“Why do Hindus use coconuts in their rituals?” is a pertinent question at this juncture in our country as some MPs of the Joint Opposition dashed 100,000 coconuts at the.....

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Chairman Basheer Segu Dawood in a discussion held in the predominantly Muslim town of Kattankuddy last week called for a separate province for the....

Sri Lanka’s private health sector has apparently suffered a major heart attack and by-pass surgery is needed. Imagery and realities apart, President Maithripala Sirisena-- deeply committed to the.....

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was spot on when he chided those who were raising a hue and cry about the proposed Economic and Technology Cooperative Agreement (ETCA) with India. 

Amid the growing incidence of cruelty to animals including the latest multi-million rupee rackets on the capture of a baby elephant...

President Maithripala Sirisena at a development meeting held in Kandy just  three months ago at the Janadipathi Mandiraya announced to Members of Parliament

Following reports that some 36 Sri Lankans had travelled to Syria out of whom some had joined the...

Victor Ivan, founder editor of the Ravaya newspaper, had recently discussed a taboo subject in two...

A ceasefire for Syria may seem a boon from the genie that appeared from Aladdin’s ring. But the...

Though the new National Government appears to be making every effort to restore the rule of law, one...

First, President Sirsena announced he would give leadership to the SLFP at the next election to ensure its victory. It meant the UNP and the SLFP would be pitted against....

Nearly four decades ago,   prior to the commencement of economic reforms and trade liberalization,  the then Chinese rulers maintained policies,  that kept their economy very poor.....

While we commend the national government’s evolution into Hi-Tech digital education, and equally important area is eco-education -- essentially to teach the children how to.....

Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa, son of the former president responded to the many allegations thrown against the Rajapaksa regime.     

America is in an election year. The usual barbs, insults, arguments and counter-arguments thrown about by those who contend for nomination from each Party, Democratic and Republican, on political stage in the rural and urban areas as well as big citi

With Sri Lanka’s Health sector still in crisis, the Daily Mirror has information about some shocking discoveries made by the National Medicine Regulatory Authority (NMRA) which was appointed last year to implement Prof. Senaka Bibile’s es

Following the words of Dr. Maria Montessori, founder of the AMI method of educating children, Good Shepherd Maria Montessori Training Centre has produced hundreds of Montessori teachers who serve in Sri Lanka and the world around. For more than 70 ye

For Anuja* (40), abuse and beatings were a part of her everyday life. For 22 years she stayed with the man she had fallen in love with and married, despite the verbal, physical and sexual abuse he inflicted on her. 

The recently concluded 68th Independence Day celebrations made headlines as the performance by the talented Sri Lankan-British soprano Kishani Jayasinghe was heavily criticized in certain television stations and some social media.

The Government and the Opposition compete to court unpopularity. Both are incapable of winning a wide spectrum of confidence or goodwill. Local Government elections,

There was a time when the Sri Lankan Muslims were officially called Ceylon Moors in English and Lanka Marakkala or Lanka Yonaka in Sinhala. 

After a huge commotion which aroused public interest, convincing the higher authorities to look into the matter, ‘Kajimawatte’ has returned back to normal.

The Perahera in Buddhist culture is a ritual to invoke the blessings of the Triple Gems and the Gods. The Navam Maha Perehera is held every year on Navam Full Moon Poya Day to....

It was transformed into a fully fledged Maha Viharaya with national and international recognition by Venerable Dewundara Jinaratana Nayake Thera, a pupil of.....

Last week residents of a large slum in Thotalanga blocked the Japan-Sri Lanka Friendship Bridge to protest against an alleged arbitrary order to vacate....

Tamizhagam, which means a land where Tamil is spoken and Sri Lanka, enjoyed very close ties for over 12 centuries. The present Tamil Nadu is much smaller than the....

Today, our consumption of goods and services often has little to do with our actual contribution  to the production of such goods and services. The share of the labour force engaged in....

President Maithripala Sirisena apparently having learnt  the fine art of economic diplomacy or diplomatic economics, returned to Sri Lanka yesterday with a planeload of economic and trade agreements with....

While the Human Rights Council’s official position on Sri Lanka may not have changed, UN Rights Chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein’s interactions during his four-day visit to Sri Lanka reflected a certain change in tone and approach. This

In the health sector, corruption could kill people. The Daily Mirror in its editorial on Wednesday highlighted a report by transparency International’s British branch. The report on corruption in the global healthcare and pharmaceutical sector