A common agreement has been developed among all those who are politically conscious, at least for some extent that an immediate economic solution has to be found for the current economic mess that has engulfed the country while the political crisis w

Tomorrow the United Nations marks World Environment Day 2022 and the issues, precepts and principles are so important that we should effectively and actively participate in the battle against climate change. Literally it is a do-or-die crisis because

Desperate times require desperate measures... it is with heavy heart that I am making this request on behalf of Akshu as I know that all of you are struggling to obtain fuel staying in long....

The recent appointment of a new Prime Minister and a new Cabinet has drawn mixed reactions. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and the Cabinet have been accused of attempting.....

Sri Lanka has been in the news for some time as a nation where one often hears of child murders. The latest victim was a nine-year-old child from Atalugama in Bandaragama. Sexual.....

If ‘con’ is the antonym of ‘pro’, then constitution is the antonym of prostitution. So goes the joke. But in Sri Lanka, since the introduction of the 1978 constitution, constitution-making.....

At a time when Sri Lanka’s biodiversity has been challenged by various anthropogenic factors, environmentalists continue to work in their element, doing their best to conserve the environment.

We begin this column with an excerpt from a statement made by International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva to India’s NDTV at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister rendered a disservice to India and its relations with Sri Lanka by raising the Kachchativu issue with the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a public function in Chennai on May 27.

On a rainy night on May 24, 18-year-old Rizam comes home from an exhausting day of work. He had been assigned for the day to help out in getting a stock count of the goods at the local supermarket he works at. After dinner, he retreats to his room to

Not so long ago, our country - a nation of 22 million people - had achieved near self-sufficiency in food production. However bad.....

Is public anger against the media rising? There are some indications that protesters have reacted angrily and at times violently.....

On April 21 Sri Lanka’s Main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) presented the draft 21st Constitutional Amendment Bill.....

As Sri Lanka is going through a growing economic crisis, losing jobs, changes in income, lack of essentials, and difficulties in affording.....

As we editorially commented a few weeks ago, the reintroduction of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution in the form of 21st Amendment as the solution to the current political impasse, it would not definitely be a solution to the immediate economic

Some Parliamentarians are calling for the appointment of a commission of inquiry to hold those responsible for the current economic crisis. The worst-ever economic crisis since independence has already created cascading effects of looming hunger, sho

May 9, year 2022, when mobs loyal to outgoing Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa made the biggest political blunder of recent times by attacking the peaceful protest site of GotaGoGama, Galle Face....

A Statement drafted by the Artists of the People’s Movement or Jana Aragalaye Kalakaruwo reiterating their demands on the occasion of the 50th consecutive day of protests....

The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) is a party that, along with others, spearheads the public struggle against the Government. Its General Secretary Kumar Gunaratnam takes questions from Daily Mirror regarding.....

Just a few weeks ago, it looked like the regime of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was on the ropes. On May 9, the supporters of his brother and the then Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa....

Details of a 9-year old missing child from Atulugama, Bandaragama went viral on social media since Friday afternoon. In a tragic turn of events, the child’s body was recovered from a marshland near.....

Foreign loans built highways, airports, cricket stadiums and convention halls. Unfortunately these investments have not brought in expected returns in foreign currency. So the country is straddled....

The first part of the article titled “Ranil Returns: Remarkable Resilience of Premier Wickremesinghe”

As Sri Lanka is reeling from the shock and awe of a three-pronged crisis compromising the very core of its Political, Energy and Food security.

With Sri Lanka’s worst ever ‘Aragalaya’ or public revolt continuing for its 50th day with large crowds gathering at the GotaGoGama or Galle Face Green to demand the resignation of the Rajapaksa Government and the abolition of the executive pres

When pro-government violence begot anti-government violence on May 9, Mahinda Rajapaksa before stepping down as the Prime Minister in a tweet said that violence begets violence.....

It is indeed a great privilege and honour to pen this article celebrating the life and service of Ven. Dr. Omalpe Sobitha Thera on this landmark occasion of his 72nd birthday, which also happens....

The youth in this country in the past were rather selfish with a good number of them migrating just after completing their higher education. Their education....

The way the global powers behave indicates that they care less for the well-being of humanity. Instead of moving towards world peace, which is certainly the way to go in view of a global food crisis....

Sri Lanka is officially bankrupt and on the precipice of starvation. Fuel queues, gas queues and all sorts of queues best describe the situation in the crisis-stricken island. But simmering just below the surface looms a health crisis with the potent