Losing currency: The government faces not only a currency challenge but also a credibility one
Losing currency: The government also loses its “credit”
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Macro Media Political Analysis
Remembrance Day: AKD steadies the stage, but not the story
Remembrance Day: AKD tried to hold war victory and Tamil grief together — Sinhala media showed why that remains difficult
Clergy exceptionalism arises alongside allegations against senior monk
Government in quandary: Protecting justice vs the Sāsana
Kapila Chandrasena’s death: Anti-corruption promise on the dock
Kapila Chandrasena’s death: The government loses not only a key witness but also credibility
Vijay’s Tamil Nadu win exposes the ethnic divide in Sri Lanka
Vijay’s Tamil Nadu win: Sinhala media worried about Tamil separatism and territorial tension.
May Day rallies: Parties parade their positions in the political landscape
May Day rallies: A beauty contest between political parties
Airport arrest of persons in Buddhist robes, with drugs
Airport arrest of persons in Buddhist robes: Criminal Buddhist monks are not Buddhist monks.
The USD 2.5 million Treasury heist: The government pays with “social capital”
The USD 2.5 million Treasury heist: Government loses not only cash but also credibility
Gammanpila’s book launch on Easter Attacks: A story that did not sell
Gammanpila’s book launch on Easter Attacks: How a high-profile exposé turned into a ridiculed damp squib.
Kumara Jayakody: Burnt by coal, bruised by corruption
Kumara Jayakody: How a corruption case and substandard coal put the NPP’s integrity under strain