Remembering those who died in the war should pave way for reconciliation - EDITORIAL

With May 19 marking the end of the 30-year war between the security forces and the LTTE, preparations are being made to.....

Waste to energy - the way forward

Converting waste to energy is still a novel phenomenon to our country, although a dire need. The solid-waste management solution piloted at the.....

Balance of power

Contradicting environmentalists’ view that coal should be abandoned in the process of electricity production, Managing Director of....

MR in Uganda Birds of a feather flock together...

Last week, ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa travelled to Uganda to grace the inauguration ceremony of President Yoweri Museveni, who.....

Smart growth rate but stay on the positive network - EDITORIAL

Tomorrow is World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) and this year the theme will be “ICT entrepreneurship for social.....

Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the ‘Piththala Handiya’ explosive attack

Former Sri Lankan Army Commander  Sarath Fonseka came out with a bombshell statement some days ago in Parliament. The ex-army chief now a Cabinet minister in the Sirisena – Wickremesinghe Government accused his erstwhile comrade -at - arms and former Secretary of Defence  Gotabhaya Rajapaksa of having “stage managed” an assassination attempt on himself nearly ten years ago in order to win sympathy for his family; the R

Enlightened like the ‘Lady with the Lamp’

Sri Lanka joined the world to mark International Nurses’ Day on May 12 with the theme being ‘Nurses: A Force 

Strengthening British-Sri Lanka relations

Earlier  this week, Lord Naseby wrote to the Sri Lankan President, ahead of his  attendance at the Anti

The new Pharaoh and the enslaved Palestinians

Abandoned by Arab regimes and vilified by the pro-Zionist world media, the people of Palestine...  

EDITORIAL : Get the plundered money back

Amid one of the world’s biggest ever financial scandals revolving round the Panama papers, Briton’s...

Tamilian politics at cross-roads ‘Mind your own business’

Palani Digambaram, the leader of the National Union of Workers (NUW) and the Up-country New...

Climate change, floods and landslides

The shifting and unpredictable weather pattern is the most talked about topic today, especially in Sri...

The forgotten files

A commission was appointed by President Chandrika Kumaratunga to probe the assassination as part

Music that takes you around the world in 80 minutes

Get ready to jam with the juniors of ‘Soul Sound Academy’, on May 12. The youngsters of the academy

LAW MUST BE ENFORCED IF RAGGING IS TO BE STOPPED

Ragging in universities is taking centrestage in the media these days inviting us to editorially discuss the 

Is India the Key Beneficiary of the India-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement?

In the current debate on India-Sri Lanka trade, it is often said that the trade deficit between India and Sri

We are the real SLFP

Bandula Gunawardena, economic analyst and one-time deputy finance minister of the United National Party (UNP) Gover

THE MORNING AFTER MAY DAY: VAT’S GOING ON?

This May Day I resisted the siren song of being participant-observer (engaging in “participatory action research” as the late GVS de Silva termed it), and preferred to stay home, surf the three channels that provided live coverage of the main May Day mobilizations, track the newscasts on all channels, and peruse the social media and still photographs, especially the overhead shots, over the next few days. On the morning after, my impr

Law and order must prevail

When the LTTE was militarily defeated certain sections called for an immediate withdrawal of the security forces from the former conflict zone.  That was laughable if not preposterous. 

Piecing together a divided island

Two years ago, Indian journalist Samanth Subramanian completed his second book ‘This Divided Island’, an insightful and thought-provoking account of the Sri Lankan war and its aftermath. Written as Narrative Non-Fiction, the book recounts stories of the war through the people who experienced it. Here he talks to Dailymirror about the complexities and challenges of writing about war and conflict.

Unfinished journey of Sri Lanka’s pursuit for ethnic equilibrium

On to your right is the vast expanse of the deep blue sea. From the South-East tip of this island country, Arugam Bay all the way up to Point-Pedro, the northernmost point of real estate in Sri Lanka, the continuous break of wave after wave on the high waters of the Indian ocean reminds

Ragging: a Paradise for narcissists

According to the ‘Prohibition of ragging and other forms of violence in educational Institutions Act, No 20 of 1998’, ‘ragging’ is defined as “any act which causes or is likely to cause physical or psychological injury or mental pain or fear to a student or a member of the staff of an educational institution” and a perpetrator is liable to rigorous imprisonment for up to ten years. Despite the severe warning so

No regrets about Mahinda Rajapaksa’s defeat Yahapalanaya is not transparent - Prof.Sarath Wijesooriy

Professor Sarath Wijesooriya, convener of the National Movement for a Just Society, in an interview with....

Mother, the Buddha at home –“Gedara Budun”

From the day of conception, mother bears the child in her womb carrying the embryo while walking, sitting, sleeping or working until the....

Colombo saw many minority Mayors

London has elected its first Muslim and non-White mayor, Sadiq Khan, a son of a Pakistani immigrant bus driver, who will now....

May Mother Nature bloom again - EDITORIAL

May is widely seen as the year’s most beautiful month, and it may be the best month for all people to do our part to restore the.....

Controversial SLFP members given top posts under Yahapalanaya: Where is Good Governance’ heading t

The slow and steady pace of the good governance regime was celebrated for just a few months before certain decisions became contradictory.....

Lankan May Day front for power displays

On May 1, 1886, in Chicago, a workers’ strike with a demand for an eight-hour working day gave birth to ‘May Day’ sometimes called Labour.....

A concert as smooth as silk

In the days of Mao Tse-tung, it used to called ping pong diplomacy. Chinese table tennis teams were sent abroad as a goodwill gesture......

Commemorating the 23rd Death Anniversary of Lalith Athulathmudali: Getting the economy on track

“Developed countries are run by experts and professionals, no matter what political party comes into power. That is why these countries....