These days so much is talked and written about in the mass media on the formation of a ‘National...

It is a wide perception that social media played a role, at least in part, in forming public opinion against former President Mahinda Rajapaksa who was unseated at the January 8th presidential election.

?Good governance is the talk of the town today. Within the framework of the 100-day programme, legislation is being prepared speedily, with attempts to obtain the approval of Parliament to enact laws such as the.....

It’s not quite fifty days since Maithripala Sirisena became President, but we are closing in on the half-way mark of the 100-Day Programme.  It is a good time as any to assess the situation.

The State Minister for Higher Education Professor Rajiva Wijesinghe maintains...

As a nation we need to make attempts to bring closer understanding...

The public meeting called by three miniature political parties with a view...

?Politics of corruption and corruption of politics are major topics in Sri Lanka. This corruption is shaped to benefit the eyes of the beholder. As such, corruption is a habit, a past time of many characters in this political drama. 

?I was deeply saddened earlier this month to hear of the death of the marvellous Engish actress Geraldine McEwan. I had got to know her 30 years earlier, shortly after I joined the British Council, when she toured Sri Lanka with her one-woman Jane Au

?The most frightening aspect of ISIS (Islamic State) militants and their method of warfare is the execution of captives, ranging from  soldiers,  journalists and aid workers to poverty-stricken labourers risking their lives to send remittan

?Amid heated debates and criticism of what is widely perceived as a delay in probing allegations of corruption in mega deals and abuse of power by the Rajapaksa regime, the main opposition Sri Lanka Freedom Party took some vital decisions over the we

Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka who undertook a visit to India with President Maitriapala Sirisena opined that India has a new reading on Sri Lanka. He stressed that Sri Lanka should not look...........

The proxies of the ex-president have fired the first salvo.Over six million Sri Lankans who voted against the kleptocratic regime of Rajapaksa and many others who later realised the full extent of excesses.....

The budget presented by the new government last month drew a lot of praises. Media termed it a Robin Hood budget, implying that it was designed to tax the rich to feed the poor.  The government announced......

The enigma today is quite complex. The war has ended, and government or the policy makers too have changed, but the task ahead could be much more complicated than winning the war and/ or defeating the Rajapaksa.....

In the days when each electorate had its Member of Parliament, the notion was that each one of them had to think and act locally as well as nationally, not forgetful of international implications of their decisions...........

If there is such a thing as a “frozen conflict” the best place to look is not in Eastern Europe but in Korea where after years of merciless war that ended in 1953 there was an armistice, a line was drawn......

The breakdown in the rule of law and the party politcisation of vital institutions including the judiciary and the police are known to have been among the main causes for the rampant corruption and abuse....

When public disenchantment grows over unfulfilled promises, former New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg...

While the new National Unity Government has taken highly professional diplomatic steps to improve...

Sri Lanka was considered one of the most promising new nations, with comparatively high living...

It was a packed audience on Wednesday when Imthiaz  Bakeer  Markar launched his new book...

General Sarath Fonseka’s son-in-law Dhanuna Tilakaratne made newspaper...

The Dailymirror interviewed a few astrologers during the Presidential election...

Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,...

In recent years Sri Lanka has developed a ...

My father was the former Secretary of the UNP,...

The Dailymirror sat with former Ce ntral Bank Governor,..

Think twice before agreeing to appear on the cover of a business magazine. 

One of the most important achievements of the new all-party National...