Opinion
De-dollarisation: Weaponising the dollar against sovereignty
By Gayantha Dehiwatte Our country is very similar to countries on which America has imposed sanctions, because our country is being administered on...
Morality in politics is no easy matter
By Mohamed Ayub So long as the National People’s Power (NPP) was not in power, its leaders claimed moral high ground over other...
Sri Lanka: Three things for NPP to ‘Come of Age’
By R. Hariharan For the ruling National People’s Power (NPP) group led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka (AKD), the local government (LG) elections...
Sri Lanka’s Tamil parties back US-Israel war against Iran
By W.A. Sunil The criminal war waged by the US and Israel’s Netanyahu government against Iran has once again exposed the pro-imperialist character...
JVP-NPP should learn difference between “marine research” & “surveillance”
By Kusal Perera There’s now an apparent stand-off between the UN FAO and the Foreign Affairs Minister Vijitha Herath on the request made...
Burning worlds, reigning on ashes
By Tisaranee Gunasekara “A forever war is beneficial to Netanyahu. People feel like they are always in danger like they always need him....
Sinopec and Sri Lanka: Strategic investment or a new face of dependency?
By Akshita Malik and Dr. Karamala Areesh Kumar Sri Lanka’s economic downfall in 2022, marked by its first-ever sovereign debt default, cast a...
Iran-Israel war a looming storm for Sri Lanka’s economy and national security
By Dr. Boniface Perera The recent, dramatic escalation of hostilities between Iran and Israel – with reports of 200 Israeli fighter jets striking...
