The unity, independence and integrity of the Bar are essential not only for its survival, and for its meaningful contribution to society, but to also ensure that the critical institutions set up......

The result of the January 8 Presidential election has been a revelation to almost all UPFA politicians. They who treated the Mahinda Rajapaksa administration as something like a divine rule.....

?Ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa in a message read in a political rally held in Ratnapura, last week alleged that the current administration has stalled development in the country. I cannot help, but agree, though grudgingly. 

Appointments to the following offices shall be made by HE in consultation  with the PM, Leader of the Opposition and  the committee of parliamentary leaders of all parties 

?The Institution of Parliament depends for its efficacy and indeed, its very existence, on some basic principles, without which it cannot function at all. 

S?etting a palatable example to religious institutions and social justice groups, the Gangaramaya Temple last Wednesday launched a movement to provide nutritious and hygienically prepared packets of rice and curry for lunch or dinner at the affordabl

It has been said that “Brazil has a future and always will”.

One of the biggest problems that have plagued democracy in Sri Lanka according to many...

Politics in the Sri Lankan context has always been a drama worth watching. The various defections, mud-slinging and defamatory remarks politicians throw at one another are  entertaining. 

All that man wants is freedom from fear and hunger. The entire gamut of human rights stems...

Last week’s Sunday Times carried a somewhat disturbing headline story that brought embarrassment...

Amid public criticism of the Government’s delay in taking action against former VIPs who were allegedly involved in large scale corruption, the Police announced on Wednesday they....

The National Drug Regulatory Authority Bill was subjected to an evolutionary process before it was passed in Parliament recently. The long fight to instil justice in the field of pharmaceuticals was won by Dr. Senaka Bibile who was the founder of the

?Within just three months in power, the National Democratic Front (NDF) coalition seems to be disintegrating. All indications are that the unity that the NDF coalition partners showed in the pursuit of their common objective of dislodging the Mahinda

Governance in broad terms encapsulates the importance of transparency, predictability, accountability, stakeholder participation, rule of law, anticorruption, independence of the judiciary and media freedom, among others.

?Is flying still the safest mode of transportation? Yes it is. According to a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Professor the death risk for passengers of commercial airlines is one in 45 million flights. 

Since the opening up Sri Lanka’s economy to the world in 1977,..

There seems to be a lot of nit picking about what the government has not done,...

Three major issues that attracted wide public attention during...

While the new government led by President Maithripala Sirisena is being blamed...

Tuberculosis has plagued mankind since the time of the ancient Egyptian civilization.

With Sri Lanka entering a historic period through the formation of a National Government...

Don Stephen Senanayake entered politics when he was elected to the Legislative Council at the age of 40.

If a momentous chapter in Sri Lanka’s history began on January 8 this year,...

In a candid interview with Dailymirror, Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam....

Mr. D.S. Senanayaka, a name most revered and more valued with time, now,...

To stabilise and sustain the new era of good governance,...

“… when you see them pray, you will look to them and think they are better than you; when they...

The people of Sri Lanka got together on January 8 to send a repressive government...

Pitiduwe Siridhamma aka Siri Samantabhadra Thera of the Siri Sadaham Ashram of Bellantara is well known...