A cluster munition, also known as a cluster bomb, is a weapon containing multiple explosive submunitions.

Rabindranath Tagore, one of India’s if not Asia’s greatest philosophers has said that marriage in India...

We are quite mistaken if we assume that at last a powerful nation in the region, in this instance...

While the two major alliances are campaigning vigorously, though largely without violence, for...

It was somewhere in early July  1977, during a crucial election campaign that Prime...

The election manifesto of the UNFGG speaks of the Lichchavi form of Government...

During the initial stages of the development of Buddhist Dispensation “Observation of Vas” was...

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Leader Rauff Hakeem, in an interview with dailymirror stressed the need to strengthen democracy in the country, and to bring about post war reconciliation.

? Many Sri Lankans, in particular children and youth, have suffered enough over the last several decades due to political conflict and myopic politics, the  latter often driven by naked self interest and the lack of any vision on the part o

?Why do major powers arise? At a time when we talk about the rise of China and India, the said weakening of the US and the European Union, and the thwarted ambitions of Russia; it is a good time to ponder this question. 

The most important and inspiring feature of the ongoing campaign for the general elections on August 17 is that, to a large extent the rule of law is reigning while the incidents of election violence and violations of election laws have been reduced

Candidates made up, with make up, show pretty faces, virtually unrecognisable from their harassed appearances. Trick photography using Photoshop makes them look younger and leaner.

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) General Secretary Tilvin Silva, in an interview with the Dailymirror , said his party opts for socialism with modern characteristics rather than deviating from the party’s original principles, policies

After introducing a new constitution in 1978, the seventh parliament has prematurely been dissolved this year.

Tragically, the smuggling or trading in heroin and other narcotics has become a key    issue in the campaign for the crucial general election on August 17.

Upeksha Swarnamali, popularly known as ‘Paba’ is a woman striving to make a change in the political arena.

I trust that most of you will no doubt hope, agree and commit to ensure, that the next parliamentary elections in August 2015,...

After a nearly three-decade-long war waged by radicalized Tamils, the last thing Sri Lanka needs is its Muslims to be radicalized

Several main political parties have launched their manifestos for the August 17 general election.

They are on the streets, wearing tight-fit clothes, a handbag and an umbrella waiting for a vehicle to stop by them. Busy streets, dodgy brothels, stingy brokers are part of their everyday lives. Prostitution; a heavily......

Winning only 50 seats out of a total of 146 elected members, but with no single party receiving the minimum requirement of 70 the [winning party benefitted with 6 appointees] at March 1960 General elections, Dudley......

Prior to the last presidential elections,  with the usual braggadocio,  we, Sri Lankans, were made to believe that we as a nation were on a journey upwards to become – ‘the miracle of Asia’ and ‘the......

With just three weeks to go for the crucial General Election on August 17, the United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) in their policy plans.....

A big sigh of relief. The UN Security Council has approved the deal on Iran’s nuclear endeavours...

Today is Orange Day, a day to raise awareness and take action on the crisis of violence against women and girls.

International relations are a dynamic field of study. With the change in perceptions of national interest...

In our Editorial yesterday, the Daily Mirror highlighted the link between the catastrophic global...

Politics is a platform that opens doors to budding individuals striving to make a change. Today we see...

I am sure you may be thinking of the reasons behind this open letter. Since we are friends...

The former Deputy Minister of Skills Development and Vocational training, Thilanga Sumathipala in an interview with the Dailymirror stated that Sri Lanka need to pay attention on a skilled labour force.