September 8, 2025 – September 14, 2025 | Vol.15, #34 | ISSN 3084-9330 Photo credits: Ada Derana Key insights The Ella bus accident has come to embody public perceptions of indiscipline and recklessness in Sri Lanka’s transport sector—especially within the private bus industry—and this surge of outrage appears to have created space for the NPP’s Clean Sri Lanka initiative to be viewed with renewed relevance. The repeal of presidential entitlements created two opposing sentiments: for NPP supporters, Mahinda Rajapaksa vacating his residence symbolised a break…
