Report in The Kathmandu Post,Jan 13th, 2023The largest party in the House of Representatives, Nepali Congress, which is facing criticism for giving its confidence vote to the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government, is eying the key positions of President and Speaker. Normally in parliamentary democracy, the main opposition does not give the vote of confidence to the prime minister, but the Congress extended the trust vote to Dahal, which is now courting controversy. Though Congress leaders…
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By P K Balachandran in Daily Mirror online, Jan 10, 2023Positive moves are being made by both President Ranil Wickremesinghe and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to resolve the seven decades-long ethnic issue. Following Wickremesinghe’s declared resolve to secure an agreement on the broad contours of a settlement by Sri Lanka’s Independence Day on February 4, the two sides have agreed on an agenda in which priority is given to issues on which decisions could…
AFP report, Jan 05, 2023COLOMBO : Crisis-hit Sri Lanka Wednesday announced its first nationwide elections since its president fled and resigned in the face of widespread protests, in what will be a test of popularity for his successor. Local government polls will be held before the end of February, officials said, after they were delayed by a year due to the pandemic. President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who replaced his deposed predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa, faces potential embarrassment…
by Ruwani Fonseka in The Morning, Dec 27, 2022Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa left Sri Lanka via the Bandaranaike International Airport(BIA) yesterday (26), The Morning learnt. The former President has reportedly left for Dubai together with members of his family on a 9-day private visit.https://www.themorning.lk/articles/q062JNcBDGCw4VdZnp24
By R.M.W. Bandara in The Island, Dec 14, 2022Mahinda Rajapaksa, as President, undermined the values the SLFP and his successor, Maithripala Sirisena, destroyed what was left of the party, former president Chandrika Bandaranaike has said. “We need a government with a vision. Sri Lanka is one of the most corrupt countries in the world. We need to fix this,” she said, speaking in Kurungeala, yesterday. She said the youth had to enter politics in their…
By Political Editor in The Sunday Times, Dec 11, 2022With the comfortable passage of the 2023 budget now over, thus ensuring funding for the government, President Ranil Wickremesinghe was busy this week on formulating a roadmap for the party leaders’ talks on ethnic reconciliation on Tuesday in the Parliament complex.The broader contours formed the subject of a tripartite discussion on Thursday at the President’s temporary residence at Paget Road. Talking to President Wickremesinghe were Prime…
The gulf between the government and the Tamil parties has only widened in the recent pastby P K Balachandran in Daily Mirror, Dec 7, 2022Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will be meeting the Tamil parties of the Northern and Eastern Provinces on December 11 to find a solution to the longstanding Tamil issue. But the chances of a solution emerging look extremely dim given the fact that the gulf between the government and the Tamils…
By Fatema Adeeb in TOLOnews, Nov 30, 2022 at 9:16 PMThe former president of the country said that dialogue among Afghans and the reopening of schools for girls are the vital issues facing the country. The former president of the country in a tweet reported that in a meeting with the ambassador of Japan they spoke about the importance of dialogue among Afghans and the reopening schools for girls. “Dialogue among Afghans, and reopening girls’…