Our ‘on again, off again’ LG polls - EDITORIAL

On Saturday the media announced that the Elections Commission announced Local Government (LG) elections scheduled for March 9, could not be....

A new conversation on love

February, a month to celebrate love, whether it’s our partner, our parents or our friends.

Ukraine, Palestine and double standards

February the 24th marked the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

If all who were involved in bribery were deprived of Civic Rights…?

Former Deputy Minister Mohamed Musthapha, well known as ‘Myown’ Musthapha was deprived of his Civic Rights for seven years by the Colombo High Court on February 17 for offering Rs. 4,200,000 to National Freedom Front (NFF) MP Mohamed Muzammil during the 2010 Presidential election.

deep concern over situation in the country

The Church of Sri Lanka has protested the Government’s recent action to undermine the democratic rights of the people.

Sri Lanka does have a past when it had rich ideas - EDITORIAL

The attitude in children in the future to study the history and politics of this island might change. People belonging to the older generations studied the history and politics of this nation with interest. They couldn’t help....

Ukraine war, one year on: All we are saying is give peace a chance

Today, the Russia-Ukraine war – call it the Russia-NATO war -- enters its second year. It was on February 24, last year, some 200,000 Russian troops crossed the border and invaded parts of Ukraine. Western....

Laughingstock at the Republic Day

Recently having seen a grand party at the residence of the High Commissioner of India on television, I could not resist my temptation to laugh.

A prophetic voice in the wilderness

In a sarcastic cartoon the social media portrait the focus of the current crisis by quoting a duck saying, “When I was young,

Building a generation of independent Liberal minds

I have had two ways of getting to know about life and thinking of D.R. Wijewardene. One was by reading the writings of people like H.A.J. Hulugalle and Martin Wickramasinghe who have been closely associated with him.

13th Amendment should be implemented in three steps: Douglas

Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda responds to questions from Daily Mirror on the move to implement the 13th Amendment and the fisheries issue involving India and Sri Lanka.

Elections and lessons from the past - EDITORIAL

The last local government elections held in our country in 2018, saw the then newly-formed Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) winning a majority of the seats - 40% of the votes. The current round....

Who wants elections now?

The local government elections ran into not-so-unexpected troubles last week. As things stand now, they will most likely be postponed indefinitely after the government withheld funds to print polling....

IHP SLOTS Voting Intentions January 2023: NPP/JVP-SJB running neck-and-neck: No party dominates

The latest Sri Lanka Opinion Tracker Survey (SLOTS) polling in January 2023 shows the NPP/JVP and SJB running neck-and-neck nationally in General Election voting intentions amongst likely voters....

China’s loans to SL “quasi-predatory”, says Lankan economist

Dr. Muttukrishna Sarvananthan of Point Institute of Development in Jaffna, says that Chinese lending to Sri Lanka between 2007 and 2022 was marked by an absence of due diligence,

Exploiting communal feelings for cheap political ends

President of the World Tamil Confederation, Pazha Nedumaran again on Sunday has stated to an Indian news website that Velupillai Prabhakaran,

Lanka caught in arecanut cutter - EDITORIAL

Our country is today caught up in a financial meltdown of our own making. We are dependent on the goodwill of all nations to keep our country economically afloat. We are now dependent....

Printer, Treasurer, Commission; between devil and deep blue sea

The Independent Election Commission has been under pressure from the ruling party to postpone the LG elections, says Prof. G L Peiris. The group of SLPP dissidents led by GL,Vasu, Dullas, Wimal, and Gammannpila....

Jaffna gets State of the Art Cultural Centre from India

Jaffna City the capital of Sri Lanka’s predominantly Tamil speaking northern province was described as the cultural capital of the Tamils of Sri Lanka during its halcyon days.

Must hope got to have a colour? - EDITORIAL

Citizens of this country received yet another rude shock on Wednesday when the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) with the approval of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) increased electricity....

Brain drain amidst anomie in Sri Lanka

A one-day breakdown in the system in the passport office creates chaotic scenes, with thousands of applicants for new travel documents refusing to leave the premises despite pleas that they will be given priority....

How Independent are the Independent Commissions?

With the postponement of postal voting on Tuesday, the local government elections seem to be hanging in the balance. The main hurdle to the smooth functioning of the Election Commission in respect....

Some people are more than equal: How come Gota is still at large?

Consider the irony! As it should, Maithripala Sirisena, the former president, was indicted and found guilty of failing to prevent the Easter Sunday attack that killed 250 churchgoers and patrons at tourist hotels. He was ordered to pay Rs. 100 million in compensation to the victims of the attack.

“DigitAll”: Innovation, technology for gender equality

Amidst growing controversy over alleged moves to postpone the Local Government elections scheduled to be held on March 9,

When everything goes 100% online…

I remember how excited we were when we got our first home computer. It was bulky IMB that needed two people to carry the monitor. There was no Wi-fi, I don’t think we had heard of that. A friend....

Doctor or judge, jury and executioner… - EDITORIAL

Our country has been in dire straits since it defaulted payment on its foreign borrowings. Our local tax collection dropped well below par, when a now disgraced president decided he was cutting income tax....

Sri Lankan Tamils seek pruning of Governor’s powers

As part of measures to make devolution under the 13th Constitutional Amendment (13A) meaningful, Sri Lankan Tamils have suggested that the powers now vested with the Provincial Governor be pruned, and more powers granted to the Provincial Board of Ministers.

What kind of LG bodies do we need?

The timing of the fire broke out in Kotikawatte garbage dump on Saturday, might be an embarrassing episode for the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) leaders of the Kotikawatte- Mulleriyawa Pradeshiya Sabha, as it is one of the 339 local government bodies for which elections have been scheduled for March 9.

How S.W.R.D surrendered to the power of the ‘saffron robes’

Mihintale Raja Maha Viharaya Chief Incumbent, the outspoken Ven.Walaha henguna wewa Dhammarathana Thera, a few weeks ago....

Jaffna Cultural Center dedicated to the people

High Commission of India (Colombo) states in a press release the official dedicating of the Jaffna Cultural Center (JCC) to the people of Sri Lanka....