The governance of consensus, prevailing at the moment, hit a snag when the mainstream parties voiced different opinions on the proposal for the enactment of electoral reforms together with constitutional amendments as   part of a simultaneous pr

A?tomic energy and dynamite are among the great discoveries which a selfish world is today using more for self-destructive purposes than for development of human beings and resources.

State Minister for Defence and Gampaha District UNP Parliamentarian Ruwan Wijewardene in an interview with the Daily Mirror asserted that his ‘wings have not been clipped’ as....

Wimal Weerawansa has warned that we are now ‘losing our hard-earned freedom’. In a public rally held in Kandy on Friday to campaign for the prime-ministerial candidacy of Mahinda Rajapaksa, the.....

Errant and corrupt politicians who surrounded Mahinda Rajapaksa was the immediate reason for his election loss. Unlike other instances, it was not Rajapaksa as the President, who became unpopular.....

Can anyone see an end to the upheavals in The Middle East and what can be done?

As we mark International Women’s Day tomorrow,...

For how long can Sri Lanka play hide and seek with the Western powers which, for reasons political...

In an era when President Maithripala Sirisena is setting an unprecedented example in servant...

A number of Ministers of the previous regime are facing allegations of corruption today. Such allegations...

Several posts on social media by a group of young journalists who visited Jaffna on their...

When Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran received President Maitripala Sirisena in Jaffna on Tuesday, many perceived it as a novel gesture of goodwill for reconciliation between the north and the south.

Cuisine, followed by entertainment are two of the most irresistible sensory allurements of all mundane beings in the world. Accordingly they have also been hugely successful commercial ventures throughout history.

The Colombo District Court order to the BMICH to pay Rs.187 million with legal interest to Dr. Samitha Samanmalee, who was paralysed after a marquee at the BMICH premises collapsed on her in 2008 when she was a medical student, was no doubt a landmar

General Daya Rathnayake, the former Commander of the Sri Lankan Army, is the most decorated military officer in the history of the security forces, speaks to the Dailymirror on a wide range of topics in a candid, no holds barred interview. 

JHU National organiser Nishantha Sri Warnasinghe in a candid interview with Dailymirror, spoke about the anti-corruption drive led by his party and of their opinions of the progress made concerning the investigations so far....

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), which all but supported Maithripala Sirisena at the last presidential election has now accused the Government of going easy on wrongdoers of the former regime.  They are not alone...

Crowd at Nugegoda is a mini take of 58 lakhs of votes Mahinda Rajapaksa obtained. Frailty and fragility in Sirisena’s armory stand exposed.SLFP cannot hold a mammoth......

The General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Communist Party and the Chairman of the Parliamentary watch dog, Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) spoke to the Daily mirror  on the current political situation in the country. Excerpts:...

"While the threats to wildlife are great, we can reduce them through our collective efforts. On this inaugural World Wildlife Day, I urge all sectors of society to end illegal wildlife trafficking and commit to trading and using.....

The need for a better public transport system has been long felt. But the previous administration seems to have got it wrong despite spending billions on physical infrastructure.....

Last week, a rather interesting news story that appeared in an Emirati news portal and picked by local and International media reported that Saudi women who had refused to employe housemaids from Chile and Morocco, since.....

Many a tightly sealed lid is being opened with vigour, steam and importantly tonnes of inexhaustible determination. A multitude of weapons are being deployed at suspicious sites and on cankering vaults......

Sri Lankans, until recently lived under a regime that had scant regard for liberal values. Every effort was made by the regime to mobilize popular support by whipping up nationalist sentiments pointing.....

This week may be a historic one for Sri Lanka, with the new National Unity Government expected to table vital legislation such as the Constitutional Amendment, the Right to Information bill and the bill....

Economically Ukraine continues to go down the chute.

Priceless elephants and especially the majestic tuskers have been part of Sri Lanka’s culture,...

As yet another deadline – March 31 – is being set by world powers for a deal to de-nuke Iran, moves...

I'm Nature. Some people call me Mother Nature. I’ve been here for more than 41/2 billion years...

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s last week comments on the conduct of several Sinhala...