Ten year old Sanduni had been just a four month old baby when she was diagnosed with Thalassemia. Ever since then, she has been making monthly visits to the National Thalassemia Centre (NTC) in Kurunegala for her prescribed blood transfusion.

Sri Lanka Cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara, in an interview with Daily Mirror online’s ‘Hot Seat Live’ spoke on Murali’s retirement from Test cricket, about Vaas and Sri Lanka cricket. Here are excerpts from the interview.

Executive Director of Equal Grounds, Rosanna Flamer-Caldera speaks to Daily Mirror Online on the HOT SEAT  

A Sri Lankan shot by Israeli commandos during last week's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla has recounted the ordeal he had to face at the time of the incident. He is now receiving treatment at a hospital in Istanbul.

Forced evictions of hawkers, practicing their businesses on the pavements illegally, are a global phenomenon, occurring in both developing and developed countries, and in democracies and dictatorships alike.

The Sri Lankan government says that it is concerned about the welfare of sea turtles which live and breed on the island's southern coastline. The authorities say turtle hatcheries are operating there which contravene conservation laws and that th

Tucked away in a lush green alcove, in Wahawita Ambepussa, about two and a half hours away from the capital Colombo the centre houses 76 children. Abducted, forcibly recruited or allured by the fake bravado of the LTTE, these children have served as