A flame at one end, fool at the other - EDITORIAL

With smoking now under increasingly heavy fire, Sri Lanka joins the international community today in marking World No-Tobacco.....

“Let Her Cry” misses the Handagama Touch of Class

With his latest feature ‘Let Her Cry’, Director Asoka Handagama has taken one step forward and two steps backward. His last feature......

De Mazenod Scholarship Foundation: St. Eugene De Mazenod continues to inspire his sons

The path of love is not a path of comfort. It means going forward into “the unknown”, trusting in God. Without trust there is no hope for love.....

Do we need a national carrier? Tragedy of a financially grounded flag carrier

Revelations by Eran, the sophisticated Deputy Minister of Public Enterprise Development at an interview with.....

Shouldn’t the elected representatives light the 21 million candles?

Tmanagement is doing things right.  Leadership is doing the right things. What did our leaders do in successive governments since.....

A brief history of political arrogance and Eastern Province CM’s place in it

Eastern Province Chief Minister Nazeer Ahamed should now be every chief minister’s envy. They hardly make news even when they try......

National unity for a just society - EDITORIAL

With the floods and landslides continuing into the third week yesterday, religious leaders have urged that we need to go.....

AIADMK Leader “Amma” Jayalalithaa Has Tamil Nadu At Her Feet Again

Jayalithaa “Amma” has done it again! The supreme leader of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagham (AIADMK)has triumphed at  polls  held for the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Ghouls in the health sector

The transnational pharmamafia, some corrupt official in the Health Ministry and other vested interest are 

Can Sri Lankan Domestic Industries and Service Suppliers Face up to Indian Import Competition?

The Ministry intends to make the general public aware on how entering into trade agreements should be looked 

Commemorating The 71st anniversary of the defeat of Fascism

It is of pivotal importance to turn back and learn from the bitter experiences faced by mankind during World War

G7 and Sri Lanka: The positives and the pitfalls

The state of the world’s economy, terrorism, the refugee crisis, the uncertainty over Britain’s...

EDITORIAL - Never again Hiroshima

It was a sinister cloud, an enormous explosion, a terrible flash, a heavy roar. Nothing like it had ever...

Eastern Province Chief loses his cool; Whose ‘protocol’ got out of hand?

Political ‘misfires’ are seen in abundance irrespective of the regime in power. Recently the Eastern...  

Prisons should be more transparent

From time immemorial places of detention have been regarded with much skepticism as they were...

Creative jobs through interior intelligence

With the national unity government’s long term economic strategy involving opportunities, at city and rural

Exploiting people’s misery is unpardonable

If we look at Sri Lanka’s history, we have been subjected to many a natural disaster.  We have heard of 

Floods Penance for Poor Governance

“Unlike in 1992 and 2010 this year (2016) both Kelani

Costly natural calamities and Govt foot dragging

The floods, landslides and inclement weather that wrought 

In search of a state like Kapuru Banda

I do not know his ‘ge’ name.  I do not know his address.  I do not know if he owns 3 acres of land, 5 acres

TAKEN AT THE FLOOD: NATURAL DISASTER, CRISIS OF STATE

In the aftermath of the cyclone which devastated the island’s Eastern province in 1978, I wrote a piece in the Lanka Guardian which opened with the line “the dialectics of nature lay bare the structures of society” (LG,Jan 1st, 1979). In the face of the havoc wreaked on the lives of the citizenry by the recent floods, I see no reason to disown that point made as I turned 22, except to modify it: “the dialectics of nature l

Mother nature says; I am prepared to evolve, are you?

With the government and the people of Sri Lanka still focusing attention on effective relief and rehabilitation measures for more than half a million victims of the ongoing deluge, we need to join the international community in giving emphasis to the long term  battle against climate change and its catastrophic effects.

Truth behind the “Debt-trap” in Sri Lanka as claimed by the Sirisena/Wickremesinghe Government

During the past few weeks, a highly-expensive and politically-driven media campaign had been conducted by the Ministry of National Policy and Economic Affairs, using public funds, to convey the impression that the “debt trap”that the country has now fallen into, has been due to the mismanagement of the previous regime.  

ONCE BEAUTIFUL VILLAGES OVERSHADOWED BY DARK COLOUDS

The adverse weather conditions which lately took over the island affected many innocent lives. While leaving some of them displaced, others were orphaned as their loved ones were buried in the tragic landslides which occurred in Aranayake and Bulathkohupitiya in the Kegalle district. As a result of these weather conditions 94 people were found dead while 127 were missing leaving over 319,000 displaced from homes while over another 427,000 people

Hypocrisy of the Rajapaksas is overflowing the borders of rationality…

The National Heroes’ Day was marked on May 18. Defeating the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) and their terrorists-in-arms is indeed a very significant victory for the Sri Lankan security forces. The Army, the Navy and the Air Force with all the assistance of the Police Force managed to put to rest an ethnic war that lasted more than twenty five years. The gallantry of our soldiers, sailors and airmen and policemen cannot be overstate

Former Chairman and CEO of SriLankan had no airline experience whatsoever” -Eran

The woeful plight of SriLankan  Airlines is a major issue under close scrutiny.  People also seem disappointed that action against those who are alleged to have been responsible for this  situation is dragging too long. Seeking an insight into this burning issue, the Dailymirror  interviewed Deputy Minister of Public Enterprise Development Eran  Wickramaratne. Following are the excerpts of the interview.

Can Government keep the momentum?

After 16 months of holding the post of Prime Minister, is UNP on a navigated route or on a collision course with the people?  Undoing is.....

Corruption, a qualification in Tamil Nadu

How else does one explain the return of Jayalalitha Jayaram as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu; she had two cases filed against her amongst.....

Eating sweets nothing in excess

Very fat people are very unhealthy. There is no such thing as a fit fat person. They are filled to the brim and beyond with blubber......

Seven years after the end of Sri Lanka’s War

When the civil war came to an end in May 2009, I was still a final year undergraduate at the Peradeniya University. It was many.....