Africa, beware of this romance with China

It is time for Africans to wake up to the realities of their romance with China...

Editorial : Equality before the law

He had built for himself a considerable reputation.  He was strict.  A stickler for rules.  He never let emotion...

Alert for Intervention in lankan affairs

That canard has been planted again apparently with Indian and possibly Western connivance. But this time...

Kadirgamar and the Intellectual Property Law

In 1977, Lakshman Kadirgamar, as the head of the Asia Pacific Bureau of the WIPO, had discussions with...

Peace At Last In The Congo, Black Africa’s Largest State

It is not so long ago that Susan Rice, now the US’s Ambassador to the United Nations, was talking about the Congo as the site of “Africa’s First World War”. Has the UN at long last really pacified this country, the largest in black Africa,

Editorial - How to save your heart from your cardiologist

The government with  another big loan from China is to build a state-of-the-art Out Patients Department (OPD) at the National Hospital in Colombo. Despite all these ultra-modern buildings or renovations and the marvels of modern medical technology, more people are falling sick more often in Sri Lanka.

Drones: Hellfire from grey skies

It is only realpolitik that stands in the way of referring the United States to the United Nations Human Rights Council for allegedly committing war crimes and not addressing accountability issues arising from its drone attacks in Pakistan.

Zonta International the voice of the woman

Zonta International is an organisation of women in business & the professions which was started way back in January 1919, when Marian de Forest, a playwright and a newspaper critic, envisioned that educated and.....

Political power-play at the PGIM - Editorial

The Daily Mirror, in its Editorial yesterday, focused on Sri Lanka’s unprecedented crime wave largely because of the politicisation of crime and the criminalisation of polities – compounded by a breakdown in law and order or a crisis where laws are not being implemented.

LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD

Chinthana Tennakoon, 26 years old Colombo University undergraduate said that he did not fully oppose the proposed casino. “I think there is some kind of importance in establishing a.....

Casinos are sugar coated poison

Is Investment Promotion Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena just another pawn in the Government’s casino gamble? He has been widely criticised in the recent past as a result of the casino circus.

the Stark reality of statutory rape

Seat­ed on a bench in the far end of one of the busy hos­pi­tal cor­ri­dors, Ka­su­ni* seems to be ea­ger­ly await­ing some­one’s ar­riv­al as she nurses her two-week old in­fant. To a by­stand­er it would have seemed as if the.....

Political bickering amidst Beefy’s Big Sri Lanka Walk

The Working Committee members of the United National Party (UNP) gathered at the party headquarters, Sirikotha’ on Monday. Top on the agenda of the meeting was the item to...

Can Karu usher victory for UNP?

Wittingly or unwittingly Karu Jayasuriya has walked into a storm of controversy within the United National Party (UNP) where he was appointed as head of the newly carved ‘Leadership Council’ in a bid to resolve the festering internal crisis in the party.

Mother Lanka, what is happening to thee? - Editorial

In the aftermath of the horrible 30-year war, Sri Lanka appears to be plunging deeper into a post-conflict traumatic syndrome which has been aggravated by a breakdown in the rule of law and the serious damage caused to the independence of the judicial service and the police.

AUSTRALIA’S VICTORY OVER THE PUFF THAT KILLS

Well, the Australians failed - almost. The tobacco industry won - almost. Australians became unable to protect their kids - almost.

Impressive expressways Are we really on the road to development?

We now have another highway, and a much-needed one, leading to the Katunayake International Airport. It is a symbol of the country’s ambitious development plans.

Development must include human welfare

President Mahinda Rajapaka recently said people should be on the alert, as various elements were attempting to shut down industries and cripple the economy.

Editorial-The ghosts in the Bibile mystery

With anarchy in the medicinal drugs market and with physicians, patients and pharmacies confused as to which drug is the safest,

CHOGM Film Festival

When considering films, this definition about `the image` made by the groundbreaking filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky is simply remarkable. Films are a wide subject:

Plans to acquire limited blue water capability Our future lies in the Ocean

Daily Mirror spoke to Navy Commander Vice Admiral Jayanath Colombage on a wide range of issues including those pertaining to Indian fishermen and illegal immigrants.

Free education Our only remaining pride and hope

When I read the editorial of the Daily Mirror on Oct. 14, 2013, I was inspired to add some more on the same lines. The editor rightly points out the consequences of private medical practice and its impact on the state health sector

Inappropriate punishment for an inappropriate dress - Editorial

Occasionally, there have been reports about teachers of government schools treating students inhumanely, in the guise of or in the name of punishment for misdeeds or misbehavior.

Accountability

The term ‘Accountability’ is one which we have heard often, indeed too often from interfering foreigners and NGOs...

The state, public policy and endemic corruption

A recent report published in an English daily had pointed out that education has become the most corrupt sector...

Rathupaswala: The river of tears

Thousands of families in the village of Rathupaswala are still facing a major crisis over their basic and life-saving need of...

What is Our Vision of Development?

This article is the first of a two-part series on the post-2015 and the post-Millennium Development Goals (MDG) processes. Following the Rio+20 Summit in June 2012 (also known as the UN Conference on Sustainable Development), the....

How would we define a ‘Missionary’?

Fear of missionaries is as old as fear of ghosts and ghouls. Some would gladly equate missionaries with the latter. I have no special regard for either religion or missionaries.

knowledge on broadcasting laws; need of the hour

In a pioneering endeavour to draw attention to the legal issues concerning the media industry, Chanakya Jayadeva on Thursday launched his book ‘Entertainment and Broadcast Law for Sri Lanka’, the first ever book to be published on the subject in Sri Lanka.

Govt. cannot gamble with our country - Editorial

With the casino issue now suspended and put under the gambling table till the Commonwealth Summit is held, most independent political analysts believe the Rajapaksa regime will....