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“There are members in this hall today who believe passionately that the United States and its allies were wrong to intervene in Iraq. Then there those of us who feel that the United States and their allies had no choice...

In January last year, the former British Prime Minister, David Cameron, paid a visit to Sri Lanka and held discussions with President Ranil. Subsequently, he embarked on a tour to observe the bustling port city of Colombo. Notably, he was...

Last June, the Parliamentary Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Security decided that telecom privatization is a threat to national security. It was announced by Chairman MP Sarath Weerasekara. After that, the government issued a statement saying that the SOC report...

The inception of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Sri Lanka occurred during the tenure of Mahinda Rajapaksa. However, it was under the leadership of Ranil Wickremesinghe that Sri Lanka seized the opportunity to engage in the Chinese Belt and...

When a foreign journalist asked J.R. why he decided to sign the Indo-Lanka Pact, J.R. stated that he asked the US for assistance in fighting the war without fear of India's influence, but the US refused. It is clear from...

America was not impressed with the way Ranil suppressed the ‘aragalaya’ when he became president. That's why the American President did not congratulate Ranil even though he was a friend of America. But the wait-and-see approach shown by the US...

Ranil became President after Gotabhaya resigned, and when IMF representatives visited Sri Lanka, the people thought they had received Manna from heaven. Everyone in Sri Lanka believed that the IMF was the country's saviour. The people of Sri Lanka, regardless...

This is the first time that Ranil will attend the General Assembly as the President after attending the United Nations General Assembly in 2003 as the Prime Minister. Before going to the UN General Assembly, Ranil had made a big effort to...

Chinese president Xi Jinping visited Sri Lanka in 2014 September and entered into many agreements with then President Mahinda Rajapakse and issued a joint statement. A part of the Joint statement stated: ‘Sri Lanka welcomes and supports the proposal put...

Emperor Napoleon declared in the 18th century, "He who controls Trincomalee controls the Indian Ocean." In 1782, Emperor Napoleon dispatched a French army to capture Trincomalee port. But it failed. Although French President Macron visited Sri Lanka last Friday, it...