Tag: by Upul Joseph Fernando

When presidents are elected in Sri Lanka, their first official foreign visit is traditionally to India. In 1994, after winning ...

There are only two names in Sri Lankan politics that have been created using English initials. One is J.R. and ...

Harini Amarasuriya obtained her first degree from the University of New Delhi. When she completed her school education, the universities ...

Before the 2019 presidential election was officially announced, then-President Maithripala Sirisena had informed the Election Commissioner, via the Sri Lanka ...

Last week, one of America's top diplomats, Donald Lu, visited India to discuss Indo-Pacific stability. He is the Assistant Secretary ...

‘A thorn-crowned prince in a pit said I was a lad selling ‘Lavariya’lived in Kehelwatte. I told him that I ...

Prabhakaran decided for an election boycott in the 2005 presidential election to defeat Ranil because he knew that Ranil was ...

In the electoral history of Sri Lanka, there is a single signal or sign that shows where the international community ...

During peace talks between President Ranasinghe Premadasa and Prabakaran, President Premadasa expressed to the LTTE's deputy leader that he would ...

'This is the first election in Sri Lanka one cannot predict a winner...' This story is told by an expert ...