“How can one absolve intelligent men for engaging in arrogant and demented folly?” - C.R. Strahan Yahapalanaya or good governance is no new concept. Its origins could be found in our ancient scriptures; its inherent qualities are still sh

The recent floods and landslides devastated many innocent lives. Many are still languishing in refugee camps. However, foreign aid started pouring in as the country was in dire need of funds as well as various supplies to be distributed among the aff

An explosion at the Salawa Army Camp has raised concerns among those with vested interests.  According to residents, the fire.....

A poorly-researched Initial Environmental Examination Report (IEER) poses a serious threat to Vankalai Sanctuary, situated near Mannar, an....

But it is also the other way around. Features of a particular society, impact on its constituent parts, namely, individuals and groups. In.....

Ministers of this Government also have started to insult the intelligence of the people as happened during all other regimes in the....

“Huh, they are on to another one,” said Shelton Perera who was reading that day’s Daily Dodger. “What’s that about, Shelley?” asked......

Non-alcoholic fatty liver is a condition, where fat is accumulated in the liver of people, who drink little or no alcohol......

Sri Lankan political leadership during the last few decades had been intruded by irreligious and depraved individuals lacking in.....

The issue on animal welfare and protection of animals is an important issue that has been inadequately addressed by the....

President Maithripala Sirisena has been invited for a second official visit to China, says Government Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe.....

In the afterglow of World Environment Day yesterday, one important practical step would be to reflect on the extent to which we have polluted.....

German Ambassador to Sri Lanka Dr. Jürgen Morhard, in an interview with Daily Mirror said 

Fifty years ago, when our eyes had still not been opened to the catastrophe of environmental pollution and global warming, 

“Thilina Gamage” is a pleasant young non-controversial magistrate, who was charged under the Public Property

Last Friday in Hiroshima, a hug-and-cry made world headlines when the United States President...  

With traffic snarls sounding alarm horns louder than ever before, the National Government has...

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), a profit-making giant back in the day, has been plagued with allegation...

The controversy over the Eastern Province Chief Minister Hafis Nazeer Ahmed rebuking a naval...

It was almost midnight when we paused our discussion on the issue of ‘hereditary rights of Sinhala...

According to the traditional ayurvedic medicinal practice, migraine is defined as ‘Lalaata Kotara...

Here’s a challenge: Name a country that is mono-ethnic, mono-religious and monolithic in terms of political beliefs.

As flood waters recede and relief aid pours in from the world, the political stage is poised to heat up with the

In an era when one time science fiction is becoming factual, the United States based National Aeronautis

C V Wignesvaran, the Chief Minister of Northern Province, is a retired Supreme Court Judge. As much

Kala Rama is the first TV anchor with a Sri Lankan lineage to join a New York TV network. She is now the weekend anchor and reporter for the

Recent media attention has focused on the appointment of Mr. Palpita as an Additional Secretary in the Ministry

Today, June 1, we celebrate an important day. History has shown that a good family is the nucleus of any

For this year’s World ‘No Tobacco Day’, The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.....

Flakes of tobacco rolled in Indian Tendu leaf stands a stick named beedi which contributes largely to an epidemic that claims six million  lives.....