Ranil Wickremesinghe – stabilised economy, taken handcuffed to remand jail
By Dayan Jayatilleka/DailyFT Colombo, August 29 – When Napoleon ordered the execution of the Duc d’Enghien, a Bourbon prince, in 1804, the great French diplomat and thinker Talleyrand reportedly said “it is worse than a crime, it is a blunder”. The phrase became legend. The...
Has the JVP led NPP Launched a Political Witch Hunt Targeting Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe ?
By D.B.S. Jeyaraj/www.dbsjeyaraj.com/www.ft.lk Colombo, August 29 – History was made when 76 year old Ranil Sriyan Wickremesinghe was arrested by the Sri Lankan Police Criminal Investigation Department(CID) on charges of alleged corruption and misappropriation of public funds amounting to a little over Rupees 16.6 million.He...
The arrest of Ranil Wickremesinghe: The all-important question over life and death of democracy
By Ranga Jayasuriya/Daily Mirror Colombo, August 27 – Intriguingly, however, the biggest victim of this sordid episode is not even Ranil Wickremesinghe, but what initially appeared to be an ambitious anti-corruption campaign. Its initial indictments hinted at a genuine desire to hold the crooks accountable....
Why Washington can’t ignore Bangladesh
While Bangladesh may seem peripheral to U.S. foreign policy interests, ignoring it would be a strategic error.
Indian demographer’s take on alleged massive illegal immigration from Bangladesh
Dr. S. Irudaya Rajan, Chair of the International Institute of Migration and Development in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, advocates a scientific and balanced approach to immigration in India, combining stringent border control with amnesty for immigrants based on economic and humanitarian criteria.
How private is a “private” foreign visit of a serving President?
The answer to the question, “how private is a private visit?” is therefore both simple and profound: it is only as private as the public can trust it to be.
Arrest and remand of former President Ranil Wickremesinghe
By DBS Jeyaraj/Daily Mirror Colombo, August 25 – Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Sri Lankan Police on Friday 22nd August 2025. Subsequently he was produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate and remanded until August...
Distressing message from the August 18 hartal in Sri Lanka’s North and East
Disunity among Tamils marked the event
Ceylon Tamils’ role in making Singapore a First World country
By P.K.Balachandran/Sunday Observer Colombo, August 24 – When Singapore got independence from Britain in 1965, it was but a large slum without assured running water or electricity for many of its people. But today, the once quintessential Third World country is happily ensconced in the...
Is Ranil’s arrest a result of Sri Lanka’s vindictive political culture?
Colombo, August 23 (Daily Mirror Editorial) – In January 2015 when the Yahapalanaya government was elected to power, the majority Sri Lankans had fresh hopes for an era of democratic values and the rule of law. This was especially after a decade of unmitigated power ...
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