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The Daily Mirror grieves for over 200 Sri Lankans who fell victim to multiple terrorist attacks yesterday. We stand with the loved ones of the victims in this most tragic moment.....
After months as volunteer activists demanding that U.S. President Donald Trump be impeached, Eileen and Michael O’Brien sat on their couch on Thursday, cracked open a laptop and began to read the 448-page special counsel.....
‘Aadara Sevana’ (Abode of Love) in Anuradhapura is a social service cum prayer centre run by the Methodist Church in Sri Lanka. It is located a few kilometres away from the Anuradhapura town at a place called Kundichchaankulama in Sinhala and Ku
The Easter, the peak of Christian festivities, is celebrated around the same time that Buddhists and Hindus of our own country celebrate their New Year. In fact tonight, during the Easter Vigil,
“To live up to their human rights obligations, governments have a duty to protect the rights of their citizens by accelerating the full implementation of the WHO FCTC” – Laurent Huber, Director US Action on Smoking and Health.
Although Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa who is also the de-facto leader of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has been claiming that the SLPP has not decided on its Presidential candidate, many other political parties and media.....
The Sinhala and Tamil New Year has much to offer in terms of traditions which the dominant majority of this country boast of. Some practise these traditions with awareness while a good number of them merely go through the motions.
Thanks to the Chairman and members of the Elections Commission (EC), it is proved beyond doubt these much touted “Independent” Commissions are there at the expense of “taxpayer money” to play politics with the ruling government.
Did we see the hand of fascism in last week’s arrest of Julian Assange, the co-founder of the whistleblower portal WikiLeaks? Is democracy a charade in Britain, despite it being the repository of the mother of all parliaments?
The Sinhalese (Buddhists) and the Tamils (Hindus) in Sri Lanka celebrated the Astrological New Year on Sunday with traditional religious observances and the attendant fun and games creating a sense of entertainment and bonhomie among friends, neighbo
Much has been made of politicians who worship at the Tirumala Tirupati Balaji Temple in Andra Pradesh, India. The photos of bare-bodied politicians at worship have invited much comment in social media and much of it has been negative.
Change as a universal phenomenon is vastly understated; its effects, specifically of short-term genre, are not felt by a great majority in the human family; its long-term effects are left for historians to pen on paper long after the said changes hav
Our country is once again poised on the brink of political anarchy, the Foreign Minister himself has been sent to negotiate bringing the biggest Drug King Pin back to the country!!! Could not the law, the international laws have been applied here to
‘Being baked alive’ perhaps best described the Sri Lankan’s experience during this Sinhala and Hindu New Year. As mercury rose mercilessly, the countrymen went through the warmest New Year in recent times and though there were regular evening s
With reference to above title news item in the Daily Mirror of April 9, in which the President is reported to have said that people should not be divided according to their spoken languages, and that all politicians of this pertinent question to be a
The unrelenting drought that had laid waste to tens of thousands of acres of crops in many districts as well as the loathed power and water cuts did not seem to have dampened the vigour with which our islanders celebrate their most cherished national
Tomorrow, Sri Lanka’s people rise beyond racial or religious differences, class or caste differences to celebrate the National New Year, known as Aluth Avurudda in Sinhala or Puthandu in Tamil. January 1 is only a calendar change based on Gregorian
Roughly, one in eight people are eligible to vote in elections that started on Thursday in India.The seven-phase vote to elect a new lower-house of Parliament will continue till May 19. With 900 million voters, the polls are a testament to India’s
The Southerners in Sri Lanka paying homage to Sanda Deiyo [lunar deity] on the first appearance of the moon in the New Year in anticipation of affluence is an age-old practice. The above Sigiri graffiti of the 9th century as translated by Prof. Paran
In Sri Lanka the most pronounced areas of the Sinhala and Hindu New Year festivities are food, games and rituals of goodwill. We are blessed with several traditional games which are played during New Year holidays in the month of Ba
It is interesting to note that President Maithripala Sirisena -who sought a determination from the Supreme Court in January last year as to when his term would expire -is reportedly planning to seek the opinion of the same court on the same question.
Tomorrow will fade off giving way to the New Year that begins a day after Sunday, April 14. In between, there is a “pause”; a sort of empty space. In Sinhala, it is called Nonagothaya and also Punya kalaya.
On April 14, we will celebrate the Sinhala Hindu New Year and probably wish for, among other things, unity among all communities. The government was committed to ending the war, but issues associated with the conflict have heightened the gulf...
This is a presidential election year and pre-campaigning has already begun. Although none of the main parties has declared who its presidential candidate would be, election mathematicians are already busy mapping out the winning probabilities of like
Sri Lanka Police have suddenly woken up from a Deaf Police to an Active Police in Controlling Sound Pollution by drivers of buses. March 12 was one of the Most Peaceful Days to the Public as there was no sound pollution by drivers of buses. This coul
After every election the same set of shifty mugs are seen in Parliament. There is never a change. Whether they are in the Government, in the opposition or on the fence they are happy. They know they are going to have a jolly good time at the expense
The opposition-led by Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) was in for a rude shock when it learnt of a court filing against its presidential hopeful former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the United States where he holds dual citizenship.
In a few days time Sri Lankans will usher in new year despite its citizens not really knowing what the future holds in store for them. There is much hype about Mahinda Rajapaksa’s brother Gotabaya being tipped to be the next presidential candidate
The unannounced power cuts at different times of the day with a varying duration has plunged Sri Lanka and its people into a red-hot furnace. But the consumers would have definitely heaved a huge sigh of relief at the announcement by Power and Energy
Sonny Ramadhin and Alf Valentine. They were the original ‘spin twins’. They played in the 1950s, especially after helping the West Indies secure a maiden Test victory in England. They were celebrated in a calypso song that became a hit that year
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