Tag: by Upul Joseph Fernando

When Roshan Ranasinghe, the sports minister under Ranil's government, removed the Cricket Board and its Chairman Shammi Silva, Shammi Silva ...

When Chandrika, who came to power in 1994, appointed A.S. Jayawardena as Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, it was ...

At the 8th Indian Ocean Conference held in Oman in 2025, Sri Lanka was represented by Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath. ...

“He can’t win an election… but he’s not a thief.”That was the tagline attached to Ranil when he became Prime ...

From 1977 to 1994, the Bandaranaikes and the Rajapaksas of the SLFP could not topple the UNP government. Even the ...

The Chinese research vessel SHI YAN 6, which arrived in Sri Lanka in October 2023, recently sent a distress signal ...

“The enemy of my enemy is my friend…” It was after reading this principle in Niccolò Machiavelli’s book “The Prince” ...

“Do you know that when the JVP bombed Parliament, the then National Security Minister Lalith Athulathmudali almost lost his life?” ...

Former US President Ronald Reagan, in 1977, following J. R. Jayewardene, assuming office, sent his special envoy, Vernon Walters, 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 ...