“And we will not feel secure in what we have, in our culture, in our language, in our songs. Us without the forest, we won’t be able to farm, we won’t be able to eat, without our land we won’t be able to live.”

Award-winning photographer Henry Rajakaruna is set to host his eighth solo exhibition titled “ANOTHER WORLD UNVEILED” from September 7-9 at the JDA Perera Gallery.

The ‘lungs of the Earth’ have continued to burn since July 2019. As fires rewriting the history books continue to rip through the southern swath of the Amazon Rainforest, Brazil has already declared a state of emergency. Military personnel have b

Armed with a pen which is said to be mightier than a swords, the gentleman fighter M. J. M. Zarook affectionately known as ‘Zorro’ bid adieu to journalism in 2009 after a service of more than five decades and he died on July 27 this year. Today

I consider it as a great honour and privilege to address this gathering at this hallowed institution renowned as the centre of Sri Lankan Muslim education revival and renaissance, our beloved mother Zahira.

We are in the phase of rapidly fading memories of the 2019 Easter Sunday carnage which was planned, organized and carried out by a group of misguided Sri Lankan Muslims. Their actions which the vast majority....

Sri Lanka’s average rainfall is 120 billion cubic metres annually. Out of this rainfall, 65% of water directly flows into the sea without any usage. This is why even with enough rainfall, there is a severe shortage of water.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth… Then God said, “Let us make Ernest Poruthota in our image and after our likeness…” and God saw what he had made and behold, he was very good.

‘I lost my children. What have they done to be killed? What wrong have they done to them?’ The mother’s weeping was heartbreaking. The screaming of Nilmini Fernando....

The main suspect who murdered both the younger brother and elder sister confessed on Wednesday (28) before the Marawila Magistrate and District Judge Keminda Perera when he was produced before the Court.

The late Kalki Krishnamoorthy, a former editor of the weekly Tamil magazine Kalki and a prolific writer of short stories and historical romances is acclaimed to be one of the topmost journalists in Tamil.

Those special memories of you Will always bring a smile If only we could have you back for just a little while Then we could sit and talk again just like we used to do you always meant so very much and always will do too The fact tha

Engineers have contributed immensely to changing societies. Thanks to them, many a technological advancement has made our lives easier. Today, Sri Lanka is facing a challenge in terms of producing engineers and training them to meet global demands.

The book incorporates the extensive knowledge and experience in the areas of governance, institution building, agricultural and rural development, and monitoring

In the early 2000s, two alarming stories about the precarious and hazardous plights of domestic workers circulated the plantation community in the Kandy district, eventually reaching organizers at the Ceylon Workers Red Flag Union (RFU). The first wa

Condemning the actions of the police, human rights activists, called for justice to be meted out to Anne Ranaweera. Having been subject to both physical and verbal assault at the hands of the police, in her home and at the police station, Ranaweera i

BRASILIA (Reuters) - A record number of fires ravaging the Amazon has drawn international outrage because of the rain forest’s importance to the global environment and prompted Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to dispatch the military to assist i

Kirthi Sri Deshashakthi Samajaseva Kirthi Dr. Furkhan Noordeen has been selected to represent Sri Lanka at the Global Youth Peace Ambassador (GYPA) programme scheduled to be held from August 28 to September 1 in the Republic of Maldives.

The female Aedes Aegypti mosquito, with characteristic black and white stripes or spots on its body, is responsible for transmitting the terrible Dengue virus. It is also called the break-bone fever due to the abdominal bone and muscle pain that occu

As we members of Daily Mirror news team reached Moneragala early morning for a coverage, we noticed Hela bojun Hala (A trade store which sells traditional Sri Lankan food ) closed. We noticed a signboard which said that the place would remain closed

His Grace, the Archbishop of Canterbury is the Shepherd to over 700 plus million Anglicans around the world who keep increasing daily. He thinks of all Christians of the world, including the Roman Catholics, as God’s flock.

The cultural experience of the first 10 years of independent Sri Lanka was dominated by two broad trends: free education and universal franchise. In 1946, around 5% of the population were literate in English, while in 1953 the percentage had risen to

As crime-rates keep falling in many parts of the world, prisons are being closed, with some of them being converted into hotels or tourist attractions.Violent crime rate has been falling in Sri Lanka too since the end of Eelam War IV in 2009. But tha

The term “fast fashion” encapsulates a type of clothing that is moved from the catwalk, through the design and manufacturing process and onto chain store shelves as fast as possible with the aim to have a non-stop turnover of the latest designs a

In the village of Narangodapaluwa in Ragama lived a young good looking girl Kurukula Arachchilage Donna Ann Nanayakkara, who married a Maduraperuma Arachchige Migel a Buddhist. This was a love marriage.

It has been 50 years since the moon landing; a result of science, technology and competition between two superpowers of the time, Russia and the USA. Evoking much excitement all around the world...

Venpaa in Tamil refers to a meter in traditional Tamil verse. Bearing this classic Tamil word, a distinctive bookstore called Venpaa has become the talk of the town in Jaffna ever since its inception in December 2018.

Ajith Kumar’s Nerkonnda Paarvai that is being screened countrywide is a film that every youngster -- especially teenage girls -- should definitely watch. Parents too should make sure to watch this film as it gives a very down....

Sunday, August 18 marked DIG B.M. Bodhi Liyanage’s second death anniversary. He was a good-hearted sportsman and promoter of sports. A religious ceremony will be held today in Kandy....