Elections Commission will stand against any procrastination of PC polls – Mahinda Deshapriya

Elections Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya, in an interview with Daily Mirror , speaks about the reason....

Why is this anti-India demagoguery?

During the second half of the 19th century, Prussian historian Leopold Von Ranke popularized a school of thought known as....

Will Cabinet reshuffle answer people’s woes - EDITORIAL

A Cabinet reshuffle had been one of the main topics discussed in the media during the past few weeks and the politically.....

GMOA: Service oriented or sympathy harnessed?

We have always been good at political slogans. “Api Wenuwen Api”, created to advertise the previous regime’s all-out war, was hugely....

From Riyadh to Tehran: A new Middle Eastern order

Middle Eastern politics and political leaders made news over the last week from the Iranian presidential elections, Turkish President’s...

Climate Change, Natural Disasters and Societal Resilience

Faced with a whole range of day to day issues, many people today do not pay much attention to bigger issues like.....

The monsoon is back, will the floods follow? - EDITORIAL

On 18 May, the long drought the country had been facing came to an end. The rains came and came, and came in an abundance. In fact....

The hypocrisy of owning nuclear weapons

During the French election no candidate talked about France’s nuclear weapons. In Britain, the subject has been raised at its election in an attempt to undermine the Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

Tomorrow is the United Nations World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development – virtues that are important for Sri Lanka in this post-conflict era. 

From the cold war to the cyber war - EDITORIAL

Wednesday May 17 was the United Nations World Telecommunication and Information Society Day with this year’s theme....

If India joins OBOR, we could have an Asian economic union

India last week once again spurned China’s ambitious economic agenda for the world – the US$ 950 billion One-Belt-One-Road....

Politics of India bogey

Hard on the heels of his “fast unto death” in prison calling for his release on bail, National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa was....

Policy on Reconciliation Cannot Dodge “Reconciliation”

A “National Policy on Reconciliation and Co-existence” has been drafted by the Office for National Unity and Reconciliation.....

Modi’s visit, China’s Silk Road Navigating cross currents

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe left Colombo to attend China’s One Belt One Road Forum in Beijing within hours of Indian....

Modi’s visit to the central hills brings welcome relief to a marginalised community

It was a rousing welcome befitting a celebrity. Tamils of recent Indian origin lined the streets of Dickoya in Sri Lanka’s....

Rajapaksas not yet finished; we have another battle ahead - Sarath Fonseka

Regional Development Minister Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, in an interview with Daily Mirror, speaks about the proposed role to be assigned to him, the current status of politics and his future plans. Excerpts of the interview:  

The commonalities of celebration and grief

When Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was re-elected, BBC just couldn’t get enough of the protests. Wiliam Bowles, in an article titled ‘The nerve of these guys!’ quoted the BBC back then: ‘Millions of Iranians simply did not believe the result. The main demand of the protesters has been an annulment of the result and an election re-run.’ The very same BBC, Bowles noted, had ‘no wall-to-wall coverage of Afghan outrage ove

The many meanings of May 18, 2009

In some part of this island, perhaps in a humble home, or in a public place heavy with ideological fervour or political statement, someone will light a candle or lamp, someone will grieve. Someone will remember someone who was loved. Remove all the ideological and political makeup and two things will remain: Love and Grief.   

No move to form a brigade to suppress strikes

A cabinet reshuffle, setting up a special authority to suppress strikes, disciplinary action against SLFPers who attended the Galle Face rally, the controversy surrounding Minister Rajitha Senaratne’s title as cabinet spokesperson and an imminent referendum; these were some of the pertinent questions raised during a discussion held with President Maithripala Sirisena recently. Excerpts of the interview follow:   

Buddhist remains encompass all India -Director (Monuments) Archaeological Survey of India

Dr. D. Dayalan, Director (Monuments) Archaeological Survey, India, has been instrumental in the recent explorations of the rich Buddhist historical remains of India after extensive excavations....

Death of a worker

The other day, a partially decomposed body, supposed to be of an octogenarian, was discovered by ?a beggar inside a culvert on a city road in the metropolitan capital of Sri Lanka. The corpse had been clogged inside the narrow culvert due to rapid influx of flood waters caused by torrential rain and the non-clearance of city trash....

WHO WANTS YAHAPALANAYA, DESIRE A RAJAPAKSA?

Who wants the Yahapalanaya (good governance)? Not Sri Lankans, for sure. More thrive on mis-governance or are beneficiaries of serial corruption that has trickled down with the advent of free economy....

Power of positive thinking

World leaders have told us that while we keep our feet firmly planted on ground realities, we need to set our vision on the stars and have noble goals in life -- beyond selfish or self-centred agendas and ambitions...

Political predators mistakenly called the Joint Opposition

When the carcass of our polity is sprawled across the landscape of the country, when the carcass is well beyond recognition, when its heart has stopped beating, its nerves ceased to twitch and its blood has hardened so much so that it’s no redder, but eerily crimson, we know that the predators have done the job....

Unity Govt. speaking in different voices - EDITORIAL

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) faction in the government has decided to appoint its own Cabinet spokesman, indicating the....

Sri Lanka’s place in China’s ‘Silk Road’

During the last weekend, President Xi Jinping unveiled his pet project, presented in a rather confusing jargon, ‘One Belt One Road’, in....

13th Amendment took the country to the edge of the Unitary State structure - Canishka Witharana

Author and constitutional lawyer Canishka Witharana who is involved in the legal work of nationalist groups, said in an interview that attempts....

Power should be shared between the centre and the periphery : Winston Pathiraja

Secretary to the Public Representation Committee on Constitutional Reforms, Winston Pathiraja, in an interview with the Daily Mirror, says a....

Timely call to ban weapons that destroy mankind

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on April 27 cracked open one of the most horrendous problems confronting mankind-the....

China’s Charm Beckons the World

Indian Prime Minister’s visit dominated the local news headlines and spawned intense debates among analysts and politicians....