burial at Thebes) The point had been made often enough. Without a Gotabaya Rajapaksa presidency, there wouldn’t have ...

At the birthday party held in August to celebrate the 100 th birthday of Raja de Silva, school friend of my uncle Tissa and former Director General of Archaeology, I was fortunate to meet his daughter ...

On the campaign trail, President AKD followed-up his memorable line “I hear talk in certain places about an Opposition. An ...

Upward of 150 stand-up specials were released in 2023. That’s a lot — much more than a generation ago, when it was hardly guaranteed that a comedian would ever film one if they weren’t one ...

The key issue at the forthcoming parliamentary election should be economic recovery, based on the IMF formula, or whatever an ...

The cutting-edge, $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) shared its debut image with the world on July 12, 2022, peering deeper into the universe than any telescope before it. Since then ...

Ashun Wu, like Fisher, is safely through as things stand but will need to avoid slipping up to get himself over the line. One poor round could be the difference for the Chinese hopeful ...

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited the New Magazine Prison in Welikada yesterday (25) to meet with former MP Johnston Fernando, who was remanded on 23 October. Fernando was arrested by the ...

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been sworn in as the Prime Minister before President Maithripala Sirisena, a short while ago. The unexpected announcement comes just minutes after the United ...

Mahinda Rajapaksa’s eldest son and crown prince of the Rajapaksa dynasty Namal Rajapaksa contested as the SLPP candidate in the presidential election held on September 21st. He fared miserably polling ...