Gurudawa

“Breaking news keeps coming all the time now. And what is this breaking news about? This MP is supporting that side. That minister is backing someone else. But when you look closely, they are the very same people who supported...

“We are grateful that India has expressed its displeasure regarding the events taking place in Sri Lanka. The brutal killing and torture of Tamils in Sri Lanka have deeply disturbed us. Please take appropriate action to protect the Tamils from...

In 1975, after the Lanka Sama Samaja Party left Mrs. Bandaranayake’s ‘Samagi’ Peramuna government, the leader of the opposition and the leader of the UNP, J.R. Jayawardene, used to meet the leaders of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, N.M. Perera...

When Chandrika, who came to power in 1994, appointed A.S. Jayawardena as Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, it was as if a bomb had gone off within the government. A.S. Jayawardena had begun his career as a junior executive...

“He can’t win an election… but he’s not a thief.”That was the tagline attached to Ranil when he became Prime Minister in 2013. “They called Ranil a traitor. They called him a Tiger sympathizer. But no one ever called him...

From 1977 to 1994, the Bandaranaikes and the Rajapaksas of the SLFP could not topple the UNP government. Even the JVP, brandishing T-56 rifles and resorting to killings, failed to overthrow it. By 1994, however, the SLFP and JVP discovered...

“The enemy of my enemy is my friend…” It was after reading this principle in Niccolò Machiavelli’s book “The Prince” that J.R. Jayewardene decided to release Rohana Wijeweera from prison. Had J.R. not freed Wijeweera, a youth uprising against him...

“Do you know that when the JVP bombed Parliament, the then National Security Minister Lalith Athulathmudali almost lost his life?” This question was posed by a senior veteran journalist who had covered parliamentary affairs during President J.R.’s era, speaking to...

“It’s all because of Trump…”“The country was being run so well…”“What can the government really do?”“During Gotabaya’s time, fuel ran out because of external forces. Now fuel is running out because of the war…”“There’s no point blaming Anura. It’s Trump...

Gotabaya Rajapaksa became President after Donald Trump became President of the United States.Donald Trump became President for the second time after Anura Kumara Dissanayake became President. Donald Trump is a very unfortunate leader. During his first term in office he...