CHILD LABOUR: A DISGRACE TO HUMANITY - EDITORIAL

One of the time-tested and time-honoured lessons of history is that while politicians generally work for the next election, statesmen or stateswomen work for the next generation.

Inovative dramatist and film maker

Dennis Perera is a new generation dramatist and film maker who uses unconventional devices to convey his artistic vision.

“No President can appoint a person as PM without parliamentary majority”

Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) Leader Udaya Gammanpila, a candidate contesting the election from the Colombo district under the betel ...

I am 100% confident the next PM will be Ranil Wickremesinghe

The Deputy Minster of Policy Planning and Economic Affairs and economist Dr. Harsha de Silva is contesting at the upcoming General Election...

Tracking the “MR Effect” through Social Media

 Elections in Sri Lanka are an exciting affair. One need only look at a condensed timeline of events from the last Presidential Election to confirm this

Clean Energy: A giant leap for all - EDITORIAL

In a dramatic move to lead the world in the battle against the catastrophic air pollution,...

White van abductions and extrajudicial detentions

Law enforcement bodies, such as Army, Navy, Police and the CID (Criminal Investigations Department) are supposed to protect the country from any kind...

“I wanted to promote energy saving habits” - Professor K. K. Y. W Perera

Energy conservation is the process of reducing energy consumption through the prudent use of an energy source. Although energy conservation has been the subject of extensive discussion, and many energy saving devices such as solar panels and electric vehicles introduced to the market..

Tiger Diaspora backs Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam

Valvettithurai is a place that has figured prominently in the politics of Sri Lankan Tamils.

“MR’s corrupt forces are history’’

Minister of Power and Energy and General Secretary of the United National Front For Good Governance and Colombo District candidate Patali Champika Ranawaka spoke to.......

UNFGG Manifesto Women: Greener pastures come home

Greener pastures are generally alluded to as being abroad. But they will soon be here too. One important pledge concerning women is the promise of a National Council for Women.....

Trauma of A/L students caught in midst of electioneering - EDITORIAL

Arelatively calm election campaign after decades was disturbed last Friday with the shooting incident in Colombo in which two of Minister Ravi Karunanayake’s supporters were killed --one, a woman.....

False allegations - led to me being quizzed by FCID: Prasanna

Prasanna Ranatunga, the Chief Minister of the Western Province was caught up in a controversy regarding a land deal which resulted in him and his wife being questioned by the Financial Crimes......

President’s only goal is to see RW elected PM - Nalin Bandara

Former Mp, Nalin Bandara, who took over the position vacated by Kurunegala District MP Dayasiri Jayasekara, received 29,663 preferential votes at the last General Elections. Mr. Bandara currently serves as the organizer of the Bingiriya......

Why people vote for Thugs - Crooks - Film Stars

It does not reflect well on the UNP, when rival underworld gangs clash in its election campaign. Now police suspect that shooting in Kotahena that killed one woman and injured 13 others was due to a longstanding.....

Elections: Let education be the winner - EDITORIAL

As the Dailymirror said in an editorial last Monday, veteran educationist Prof. Nihal Amerasinghe has pointed out that Sri Lanka spends too little on education. The country’s public......

Beyond ​Google Loon: More Needed to Bring Internet for All

On July 28, the Sri Lankan Government signed a memorandum of understanding with Google, Inc., to spread wireless Internet access throughout the country.

Political Role of Federal Party (ITAK) in Unmaking and Making Govts in 1960

Election mania  spreads rapidly in the country with Parliamentary polls being scheduled for August 17, 2015, and the Tamil inhabited ....

SL yet to accede to ‘Cluster convention’

A cluster munition, also known as a cluster bomb, is a weapon containing multiple explosive submunitions.

Dowry a wedlock or deadlock?- EDITORIAL

Rabindranath Tagore, one of India’s if not Asia’s greatest philosophers has said that marriage in India...

Turkey’s move makes ME conflict more murky

We are quite mistaken if we assume that at last a powerful nation in the region, in this instance...

EDITORIAL - Saving water means saving lives

While the two major alliances are campaigning vigorously, though largely without violence, for...

Pakistan’s mango diplomacy and Lanka’s ‘insect fear’

It was somewhere in early July  1977, during a crucial election campaign that Prime...

‘Assemble peacefully, discuss peacefully and disperse peacefully’

The election manifesto of the UNFGG speaks of the Lichchavi form of Government...

Observing ‘Vas’ as enlightened by the peerless Buddha

During the initial stages of the development of Buddhist Dispensation “Observation of Vas” was...

SLMC renews call for equal opportunities legislation

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Leader Rauff Hakeem, in an interview with dailymirror stressed the need to strengthen democracy in the country, and to bring about post war reconciliation.

For the sake of children and youth in SL

? Many Sri Lankans, in particular children and youth, have suffered enough over the last several decades due to political conflict and myopic politics, the  latter often driven by naked self interest and the lack of any vision on the part of many political leaders. 

Power grows out of the Barrel of a gun

?Why do major powers arise? At a time when we talk about the rise of China and India, the said weakening of the US and the European Union, and the thwarted ambitions of Russia; it is a good time to ponder this question. 

Election campaign emerging as A model for Lanka - EDITORIAL

The most important and inspiring feature of the ongoing campaign for the general elections on August 17 is that, to a large extent the rule of law is reigning while the incidents of election violence and violations of election laws have been reduced significantly. 

Election: mid-term report of the melee : Unrecognisable candidates are doing ‘hakas’ on the election

Candidates made up, with make up, show pretty faces, virtually unrecognisable from their harassed appearances. Trick photography using Photoshop makes them look younger and leaner.