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Bimal Rathnayake, arguably the most controversial minister in Anura Kumara Dissanayake's government and widely accused by Tamil parties of obstructing Northern development for racist reasons, has been removed from his powerful Ports and Aviation portfolio and reassigned as Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development. Tamil political circles have long accused Rathnayake of personally blocking the development of Palaly Airport and Kankesanthurai (KKS) Harbour — two projects viewed as cr

Former Army Commander and ex-MP Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka has launched a scathing attack on former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, accusing him of colluding with the LTTE during the final stages of Sri Lanka’s civil war, misappropriating state assets, and betraying the nation’s trust. In an explosive remark, Fonseka declared that his former boss “deserves death by hanging.” Mahinda’s party, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), was also not holding its tongue, firing back with a barrage of co

Booker Prize–winning author and political activist Arundhati Roy has drawn direct parallels between the Israeli assault on Gaza, which has since come to a ceasefire, and Sri Lanka’s military offensive  in 2009, describing both as examples of unchecked, state-led massacres that have reshaped the global standard for impunity. In a wide-ranging interview with journalist Mehdi Hasan, Roy described the carnage in Gaza as "a genocide unfolding before us, in a way that has never been so visible to the