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Mahinda Rajapaksa at 80: Demonised by the Opponents and deified by supporters
Mahinda Rajapaksa’s political career has spanned more than five decades, serving as MP, Cabinet Minister, Leader of the Opposition, Prime Minister and President
Sri Lankan rulers, indigenous or European, used soldiers from India
India had a surplus of “military labour” that was willing to be recruited by any entity willing to pay
Was killing of Weligama Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Lasantha Wickramasekara political assassination or gangland execution?
By D.B.S.Jeyaraj/Daily Mirror Colombo, November 1 – An elected chairman of a Pradeshiya Sabha (divisional council) is shot dead by a lone gunman while meeting members of the public in his office. The party to which he belongs protests strongly and calls the killing a...
Drug control in Sri Lanka – Dissanayake’s strategy to break pernicious nexuses
By P.M.Amza/DailyFT Colombo, November 3 – For decades, Sri Lanka has waged cyclical wars on drugs — each beginning with zeal, arrests, and television footage, only to lose steam amid overcrowded prisons, entrenched corruption, and enduring addiction. Against that background, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s new...
Lankan opposition parties attempt to rally against government
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham Colombo, November 2 – There was a time when the United National Party (UNP) was the single largest political party with the largest vote bank. Its main rival, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), was able to defeat the UNP in elections...
India grants LKR 2.37 billion for 33 development projects in Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province
Colombo, October 28 (Newswire) – The Government of Sri Lanka and the Government of India have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to implement development projects in the Eastern Province under the Indian Multi-Sectoral Grants programme. According to the MoU, signed on April 5, 2025,...
Indian Commission to issue Visas directly from Nov 3
Colombo, October 30 (DailyFT)-The Indian High Commission in Colombo announced that IVS Lanka, its current outsourcing partner for visa, passport, and consular services, will cease operations on 31 October 2025. Starting 3 November 2025, all related services will be managed directly by the High Commission...
Healing a society after three decades of war cannot be reduced to checklists in Geneva
By P.M.Amza/DailyFT Colombo, October 30 – In May 2009, as the guns fell silent over Nandikadal, Sri Lanka claimed victory not only on the battlefield but also in Geneva. When the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted Resolution S-11/1, Colombo hailed it as a diplomatic...
Provincial Councils polls, a political imperative for both Tamils and Sinhalese
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham Colombo, October 26 -Calls for early Provincial Council (PC) elections have intensified in Sri Lanka all over the island, the Tamil north and the Sinhalese South. Believing that the National Peoples’ Power (NPP) government has begun to lose public support after a...
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