Protests emerged when President Gotabhaya and government made plans to give the East Container Terminal to India. East Container Terminal is a deep sea container terminal under construction. It is ...

The Foreign Ministry announced that Minister of Foreign Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris will represent President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) which will take ...

On 1 January 2020, Umesh Moramudali wrote an article in the Washington-DC-based The Diplomat on the myths surrounding Hambantota Port titled The Hambantota Port Deal: Myths and Realities. Here is an ...

The world has moved away from blindly worshipping a piece of cloth. Yes, there were times when people worshipped nature. That era is gone. by Helasingha Bandara Let us skip our characteristic small ...

The swearing-in of the new Cabinet of Ministers took place under the patronage of President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa in Kandy this morning (12). The swearing-in ceremony was inaugurated with the blessings ...

Meanwhile, President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa’s efficient handling of the public health challenge caused by the Covid-19 seems to have convinced the vast majority of the Sri Lankan electorate that a new ...

The Sri Lankan government should end the targeted arrests, intimidation and threats against the lives and physical security of lawyers, activists, human rights defenders and journalists, 10 ...

Why Gotabhaya Rajapakse wants Sri Lankan election held as soon as possible Vilani Peiris—Socialist Equality Party election group leader for Colombo district 27 April 2020 ...

Sri Lanka-Myanmar relations under new President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa can be extended to security cooperation and enhanced military ties to tackle a wide range of issues, including nontraditional ...

Having previously stated that Gotabhaya Rajapakse had “authoritarian tendencies,” the Tamil National Alliance leadership is offering to help the new president impose his pro-business program.

Photo by Ishara S.KODIKARA/AFP via The Independent Today, 10th January 2020, is 10 years since the disappearance of journalist and cartoonist Prageeth Ekneligoda. It also marks 10 years of struggle ...