I have penned this article with the view to enlightening the political leaders of the country and those who express ideological views and are interested in the subject, the need for having an objective and pragmatic program for overcoming the crisis facing Sri Lanka and rescuing the country from falling into a state of anarchy.

Positions must be derived from principles. What should be Sri Lanka’s position on the invasion of Ukraine by Russia? What lesson does past practice hold for us?

It has not even been a year since Hon. M. K. Stalin became the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, yet the mark that the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader has made in his state and among Tamils worldwide is unmistakable.

Of all previous independence celebrations held so far, the 74th independence celebration can be described as the most significant one in which there was a strong social dialogue about the independence.

There was a time I was inclined to perceive the JVP and the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) as two political parties contesting for the ownership of the Sinhala-Buddhist right and in the process have contributed to the regression of the ideological base of the Sinhala-Buddhist psyche;

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• People do not need criticism sans solutions     
• Settling loans or not, government and critics in Opposition should immediately present their solutions in how they would manage the national economy in coming out of this chaos.

It can be said that at present, Sri Lanka is caught up in an evil trap that carries the country towards an inescapable devilish collapse.

An open letter to the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Ajith Nivard Cabraal

"We are ready to take up the leadership of the country”, declared Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the Jathika Jana Balavegaya (National People’s Power - NPP) and the JVP at the Convention held on the 20th December.