At the time of writing, the National People’s Power is leading the count after the LG Polls and there is a prominent advertisement carried on television about the perishing of crows.

For those of us who held reservations about the NPP government, one of the greatest concerns was that the 2024 election, which swept to power, could well be the last free and fair election in the country.

On 6 May (yesterday), fellow citizens of this emerald isle of ours wended their way to polling stations in villages and towns of our country.

The Ministry of Justice and National Integration has informed coroners that deaths of all children under the age of five will be subject to a mandatory post-mortem examination.

Ragging in universities seems to have claimed another innocent life, that of 23-year-old undergraduate Charith Dilshan, a second-year student of the Department of Engineering Technology at the Sabaragamuwa University. He allegedly committed suicide

Colombo’s working class— 50% of the city’s population—are central to its economy and vibrant culture, but have historically been marginal to Colombo’s development agenda. Following the end of the war, however, they came into sharp focus. Th

Peter F. Drucker, professor of Social Science and Management at Claremont University, California, in his book titled “Management Challenges for the 21st Century” has specified that “the productivity of the manual worker has created what we now

The price tag for a brand new 1200 cc car caught my eye–Rs. 9.9 million. Cool, outrageous and whopping? You can choose your adjective.

“Are Our Local Authorities Prepared for a ‘Clean Sri Lanka’”?

Another May Day has come and gone, with the governing party commanding impressive attendance, filling the Galle Face Green for the second time in five years.

Some ideas simmer in our national imagination for years, if not for decades, before they gain fruition.

Tomorrow (6 May) Lankans of voting age, will once again wend their way to polling stations for the third time in seven months.

As Vesak approaches, the familiar sight of pandals being put up in Colombo, including Kosgashandiya, Thotalanga, Maradana, Peliyagoda, Orugodawaththa, Dematagoda and other prominent places brings a sense of festive anticipation.

Island-wide local authority elections are scheduled for 6th May 2025. At the national level, the local authority polls will provide the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)led National People’s Power(NPP) government an opportunity to prove if it is stil

The professed moral high ground of the National People’s Power (NPP) is being seriously questioned in respect of some of its actions such as the using the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) against suspects and the Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs)

Thank God Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Vladmir Lenin have passed on to a what we hope is a better place. Had they witnessed the May Day rallies in Lanka, especially that of the National People’s Power rally at Galle Face Green the trio would be

The recent Exposition of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy, a deeply revered and historic event, was sadly marred by the overwhelming mismanagement of crowds, queues, back door queues, sanitation, and garbage collection.

The news of a university student who was asked to take off his clothes as part of a ragging incident at the Sabaragamuwa University took his own life on Wednesday. Students enter universities with much hopes and aspirations, to fulfil their dreams an

United States President Donald Trump is right when he said India and Pakistan would figure out the current crisis between them one way or the other. Then he displayed his historical illiteracy by saying that the two countries had been fighting over K

There is much debate taking place about the presence of corporal punishment and the laws being amended to stop children from being physically abused in the name of instilling discipline.

Ever since the 19th Century, exploitation has been the order of the day for Sri Lanka’s working class. But two centuries later, the struggle to obtain better wages and a better standard of living has kept this segment of society on the edge. They a

It is clearly visible that May Day is a European Festival of ancient origins, marking the beginning of summer, usually celebrated on the 1st of May, around halfway between spring and summer. Festivities may also be held the night before, known as May

Last week, terrorists associated with The Resistance Front, an offshoot of Pakistani-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, attacked the scenic tourist spot of Pahalgam in Kashmir valley, massacring 25 tourists and a horse rider in the deadliest terrorist attack sin

Vietnamese President Luong Cuong has penned an exclusive article for the Daily Mirror to mark April 30, a landmark date that commemorates the Fall of Saigon in 1975. The historic day brought an end to the Vietnam War and paved the way for the reunif

Recent events in South Asia offer critical lessons for Sri Lanka as it navigates new energy and infrastructure agreements with India. While relations between India and Sri Lanka have historically been more cordial than the often-hostile India-Pakista

Local government elections are around the corner. Our President, the Leader of the Opposition and all political parties big and small are busy canvassing our very important vote.

A leading confectioner has recently warned about substandard products flooding the market. Children are a vulnerable lot in this situation as they are attracted to various kinds of chocolates and biscuits.

During the first Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence against Children on 7-8 November 2024, the Government of Sri Lanka pledged to complete the legislative process to ban corporal punishment in all settings by mid-2025

The Education authorities announced the results of GCE Advanced Level examination on Saturday and mainstream media as usual have given wide publicity to the top scorers in various streams of the exam. Although earlier there were discussions whether m

Sri Lanka currently hosts over twenty different lotteries conducted by the government-owned National Lotteries Board and Development Lotteries Board. The enthusiasm with which people gather around sales kiosks to buy tickets and check results clearly