The Ranil Wickremesinghe-Dinesh Gunawardena government faced its first major foreign policy test last week, over the planned visit by a Chinese satellite tracking vessel to Sri Lanka. The Sunday Morning reliably learns that the foreign ministry is in discussion with China, in an attempt to convince it to replenish the State-owned satellite tracking vessel at a […]Read More
Urgent efforts are being made to reassure the Government of India that the docking of China’s Yuan Wang 5 vessel at the Hambantota Port would not impact India’s national security, The Morning has learnt. Former Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama, referring to statements made by the defence ministry on this matter, said all communication in this regard should have […]Read More
Sri Lanka’s defence ministry has said a Chinese naval vessel Yuan Wang 5 will dock at the Hambantota Port on August 11, despite concerns raised by India. “They had requested security clearance a while back and we did an assessment and gave them the necessary clearance. The ship will be at the port from August […]Read More
Whistleblower platform WikiLeaks has reported that President Ranil Wickremesinghe, while serving as Opposition Leader in 2007, had requested Japanese Special Envoy Yasushi Akashi, who visited Sri Lanka that year, to cease the economic assistance that Japan was providing to Sri Lanka. WikiLeaks posted a link on its official Twitter account on July 23 to access […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was made the acting president of Sri Lanka after Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country last week and subsequently resigned, has been elected president. Today, as voting took place in parliament, Wickremesinghe secured the support of 134 MPs; Dullas Alahapperume of the SLPP came a distant second, with 82 votes. At […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Largely missing from the Indian media coverage of developments in Sri Lanka is the role of left-wing organisations such as the Janatha Vimukthi Perumana (JVP) and its more radical offshoot, the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP). There’s growing suspicion (perhaps more so in the Sri Lankan government) that the mobs on the streets are […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has finally resigned, capping days of dramatic developments in the island session that saw mobs overrunning key government buildings, including the presidential palace. Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena confirmed the resignation this morning, saying the constitutional procedure of appointing a new President will now be activated. Till the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka appears on the verge of total anarchy. The mobs are ruling the streets and although the prime minister’s office said a state of emergency has been declared, who will enforce it and how is not clear. In this conversation on The Gist, Dr. Harinda Vidanage of the Department of Strategic Studies, […]Read More
Voting for the next Sri Lankan President will take place in Parliament on July 20. The country’s main Parliamentary Opposition, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), hopes its leader Sajith Premadasa will emerge winner. In a statement issued after party leaders’ meeting, the office of the Speaker of the House announced that following the resignation of […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The images streaming out of Colombo, Sri Lanka’s capital, in the last 48 hours are proof that the mobs have taken over. There is no visible government, the whereabouts of President Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Wickeramasinghe are not known, and the road ahead is uncertain. In this chat on StratNewsGlobal, editor in […]Read More
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