From hardline radicalism to moderate statesmanship

I was watching an interview featuring Patali Champika Ranawaka on a private television...

Give me five years

The Prime Minister of the country and leader of the United National Party (UNP)

“My hands are clean" I HAVE NOT ROBBED NOR HAVE I MURDERED ANYONE”

FORMER PRESIDENT AND UPFA CANDIDATE FROM THE KURUNEGALA DISTRICT, MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA IN A COMMON INTERVIEW

Challenges for new government JUSTICE FOR WOMEN

Article 12(1) and (2) of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka categorically states that all citizens are equal before the law and that no one shall be discriminated against, among others, on grounds of sex.

Image of leaders not on cutouts but remain in the hearts of the people

Sarvodaya leader Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne is an eminent social worker and a keen observer with a political vision of his own. During his long career as a social worker and a social reformist he has closely associated with political leaders of this country.

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..

“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.

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.