Colombo: At a time when Sri Lanka was grappling with its worst economic and food crisis and when its citizens were facing a never seen before inflation, a World Bank grant meant to address the brewing farm crisis and disbursed to poor farmers and beneficiaries could not be completed due to poor planning.
(The 68th birth anniversary of the late Mr. Mangala Samaraweera falls on April 21st.)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is reported to have told the cabinet of ministers, priority has to be given to the IMF program to ensure economic stability and elections will have to be postponed till the IMF program is concluded.
Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa comes under criticism for his ‘Sakwala’ programme under which various donations are being given to state-run schools.
Approximately 2456 km from Kuala Lumpur, where I now reside is Colombo, the commercial capital of Sri Lanka, my home country. Something happens in Colombo over three consecutive days in early March that tugs at my heartstrings.
Sri Lanka stands at a crossroads; its political and social fabric woven with threads of uncertainty and resilience.
The JVP Leader, who is also the leader of NPP, Mr Anura Kumara Dissanayake, made a highly controversial statement during one of his political meetings held on 26th February 2024.
The year 1987 was a significant year for Sri Lankan politics – a year that would forever alter the course of the island nation.
India’s cheekiest foreign minister ever, Mr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, meeting with the JVP leader Anura Kumara is what they call a “diplomatic slap”. And that slap is clearly targeted at Mr Ranil Wickremasinghe.
