The silly season is on in full swing. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declined to attend even a Commonwealth summit, only because it was being held in Colombo.A year later, Mr Narendra Modi took over as Prime Minister.In January 2015 and in response to an RTI query, Mr Modi’s government reaffirmed that Katchatheevu island was a part of Sri Lanka. …
Dozens of veterans are camping out near the president’s office, having lost faith in a leader who is resisting calls to resign. Missing both legs and an arm, former special forces soldier Thushara Kumara is an unlikely critic of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a wartime defence chief who became Sri Lanka’s president in 2019. But the 43-year-old army pensioner is one of …
