Recurring Phenomenon of “Traitorization” in Tamil Nationalist Politics

The phenomenon of “Traitorization” in Tamil Nationalist Politics has raised its ugly head again.

Consumer Rights Day -2015 Consumers’ right to healthy food

Fifteenth March of every year has been recognized as the World Consumer Rights Day...

Do your part to save our country - EDITORIAL

As President Maithripala Sirisena presided at a guard-of-honour for the visiting

South Asian Great Game: Do not modify our non-aligned policy

During the Great Game of the 19th century when Britain and Russia tried to outdo each other in...

Namasthe and Ayubowan, Premier Modi

In what many see as a new chapter in the vital Indo-Sri Lanka relationship, Prime Minister...

Central Bank bond issue : ‘ We will get an answer soon enough’

Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs and Policy Planning Dr. Harsha de Silva in an interview...

Fishing in troubled waters needs a certain kind of finesse

The questions from budding journalists at my Alma mater, the Indian Institute of Mass...

We are dissatisfied with the questionable appointments

The Chairman of the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) and the convener of the Pivithuru Hetak Movement, Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera recently expressed his disappointment over certain actions of the government which he worked hard to bring to power.

Implementing the Language Policy in Sri Lanka’s Administrative Service ; An Option for Winning Recon

?Language as a fundamental tool for communication provides a means for ethnic integration and participation if a society adheres to multilingual approaches.  Sri Lanka’s Language Policy has a long history spanning six decades. 

Will the people’s aspirations be fulfilled?

?controversy is mounting among the political circles these days on the dissolution of the Parliament in April as scheduled by the 100-day programme of the New Democratic Front government.

The perils of unlikely bedfellows can be awesome. RUN RANIL RUN

An odd couple rushed to build a home in100 days.

Plain and simple, the fishery dispute between India and Sri Lanka is a legal issue Half right, but m

The Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s statement on Monday...

The nationalist detour

We must get to the root of the larger matter.

David Cameron’s burden - EDITORIAL

David Cameron has spoken.

Cameron on his meeting with Maithripala

Following is the Op-ed piece by British Prime Minister David Cameron exclusively for the Dailymirror on his scheduled meeting with visiting President Maithripala Sirisena  in London today.

I will work to strengthen the hands of Ranil Kamal Addararachchi

Kamal Addararachchi is an award-winning actor, singer and a presenter, who has conquered the hearts of thousands of his fans since the Gamini Fonseka era. Kamal’s name has been in the limelight for decades and two of his most famous songs ‘Unmadawoo’ and...

Election laws need revision - EC

The governance of consensus, prevailing at the moment, hit a snag when the mainstream parties voiced different opinions on the proposal for the enactment of electoral reforms together with constitutional amendments as   part of a simultaneous process.

If we have ears, let us listen now - EDITORIAL

A?tomic energy and dynamite are among the great discoveries which a selfish world is today using more for self-destructive purposes than for development of human beings and resources.

My wings not clipped

State Minister for Defence and Gampaha District UNP Parliamentarian Ruwan Wijewardene in an interview with the Daily Mirror asserted that his ‘wings have not been clipped’ as....

Wimal Weerawansa’s white van freedom

Wimal Weerawansa has warned that we are now ‘losing our hard-earned freedom’. In a public rally held in Kandy on Friday to campaign for the prime-ministerial candidacy of Mahinda Rajapaksa, the.....

EDITORIAL - CB gets first no-ball

Errant and corrupt politicians who surrounded Mahinda Rajapaksa was the immediate reason for his election loss. Unlike other instances, it was not Rajapaksa as the President, who became unpopular.....

Imperative Need to Support Tamil Moderates in the Struggle Against Extremists

The Ilankai Thamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) was formed in 1949 by a dissident faction....

Is disorder the measure of our times?

Can anyone see an end to the upheavals in The Middle East and what can be done?

Next election: At least 25% must be women - EDITORIAL

As we mark International Women’s Day tomorrow,...

ALLEGED WAR CRIMES: RESTORATIVE JUSTICE WITH TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION

For how long can Sri Lanka play hide and seek with the Western powers which, for reasons political...

EDITORIAL : WALK THE TALK LIKE THE WORLD’S POOREST PRESIDENT

In an era when President Maithripala Sirisena is setting an unprecedented example in servant...

SAJIN VASS : A CHARACTER WITH A BIZARRE PAST

A number of Ministers of the previous regime are facing allegations of corruption today. Such allegations...

To build a bridge between two fractured societies

Several posts on social media by a group of young journalists who visited Jaffna on their...

Chief Minister Wigneswaran makes reference to two nations

When Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran received President Maitripala Sirisena in Jaffna on Tuesday, many perceived it as a novel gesture of goodwill for reconciliation between the north and the south.

A Buddhist Perspective on Entertainment An Enigma Named Thalaputa

Cuisine, followed by entertainment are two of the most irresistible sensory allurements of all mundane beings in the world. Accordingly they have also been hugely successful commercial ventures throughout history.