For the first time in the history of Sri Lanka, the nation experimented with a ‘Peaceful Protest’ to oust a leader they came to hate. And they succeeded! Sri Lankans across the nation, crossing boundaries of ethnicity, religion and social class came together in what came to be known as the...
Political and diplomatic greenhorn, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa may have landed his foot in his mouth by causing a diplomatic faux pas, much to the detriment of relations between Sri Lanka and India and causing a political and diplomatic crisis. The drama began on Friday 10 when the Chairman...
The Rajapaksa oligarchy is now a politically spent force. Yet they seem deaf and blind to their rejection by a nation of twenty-two million. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, stubbornly clings on to the Executive Presidency deluded that the 6.9 million – now dropping dead in endless queues for...
Politically and economically besieged Sri Lanka could well be staring at another anti-government revolt on the lines of the 71’ and 88’/89’ insurrections, orchestrated by the Marxist and nationalist ‘Peoples Liberation Front’, JVP. ‘Black Monday’ – 9 May – saw one of the most violent...
The new Sri Lankan PM is the man many Lankans love to hate – the enigmatic Ranil Wickremesinghe. He was sworn in as the Prime Minister for a record sixth time yesterday by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Wickremesinghe is the Leader of the United National Party (UNP) and the go-to man whenever Sri...
In Sri Lanka, known for violent uprisings put down by brutal government crackdowns, the power of non-violent protests proved its mettle today [May 9] when Sri Lanka’s beleaguered Prime Minster Mahinda Rajapaksa finally caved into the nation’s demand and resigned from office, a short while ago. ...
Sri Lanka has approached many for help including IMF to overcome crisis created largely by bad governance. The unprecedented economic and political crisis in the face of rising public debt that has escalated to unsustainable levels coupled with low foreign currency reserves, insufficient to pay...
Once the uncrowned king of Sri Lanka and hailed as the hero of 6.9 million Sri Lankans, former President and incumbent Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is today referred to as the Naki Myna – a derogatory reference to an old man - by the very people who once hero worshipped him. Mahinda...
The role of political Buddhism has come to the focus with the political and economic crisis in Sri Lanka continuing. A young, frustrated and angry voxpopuli is increasingly demanding that the extremely unpopular President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his family in government should quit. The...
Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis since gaining independence from the British in 1948 and the once ethnically polarised Sri Lankan nation has united and is up in arms against the ruling, all-powerful and corrupt Rajapaksa family. "Go Home Gota" has become the rallying cry of...
