The prevalence of HIV in Sri Lanka has been significant during the past few decades. Although much has been done to eliminate this disease the numbers tend to increase. In a candid interview with the Daily Mirror.......

The dawn of a fresh New Year is all about higher expectations and wishes of goodwill and prosperity. Yet, issues such as high cost of living have kept people from celebrating the New Year. Consumers and......

Knowledge is universal, historical and shared by educated and intellectuals in the world. Access to education is recognized by the Constitution, United Nations and worldwide, as adopted in the......

During his first year in office, President Maithripala Sirisena sailed a perfect, politically-correct political voyage. He struck a contrast not only from his predecessor, but also from many other political......

With the Christmas and New Year holiday season ending, more than 4.5 million children will go back to school today with the vast public schools network alone having 4.2 million enrolled in more than.......

With the commotion that has been whipped up over the ‘incident’ at the Enrique Iglesias concert the other day, there is bewilderment among many as to what exactly, in that episode, was so damaging to Sri Lanka’s moral status, in the

The Daily Mirror in our editorial yesterday focussed attention on the national Government’s plans for the weeklong celebrations to mark the first anniversary of the people’s silent revolution on January 8. 

“Who’s Who of Sri Lanka” is the kind of title which might actually put prospective readers off. But this book edited by Chandrabhanu Samaraweera, a very interesting foray into the lives and times of forty eight personalities who hav

?H. D. Jayasooriya of Himbutana is not only a poet of distinction, but also a translator and a creative writer. His book of fine poetry in English was published in June last year by Godage & Brothers Ltd. 

The most important but intricate task the government has assigned itself in the New Year...

The New Year that begins today will probably open a new chapter in the history of democracy...

Enhancing public confidence in the judiciary through judicial independence” is the theme...

As we welcome 2016 today, two issues that will continue to dominate in the New Year are...

As we move into 2016 today the focus will be on simple week-long celebrations to mark the first...

The formation of the Tamil People’s Council (TPC), backed   by Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran, has perturbed the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leadership that views it as a move to undermine the party hierarchy.

We were cruising along Baseline Road. All of a sudden, the driver lost his cool. Showing me two teenage girls walking along the pavement, he snarled: “Somebody should teach these sluts how to dress properly!”

As 2015 draws to a close tonight, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) which terrorized hundreds of millions of people in at least three continents and was seen by many analysts as an incarnation of Satan, appeared to be on its heels back to he

The ‘Sex and Love’ tour of Enrique Iglesias to Sri Lanka has become a hot topic ever since one of his fans threw a bra at him during the show. At the same time  Enrique had hugged and kissed a girl who had got on stage.

SLFP is on a path of self-destruction ably assisted unwittingly by its hierarchy. Those at the helm are the ones who are taking the party to oblivion notwithstanding holding the prime positions of Presidency and partner of a National Government and h

As we move into 2016, we need to think positively, count our blessings one by one, be thankful and grateful for what happened or did not happen.

Thousands of innocent lives were sacrificed to the deadly tsunami that struck the Pearl of the Indian Ocean on December 26, 2004. It was a poya day and hundreds and thousands of Buddhist devotees were praying for the goodwill of their lives and of th

Many questions have been asked by people after the new government took over the country’s reins. Will the new government carry out development work? The last government did some work albeit amidst allegations of......

Former minister, COPE chairman and the general secretary of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka D.E.W. Gunasekara was interviewed by the  on his recent visit to India and the future of  COPE. Excerpts of the interview.....

The 2016 Budget was one of those passed in parliament with the most number of amendments since independence.   It also created unprecedented public protests countrywide resulting in several of the......

Since January 2015 Ms. Arudpragasam has been working as the Private Secretary to Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister. She first decided to produce a documentary on the APRC process in 2013, while she.....

I got to know Manique when I started my university life at Kelaniya in 1973. Manique had also joined the university but to pursue a different academic path - the English stream. I was on the other hand, pursuing a mass.....

A 42-year-old woman was recently arrested at Balagolla for allegedly locking up her 72-year-old father in a kennel. The father was living in a cramped room – similar to a cage made of bricks and metal.....

Hirunika Premachandra took a path to Parliament that was well trodden by her predecessors; the public sympathy over the untimely demise of a family member that turned into votes at the......

We have been railroaded into living in a consumer society. This is not a good place for the citizens of a nation but it is where we are. Time was when most of what we wanted we produced......

What appears to be needed in the present context is a practical approach to the problem by aligning the school curricula to remove the existing compartmentalisation of students by race......