Today is the United Nations Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists and the UN reveals the shocking truth that over the past 11 years, more than 900 journalists have been killed for bringing news and information to the people. Sadly, onl

Mel was a hard-nosed journalist, but many of her colleagues and friends remember her most for having a warm personality and being a good friend. Some of their fondest memories of Mel Gunasekera is of her infectious smile.  

In pursuit of a solution to Sri Lanka’s nagging problem, the Tamil Question, most of our leaders chose to ignore the obvious and dug deep into the respective distorted histories of the two ethnic 

‘Siri-o-Cracy’ is a genial term for a laundered version of Yahapalanaya, more off than on. Reached the outer border of popularity with the naming of three Special Presidential Commissioners to hear the inquiry into the Bond issue of the C

Megapolis and Western Development Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka who completes his 10th year today as a Cabinet minister under two different governments says he has achieved a lot for the country. He says he is committed to protect the current gov

Watching the live telecast of the parliamentary debate on the bond scam, the predominant impression I was left with was that the PM has a crisis of legitimacy; the bond scam has blown a hole below the watermark of his incumbency. The SLFP and JVP spe

Whatever may be the agendas, excesses or domineering power of the United States, its democracy with checks and balances works powerfully as we see in the aftermath of newly-inaugurated President Donald Trump’s apparently cruel and merciless ord

Our politicians take to politics to become rich overnight. Having joined politics, they disregard their primary responsibilities towards the....

It is common knowledge that today we are not living in a contented, just and conflict-free world. Globalisation and related processes....

Ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa will no longer be hiding behind his couriers of the joint opposition (JO). Last week, he emerged...

The process of demarcating the boundaries of wards of Local Government bodies has turned out to be a ridiculous exercise with the....

In a recent article in the Daily mirror of January 5, 2017, titled “Let’s make Sampanthan’s New Year wish come true, the...

A research conducted by Britain’s Trade Union Congress (TUC) reveals that more than half the women say they have....

The great flaw in ex-president Barack Obama’s record was his policy towards Russia. Going against everything he had said and written about before he became president, one action after another antagonised the Russians

With a major education reforms policy, described by some as an education revolution, being presented to President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday, we could also reflect on the principles of the January 30 International School Day of Non-Violence and P

Ragging is officially prohibited in universities and is a punishable offence under the Ragging Act (Prohibition of Ragging and other forms of violence in educational institutions Act,

The much feared Middle Eastern Armageddon appears closer than ever, with a maverick property tycoon as President of the United States and a rightwing hardliner as prime minister of Israel coming together.  The combination could be like a nuclear

With the National government moving into its third and vital year, President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday announced that appointment of a wide powered Special Presidential Commission (SPC) to probe the Central Bank’s alleged bond scams during

Differences between the two main partners of the so-called yahapalanaya national government seem to have come to the surface to such an extent that leaders of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the United National Party 

‘Global Park workers on strike over haphazard termination’  read the headline to a news report that appeared on DM Online edition of 16 January, 2017. It said that 66 workers had been “suddenly removed” from employment.&n

The way for a new Constitution has literally become rutted, rugged and rickety because the two main parties harbour stark differences even on some salient points such as executive presidency, the unitary character and power devolution.   The Uni

Peruse the websites, vision-mission statements and objectives in project proposals of NGOs and the majority will read like a Sunday School Sermon. It’s all good stuff. Lovely words. Beautiful intentions. You would be forgiven for thinking that

As political and business leaders met at Davos in Switzerland last week for the annual world economic forum, the international social justice movement Oxfam shook the world with a report showing how the gap between the rich and the poor has widened t

Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Minister Mahinda Amaraweera, in an interview with Dailymirror , says that the unity government was productive for the country. He said it would serve its full term despite any odds. The excerpts of the interv

Jathika Hela Urumaya Parliamentarian Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera,recently announced that he would function as an independent MP

Three weeks ago the world rang out the year 2016 and amid New Year’s eve dances, parties, and an explosion of fireworks and crackers heralded in 2017. Even in Sri Lanka the large numbers of people young, old and middle aged partied as the New Y

Last week, State Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardene bragged at a media conference that the Cabinet had rejected a proposal to decriminalize homosexuality. Then, two youthful Parliamentarians from the ruling UNP rushed in to reassure that “Sri L

President Maithripala Sirisena told a public meeting in Nuwara Eliya about an incident he encountered on his way to the event, that....

Ven. Medagama Dhammananda Thera, the Lekhakadhikari (Chief Secretary) of the Asgiriya Chapter, speaks about the....

It is common knowledge that today we are not living in a contented, just and conflict free world. Globalization and related processes....