The belief that the use of fear or terror is justifiable tools to achieve political, religious and social change and the use of violence by individuals.....

Medium scale rice mill owners complain that many issues have arisen with regard to the purchase of paddy harvest this season.

The wave comes. It crashes on the seashore only to be followed by another. They seem to be never-ending. Has the pandemic come to stay?

Despite mounting deaths due to the licentious use of the gun, the United States continues to dither on gun control. After eight people were killed by a 19 year old male in Indianapolis last week, all that President Joe Biden said was that the inciden

We never had an ethnic civil war in our country. It was not a fight between Sinhalese and Tamils

The basic idea is to safeguard the nation. We are doing politics not for our personal benefit

Bhagya Abeyratne became a household name overnight when she spoke with passion and sincere devastation about the destruction....

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit the world early last year, the corporate world discovered a new golden rule – work from home.

Visiting a small village in Mannar, I was awed by the vibrancy of the Thrift and Credit Co-operative Society....

Twenty years after the US commenced its military operations in Afghanistan in response to the terrorist attacks carried out by AL-Qaeda....

Less than 48 hours remain for the government to meet the ultimatum set by Archbishop His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith....

Two days before the advent of the “Pilava” April New Year on April 12, Colombo Chief Magistrate Buddhika Sri Ragala released 11 suspects who had been in custody for two years since early 2019.

The Act of the National Authority on Tobacco & Alcohol (NATA) 27 of 2006, Clause No. 38.2 states that: “A person shall not manufacture or import for sale, or distribute free of charge, any article which is not a tobacco product having the appearanc

During the past 50 years the world has caused serious degradation to Mother Earth and as the United Nations marks the International Mother Earth Day on April 22 we need to pay attention and take effective action because to the extent we degrade mothe

Sri Lankans – mainly Sinhalese and Tamils celebrated New Year on Wednesday in a more relaxed manner this year when compared with last year, with the COVID-19 pandemic compelling the authorities.....

When Israel last Sunday attacked Iran’s premier nuclear plant, it is not nuclear rivalry. Rather, it is outright nuclear terrorism requiring worldwide condemnation. For, it could have caused a catastrophe killing.....

Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila takes questions from the Daily Mirror on internal squabbles of the government and his criticism of certain actions.

The government seems to be in a fix in meeting the ultimatum thrown by the Archbishop of Colombo, His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith to bring the perpetrators of the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks to justice before April 21.

Based on an audit conducted by the National Audit Office in 2015, the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) has pointed out last week that about 270,000 metric tons of vegetables and fruits are being wasted annually, according to the news item publishe

Muslims of Ceylon and peninsular India, who are ethnologically similar, were in the vanguard of maritime trade in South and South East Asia from the 3rd century BC till the emergence of the Portuguese and other European powers in the 16

I got into the habit of travelling to work at night during the pandemic. Much of the past year seems to have been spent in lockdown.

“The man who sees his homeland sweet is still a tender beginner; he to whom every soil is seen as his native one is already strong....

Three significant events come together in the month of April. The first is the second anniversary of the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombing.....

The Easter Sunday bombings of April 21, 2019 and its consequences have caused a profound impact on the body politic of Sri Lanka.

I have been commenting on the UNHRC’s actions on Sri Lanka since 2012 and written 3 books on the subject. In 2018, I worked with Sir Geoffrey Nice QC of the U.K. to file an unprecedented “complaint procedures” petition

Medical doctors and nutritionists agree that food is an important part of our health. What matters is not how much we eat but more so what we eat and how nutritious it is.

This tribute was written on the Good Friday of 2021, a day that is significant for all Christians and especially for us who.....

Excessive hype would result in excessive hope. Excessive and idealistic hopes would end up in disappointment. This is not something new to Sri Lankans.

The government has obtained the Attorney General’s approval for the proscription of 11 Islamic organisations, some of which carry the Thowheed label associated with Wahhabism, an ideology that is accused of promoting extremism.