Opinion

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Is AKD against the Sri Lankan state?

By Dayan Jayatilleka Contrary to Anura Dissanayake and the JVP-NPP’s claim of this island’s inferior history of 76 years in contrast to a...

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Soros’ Shadow: Open Society’s Sri Lanka Coup?

by Durga Velayudham The recent arrival of Binaifer Nowrojee, President of the Open Society Foundations (OSF), in Sri Lanka signals more than just...

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Trump’s trade tariffs pose hidden threats to Sri Lankan economy

While U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war primarily targeted global economic heavyweights like China and the European Union, its ripple effects are being...

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India’s bloody footprint on Lankan soil

The world must not forget that while Sri Lanka’s war had many villains, one of the earliest, most cunning, and most cruel came...

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The rise and fall of Anura’s mirage

By Upul Joseph Fernando Ranil’s UNP won the 2001 general election but fell short of securing the majority required to form a stable...

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Sri Lanka loses sight of global markets

By Dinouk Colombage As the countdown continues to the end of the temporary pause announced on the tariffs imposed by the Donald Trump...

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Open letter to the Prime Minister

My Dear Prime Minister, Your speech at the May Day rally got me thinking. The fiery rhetoric, the passionate promises, the sweeping condemnations...

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Sri Lankan prime minister’s false election promises in Karainagar

By Dilaxan Mahalingam Sri Lankan Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya addressed a meeting held in Karainagar on April 11 to support Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna/National...