Gurudawa

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...

'This is the first election in Sri Lanka one cannot predict a winner...' This story is told by an expert who conducts election polls in Sri Lanka. The story is right. Since 1947, every election in Sri Lanka has had...

Mr. Wickramasinghe, answer the accusations against you. Sixty thousand deaths, deaths in Bataland, children buried at Suriyakande in Embilipitiya, death of Gamini Athukorala, death of Gamini Dissanayake, death of Lalith Athulathmudali. Ranil Wickramasinghe cannot be freed from those charges...' Pavithra...

 Sajith greeted Ranil with folded hands without shaking hands on the day of handing over nominations for the presidential election. UNP social media seems to have got hurt badly. During the 2015 presidential election, when the then President Mahinda Rajapaksa...

After securing victory in the 2010 presidential election and nearly achieving a two-thirds majority in the general election, Mahinda Rajapaksa was in a position of great power. At this peak, he observed as UNP members stormed Sirikotha, demanding Ranil Wickremesinghe...

It was N.M. Colvin who called J.R . Jayawardene ‘Naki Naria’ or Old Fox. Later even the foreign media used that name to call JR. Ranil JR. nephew often tries to show that he is a cunning fox like his...

Former Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva once remarked, "If it weren't for me, Mahinda would be in jail today." This statement was part of a controversial story that emerged after Silva retired from his position. Silva, a friend of Mahinda,...