Some sixty governors and mayors from around the world held a brainstorming summit in the Vatican on Tuesday and yesterday to work out ways to combat climate change and its effects on society’s most vulnerable people. 

“Here is an election result…UPFA led by Mahinda Rajapaksa (MR) secured the largest number...

Towards the end of my presidency, a large number of ‘Big Projects’ were envisioned, ...

The Prime Minister told the Indian press he would shoot the poachers.

With the two major alliances and other parties campaigning intensively on a level playing....

Ever since the country rejected Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Presidential Election, he thought he had only one course of action; to come back to the UPFA and contest with his cohorts.

The country is witnessing a different kind of election after decades. Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya seems to be too tough in implementing not only of the relevant laws but also a level playing field.

Finally, the president has spoken. And by renouncing the granting of nomination to his predecessor, the President has effectively disassociated himself from the election campaign of the UPFA/SLFP, of which he.....

‘Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, in the strife of truth with falsehood for the good or evil side’.  This well-known......

As we all know President Maithripala Sirisena was elected to the top job on January 08. The support of all those opposition parties led by the UNP and its leader Ranil Wickremesinghe was......

In this era of democracy, the freedom of expression and free media, when a thousand flowers are blooming, more than ever before, the sovereign people are checking on the qualities and.....

“The Ukrainian Armed Forces logbook recorded 77 violations on July 9, while the Russian Federation Armed....

With Mother Earth facing its worst ever catastrophe due to the pollution of the air the soil,...

The city of Colombo has evolved as the commercial power house, the political nerve centre, and the city...

It was from zero to hero last January – within six months hero to zero – but again on Tuesday...

It was as clear as floating oil on a glass of water that Sri Lanka was among the countries...

With Sri Lanka entering  into an intensive campaign for the crucial General Election on August...

?Sri Lanka’s population has a majority of women according to the 2012 Census and Statistics Survey. Of a population of 20,271,464, 52% are female and 48% male.

Mr. Rukman Senanayake former Chairman of the United National Party and cabinet minister who hails from a strong and celebrated political lineage spoke to the Daily Mirror on the upcoming general elections. He also  provided his insight into curr

In the present context everybody seems to be a law unto themselves – living in a fool’s paradise sans qualifications and common sense.

?Even before the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA), the political combination led by THE Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), kicked-off its propaganda for the general elections...

President Maithripala Sirisena, in a one- hour-long message to the nation on Tuesday, announced he would remain  neutral in the campaign for the August 17 General Election and urged...

Tenders were not the only field that was ripe for corruption and in need of reform.

Last week we editorially predicted that political alliances with unexpected make-ups...

Evidence based National Policies that are long termed and goal oriented are the best way forward to establish political, economical and socio cultural stability in the country.

?The President himself has recently acknowledged the importance of Strategic Studies and national security when he recently stated “the country’s national security and territorial integrity would never be compromised”.

?The Ray’ award is a life-time honour awarded every three years in memory of the late Ray Wijewardena, the foremost inventor produced by Sri Lanka, to help a recognized inventor commercialize his/her invention.

Amid tension and turmoil, conflicts within conflicts and crisis within crisis nominations for the crucial General Elections on August 17 were closed at noon yesterday with no major incidents or violation of election laws reported.

?It was quite evident from the very beginning that the campaign by a group of Mahinda Rajapaksa acolytes to nominate the ex-president as the Prime Ministerial candidate of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party/United People’s Freedom Alliance was self-se

Authority is institutionalised and legal power inherent in a particular job, function, or position that is meant to enable its holder to successfully carry out his or her responsibilities.