Until the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004, Sri Lankans used to take solace, rather erroneously, that we were safe from the worst of natural calamities.

Surviving on the coming Local Government and Provincial Council polls; holding on to leadership in the party seem to be...

Seven days into the deadliest bombing in the United Kingdom since 2005 July bombings in London, Manchester, a vibrant multicultural....

On May 17, 1990, the World Health Organization (WHO) declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder. However, 27 years....

The drought is over, the rains are back and so are the disasters which seemingly follow every monsoon as day follows....

Donald Trump is the antithesis of leadership. Walking into the cauldron of the Middle East and denouncing Iran when it had just -- almost at the same moment -- re-elected as president a man who presided over the deal that de-fanged his country’

In our editorial yesterday, the Daily Mirror highlighted the need to conserve water with the onset of the South West Monsoon and we also stressed that rain should not be considered as bad weather. But even a blessing could turn out to be a major disa

GSP Plus offers incentives in the form of duty reductions on exports as a reward to developing countries for their commitment to upholding the 27 crore international conventions on human and labour rights, sustainable development and good governance.

The Arabic word Riyadh means meadow. A slight variation of the word, or if one adds the letter Ta Marbuta at the.....

Whether patterns now are largely unpredictable mainly due to the pollution of the ocean and the rising of the sea....

“As Finance Minister I reduced waste and corruption and earned more money for the Treasury,” said outgoing Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake to BBC Sinhala service “Sandeshaya” the day after the much announced and much delaye

Dr. Channa Jayasumana, Head of the Department of Pharmacology at Rajarata Medical Faculty who has conducted extensive research into Chronic Renal Failure in Sri Lanka, recently participated at the World Congress of Nephrology (WCN) in Mexico and subm

When Sanjaya Sandaruwan woke up on the morning of October 18, 2010, he had a life full of promise ahead of him. At 27 years of age, he was in the prime of his life, had a job working as a coach in the sports club of a tourist hotel, and was in love.

What could have been the reason behind recent spate of attacks against mosques and business establishments owned by Muslims and the resurgence of anti-Muslim verbal attacks by the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS)? It is a very difficult question to answer this t

Ceylon Workers’ Congress (CWC) stalwart Provincial Minister Senthil Thondaman, in an interview, shares insights on the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the upcountry. Mr. Thondaman, a nephew of MP Arumugam Thondaman, says it is a

Nuwara-Eliya District Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) MP Mylvaganam Tilakaraj in an interview with the Dailymirror highlights issues confronting plantation-based Tamil minority and their aspirations. He shared the following:-   

President Maithripala Sirisena was hopeful. He said the Cabinet reshuffle would provide a new impetus to Sri Lanka’s development.

Once again on Monday, the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) launched another 24-hour countrywide strike in public hospitals, causing agony to tens of thousands of poor patients. 

Why is the PM anxious to move the new Constitution in three months? Why does he intend to push for a new constitution instead of an amendment which addresses the ethnic problem? Why does he want to do either without concentrating on economic growth

Who is a Buddhist? That’s a simple question but one that can yield innumerable answers.  The innumerability of course can be explained and explained innumerably through reference to the Buddhist canon. The point is, labelling and self-la

The European Commission, the legislative body of the European Union, granted GSP Plus status to Sri Lanka, providing enhanced market access to the EU under the special scheme which came into effect last week. While the government hailed the opportuni

The official SLFP faction of the incumbent regime thinks it will face an inimitable loss in the hands of the faction led by former strong man Rajapaksa. The opposition’s strategy of exploiting over rising prices, escalation of corrupt activit

In all political theatres, when the lights are dim and the drum-roll begins, the actors and actresses, veterans and rookies alike, take their respective cues and enter the main stage. The storylines are, if the purpose is to shatter box-office reco

Legality of strikes has been derived from the Constitution of Sri Lanka, ILO Conventions No. 87 and 98 and Trade Union Ordinance No. 14 of 1935 and subsequent amendments thereto.   Chapter III under Fundamental Rights Article No. 14(1)-(c) an

I was compelled to write this article after listening to some comments made by certain people on TV, and reading some articles published in newspapers,  regarding money spent to educate doctors; a hot topic these days (especially during trade

Reports of unauthorized buildings found in Colombo City will be forwarded to the Urban Development Authority (UDA) for legal action, Colombo Municipality Commissioner V. K. A Anura said.   

Elections Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya, in an interview with Daily Mirror , speaks about the reason....

During the second half of the 19th century, Prussian historian Leopold Von Ranke popularized a school of thought known as....

A Cabinet reshuffle had been one of the main topics discussed in the media during the past few weeks and the politically.....

We have always been good at political slogans. “Api Wenuwen Api”, created to advertise the previous regime’s all-out war, was hugely....