Let’s stand up for someone’s rights today - EDITORIAL

With isolationism, divisiveness and extreme right-wing populism appearing to be going global, the world marks....

Rethink your rep in parliament

MPs are usually invited to weddings in their constituencies. They attend funerals as well. The 

Anti corruption day; politicians, the people are watching

With anti-corruption measures being a key issue in Sri Lanka, International Anti Corruption Day today 

Trump: Are we seeing a bull in a china shop?

Time Magazine’s Person of the Year, Donald Trump, the President-elect of United States of America, 

Diminishing differences

Higher Education and Highways Minister Lakshman Kiriella was again in the limelight last week when 

Let simplicity be the order of the day

President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and the National Government 

President marks second anniversary with Ruhunu Development Project

In coincidence with the second anniversary of President Maithripala Sirisena in office, the 

Reconciliation is about the management of insecurities

Dayan Jayatilleka has made some pertinent points regarding conflict resolution and the seemingly 

WHO SUCCEEDS MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA OR THE FATE OF SLPP?

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna [SLPP] has displayed its public face in presenting Basil Rajapaksa 

CONSTITUTION-MAKING AND THE NORTH-SOUTH POLITICAL CYCLE

The current UNP has none of these factors going for it and is a throwback to the three one-term 

We cannot be stopped or we will be seen as spineless people

Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs John 

GLOBAL ENERGY PARLIAMENT: HABITAT HARMONY

One of the most important and urgent issues facing the international community is how to create a 

We have to correct our past mistakes: Mahindananda

Joint opposition MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage 

Skipper steps

On October 2, 2016, a 28-day odyssey from Point Pedro in Jaffna down to Matara, covering the entire length of the country began to.....

Trump presidency may well be the best for SL-US relations

Even 1,000 coconuts could not stop Donald Trump from winning the US presidential election. A group of Tamil National Alliance...

Today’s TUs measure success by the number made to suffer - EDITORIAL

More than a hundred SLTB buses which were deployed during the strike by private bus operators on Friday had been pelted....

SLPP, JO have no future outside SLFP - Susil Premajayantha

Science, Technology and Research Minister Susil Premajayantha shared his views with Daily Mirror on the current threats faced by the....

Disability Is Not Inability

A Supreme Court order has recognized that approximately 20% of the country’s population lived through some form of disability. However....

SL’s commitment to justice and rule of law brings US cooperation

Galle Dialogue was inaugurated by the Sri Lanka Navy in 2010 under the patronage of the Ministry of Defence. 132 delegates representing 42 countries....

Fidel stood for universal values and principles

Tamara Kunanayakam is best known in Sri Lanka as former Ambassador to the UN in Geneva from 2011 to 2012. It is....

Fine Way to fight rising deaths on roads

The country has been abuzz during the last few days over the proposed new fines for several road traffic offences included...

THE HYPOCRISY THAT IS ALEPPO

Aleppo was once Syria’s second largest city, with 2 million inhabitants. Aleppo, or “Halab” in Arabic, 

Twenty-year struggle of the largest minority Becoming dis-abled to enjoy rights

An escalating number of people, for different reasons, suddenly encounter restrictions, either for a 

where is politics heading GOOD PEOPLE DO NOT JOIN; THEY STAY OUT

Sri Lanka has been fortunate to maintain a high literacy rate and a satisfactory life expectancy level 

Nayomi Munaweera’s ‘What Lies Between us’

It is only a few who could stand unflinching against terror. Most often than not victims succumb to 

“Great Heroes Day” (Maaveerar Naal), is an LTTE event, not a Tamil National Day of Mourning

November 27, 1989, was the day on which the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) first observed its annual “Maaveerar Naal” or Great Heroes Day (GHD). 27 years have passed since then and the 27th anniversary of the event fell on Nov 27, 2016.  

Trump’s beefed up economics

Donald Trump is changing the right wing’s economic spots. He is doing what Franklin Roosevelt did at the time of the Great Depression by increasing government spending- although it was the re-armament brought on by entering World War 2 that was an even more important factor in lifting America out of the doldrums. He is following what Hitler did so successfully before World War 2, 

Drive the nail but not on the poor people’s head

The famous American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote in an equally famous poem titled ‘Perseverance’; “Drive the nail aright, hit it on the head, strike with all your might, while the iron is red,”. In a twisted version of this inspiring poem we saw on Wednesday and yesterday, medical doctors and transport workers striking with all their might while the iron is red. But being hit on the head were millions of innocent

Decentralization of Power in line with traditional Gam Sabha is genuine good governance - Prof. Ma

Power devolution is a concept that is in the news these days, with the constitution-making process proceeding. In a way,

Good Governance: Deliver what you promised

Good Governance was an attractive slogan two years ago when bad governance was all we had. It gave