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Yesterday’s strike launched by over 1,000 trade unions demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the Cabinet of Ministers brought the country to a standstill.
Unionists also gathered in several locations in Colombo and marched to Gota Go Gama (GGG). They said President (...)
Several state, semi-government and private sector trade unions resorted to a 24-hour island-wide strike today (28), against the current administration.
Train services have been disrupted after several employees belonging to various railway trade unions did not report to work, the General (...)
Back in 2019 the Sri Lankan citizenry elected the Gotabaya Rajapaksa regime with high hopes based on the assurance of establishing national security while placing their trust in his Vistas for Prosperity and Splendour manifesto. Two years later, people have lost hopes on this government as they (...)
Workers’ remittances inflow has more than halved in the first quarter of this year to $ 783 million from a year ago. As per the Central Bank data, the January to March figure is down by 58% from $ 1.86 billion achieved in the first quarter of last year.
In March workers remittances inflow (...)
Although the rising prices of essential food items is a major topic amidst the current crisis, the matter has been a growing concern for several years, especially following the Government’s decision to adopt an organic fertiliser-only policy last year. The country’s agriculture sector was (...)
The Families of the Disappeared organisation in Sri Lanka is calling on the Parliament to release all the names collected by Presidential Commissions of Inquiry (CoIs) into the alleged perpetration of enforced disappearances in the late 1980s, including the list that names President Gotabaya (...)
A peaceful democratic ‘revolution’ is sweeping across Sri Lanka. It is a revolution from below, from the people. It has activated large segments of Sri Lankan people to shed the habits of passive citizenship and transform themselves into active citizens. Sri Lankan citizens have now claimed an (...)
The promoters of anti-Rajapaksa peaceful protestors at GotaGoGama in Galle Face, Colombo last night put forward a set of demands to the newly appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Noting that the 36-day movement is not confined to Galle Face but countrywide nor it was a carnival but a (...)
Central Bank to re-negotiate conditions of swap Requests discussions with Chinese Embassy
China’s currency swap of Chinese Yuan (CNY) 10 billion (close to $ 1.5 billion) cannot be used even to fund Chinese imports to Sri Lanka, said Central Bank of Sri Lanka Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe. (...)
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis has produced an explosion of violence on the island. That violence won’t end until the country ends its war on Tamils and Muslims and drastically scales back its military budget.
Sri Lanka is in crisis. This week, the houses of government-aligned MPs have been set on (...)
Sri Lanka is in the grip of its worst economic crisis since Independence. Behind recent headlines, the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed structural problems that were decades in the making. The origins of today’s foreign exchange crisis are rooted in the colonial plantation sector, failed industrial (...)
By the time of this writing, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has reportedly submitted his resignation. Assuming he does not recant his decision for yet another time, he might be leaving the office, but only after coming almost close to setting the country on fire in political violence that (...)
PM resigns; government collapses; Sajith and his MPs encounter hostility, but not JVP leaders
The entire Cabinet of Ministers, including Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, resigned hours after protests erupted in Colombo, its suburbs and several other parts of the country. Sri Lanka Podujana (...)
Rajapaksa’s ancestral home at Medamulana and homes of several SLPP politicians set ablaze by angry crowds Violence unleashed by MR supporters boomerang as people turn on them President camps curfew effective till Wednesday to bring situation under control At least five including ruling party MP (...)
Mahinda Rajapaksa’s political life contains many lessons for populists, the power-hungry and the hawkish. But it contains more lessons for voters, about the choices we make.
Colombo: In the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami, Sri Lanka elected a new president, Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa.
He had been (...)
What is special about the current context is that citizens themselves have begun to articulate what they mean by ‘system change’, without going through the political elites or elite-dominated political parties The two brothers are the authors of Sri Lanka’s present crisis and the buck stops at (...)
Week of protests to commence today
The Trade Union Co-ordinating Centre and the Government Nursing Officers’ Association (GNOA) told The Morning yesterday (8) that it will engage in continuous protests from today (9) until 13 May, and lay siege to Parliament on 17 May as the House reconvenes. (...)
A record of what happened on the 9th of May, 2022, told with images, video and the occasional map.
A few things to note This is part one of a duo of articles. This explores the events leading up to the attack on GotaGoGama on the 9th of May, 2022. Part two, the aftermath, explores the (...)
Aid and allowances barely sufficient Government increases allowance for elders State-run children’s homes under budget constraints Self-funded care homes for children struggling Rise in admissions to children’s homes
With citizens losing their disposable income given the skyrocketing cost of (...)
Some families have reduced to having two meals a day Experts concerned about erosion of household purchasing capacity Basic wages insufficient to survive rising cost of living Food and transportation costs cripple communities Urban poor and plantation communities disproportionately affected (...)
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