Politics

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Politics

The missing millions: Who knew, who didn’t, and why it matters

By Vox Civis The sequence of events that followed has now become all too familiar: an investigative committee being hastily appointed and several...

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Numbers don’t lie: The contradictions that undermine the NPP

By Vox Civis What begins as a scandal in sunny Sri Lanka, rarely remains confined to a single ministry. Today, one such scandal...

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A vote won, a nation lost: The moral collapse behind the coal controversy

By Vox Civis Parliament last Friday (10) witnessed yet another familiar spectacle of a no-confidence motion debated, defended, defeated, and, in the process,...

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Austerity for the many: Accountability for the few

By Vox Civis There is a telling contrast unfolding in South Asia, one that Sri Lanka would do well to examine closely, not...

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Rules for some, chaos for others: Overcoming the global energy lockdown

By Vox Civis Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declared something that would have sounded profound in the pre-Trump era, but not these days....

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Caught in the crossfire: Sri Lanka’s strategic dilemma

By Vox Civis Sri Lanka’s recent political history has been shaped as much by warning as by hope. In the run-up to the...

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AKD notes shortfall in fuel supplies, urges collective effort to overcome challenges

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) last night noted that Sri Lanka’s stance in the ongoing war in the Middle East is one of...

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JVP/NPP Govt. fails in scenario planning to manage current crisis: Premadasa

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa stated in Parliament that the President or the Prime Minister should have made a statement to Parliament and the...