Gurudawa

In the villages, there is a saying that people throw an iron piece to ward off lightning during rain. When the country was devastated by the Central Bank robbery and the Easter attacks, then-Prime Minister Ranil was seeking such an...

In the history of elections in Sri Lanka, there have been only two instances when a provincial council or local government election was held within a month after a national election like a presidential or general election. One instance was...

Israeli nationals have not only recently started visiting Sri Lanka; they have held high-ranking positions within the British colonial administration in the country. After Sri Lanka gained independence in 1948, D.S. Senanayake's government chose to establish relations with Israel, even...

The candidate Sajith Premadasa, who was defeated in the 2019 presidential election, received 41.99% of the votes, amounting to 5,564,239 votes. In this 2024 presidential election, the winning candidate, Anura Kumara, received 42.31% of the votes, totalling 5,740,179 votes. “So,...

Mrs. Bandaranaike intended for her son, Anura Bandaranaike, to succeed her as leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). However, SLFP members opposed this due to Anura’s anti-leftist stance. Between 1970 and 1977, Anura openly criticized Mrs Bandaranaike’s leftist...

"Ranasinghe Premadasa, a poor boy, rose to the pinnacle of politics dominated by the aristocracy through the urban labour movement and became the President. He was born in a slum area in Colombo, and his family came from an oppressed...

There are only two names in Sri Lankan politics that have been created using English initials. One is J.R. and the other is J.V.P. "J.R." refers to Junius Richard, while the J.V.P., in English, stands for the People's Liberation Front....

Before the 2019 presidential election was officially announced, then-President Maithripala Sirisena had informed the Election Commissioner, via the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) secretary, of his intention to run. Despite having reconciled with the Rajapaksas, Sirisena harboured animosity toward the...

‘A thorn-crowned prince in a pit said I was a lad selling ‘Lavariya’lived in Kehelwatte. I told him that I was 'Lavariaya' seller boy from Kehelwatte. It was my luck that I got to sell Lavaria in Kehelwatte. I am...

In the electoral history of Sri Lanka, there is a single signal or sign that shows where the international community stands. That signal is the minority parties. Among the minority parties, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) in the North is...