The main mode of transport for us - the ordinary citizens of this country - is still either by road or rail. Very important citizens....

Five years have passed since anti-Muslim violence erupted in the Amparai/Ampara Town in February 2018. Soon afterwards, in the first week of March, there was anti-Muslim violence in Digana.

The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war is having an outsized impact on the global supply chain, fueling dramatic cost increases, and product shortages and creating catastrophic food shortages around the world.

According to a news item published in the Daily Mirror on Monday, President Ranil Wickremesinghe is to call on all political parties on April 25 to join a National Government to resolve the current problems faced by the country.

The Sri Lankan Government’s plan to export a species of monkey (Toque Macaques) has brought mixed reactions from several quarters in the island nation. What stands at present....

As Sri Lanka marks the fourth anniversary of the Easter Sunday terror attacks today, the Catholic Church will stage this morning a human wall protest from Colombo to Negombo to express the people’s....

World Bank Country Director for Sri Lanka, Nepal and the Maldives Faris Hadad –Zervos, in an interview with Daily Mirror, responds to questions related to the current economic crisis of Sri Lanka and the way forward.Excerpts:

One of America’s best-known newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst has said news is something that someone wants suppressed.

Currently, the proposed Counter-Terrorism Bill dominates the headlines. After all, with the aragalaya and the subsequent ousting of the Rajapaksa regime,

One of my younger colleagues at the University of Peradeniya, recently wrote on his Facebook something a female student had told him: “Sir, we only eat one meal a day.” This is not news....

For the past 73 years, we Lankans have at different times permitted different governments to take away our freedom for one reason or the other. We permitted without too much ado, the right of the government...

The proposed Anti-Terrorism Bill which was gazetted on March 22, 2023, came under much scrutiny by civil society groups,

The term ‘terrorism’ always has a political connotation. It always targets the adversary of the person who uses it. Hence, the adage that “One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter” makes sense.

A universally agreed definition of terrorism does not exist - mainly because the countries have overlooked the means of terrorism in favour of their political goals.

The campaign to get the Indian government to recognize same-sex marriage has reached a critical stage. A Constitutional bench of the Supreme Court is set to hear the final arguments in the case on April 18.

There is something peculiar about human psychology. What people accept as normal can change suddenly, without warning, due to natural disasters, political upheaval, military conflicts and economic downturns. The new situation – people becoming refu

US President Joe Biden’s administration is in serious trouble. Just last month (March), a cache of secret documents was leaked showing the US spied on its allies. In early January....

At the 2023 Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) last week, there was considerable discussion about the deteriorating global economic situation and the debt crisis....

For forty years, human rights activists have demanded repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) of 1979. Ultimately it was money, not human rights (the threat of losing GSP+ trade status) that forced...

For a state or private company, small or medium-scale industry to succeed, there needs to be consensus, cooperation and consultation on the basis that the management and employees work together for a common good and for the country’s benefit. It is

On March 20, 2023, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Board approved Sri Lanka’s 17th IMF programme, under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement,

The war in Ukraine continues unabated. Millions of Ukrainians have crossed into neighbouring countries and many more have been....

How do you reconcile yourself to leaving a calling? Is it betrayal? I fought with these sentiments when I first saw the Aragalaya...

US Ambassador Julie J. Chung speaks to Daily Mirror in her first interview with the print media about the current status of bilateral ties and the way forward after the arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

‘Crimes without criminals’ is a fact in Sri Lanka, but not something that would surprise anybody, as there have been many incidents one can recall that attest to it. However,

Delivering the keynote address at a symposium on “Economic Dialogue – IMF and Beyond” here on March 30,

The US is a land of contradictions, often seen by non-Americans as a land where you can be yourself, regardless of race, religion and....

The three SJB golden brains, Dr. Harsha De Silva, Eran Wickramaratne, and Kabir Hashim are speculated to back the President: “Party politics....

Leading economist Prof. Rohan Samarajiva, who is also chair of LIRNEasia, spells out the way forward for the country in the aftermath....