The COVID-19 situation in the country is such that the media has stopped releasing daily tally of new infections. The number of new infections has been almost static between 500 and 700 for several weeks instilling confidence in the general public wh

What has tourism to do with “national development?” How valid and accurate are claims about tourism contributing to development? “A major breakthrough” is how Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga had proudly announced Sri Lanka recording nea

The Taliban have been urging Washington to unfreeze roughly $9.4 billion in Afghanistan’s central bank assets

Voters had a strong belief that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa would not tolerate certain politicians and top officials who were at the forefront of the Mahinda Rajapaksa regime who have a lot of skeletons in their cupboards, when they elected him to p

Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Namal Rajapaksa has said Sri Lanka would ease all crises this year and come out of the woods as the Government hoped to revive the tourism sector and.....

Since independence, Sri Lankans have enjoyed a relatively high degree of democratic rights and freedom. From time to time, however governments of various hues and shades have....

Electronic Media knew Susil Premajayantha was buying Veggies at Delkanda. “I was asked by a journalist on vegetable prices and I said the government’s agriculture policy has been a failure. I was....

In a significant political move, seven political parties mainly representing the Sri Lankan Tamils of the Northern and Eastern provinces have written a joint letter to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi,

The sacking of Education Reforms, Open Universities and Distance Learning Promotion State Minister Susil Premajayantha from that post by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on January 4 over a statement he had made seems to be message to the other dissident

For 2022 one of the world’s most important missions is the eradication or alleviation of poverty. At present it is known that about 10 super billionaires own or control about 70 per cent of the world’s wealth and resources. This is created by the

Sri Lankan ambassador to Beijing Dr. Palitha Kohona speaks to Daily Mirror regarding the present status of Sino-Lanka bilateral.....

In the thick of the doom and the gloom people are experiencing at present due to the shortcomings of the Government...

Just as a drowning man will clutch at a straw, the Sri Lankan government is now seizing upon every avenue that comes it way.....

Despite several countries including India scaling down or cancelling their New Year celebrations in the face of the fast-spreading Omicron viral infection; thousands of Sri Lankans, having thrown the much publicized health guidelines to the wind, wer

Two weeks ago, I dwelled on the grief and anxiety experienced by our nation (“One Country, One Law’ in an aggrieved and anxious nation”), pointing out that all communities,

‘Vocabulary.com’ describes pedophiles as persons who are sexually attracted to children. Most pedophiles also rape and molest....

Desmond Tutu is not just one man. He is a larger than life representative of an Era. Not just a by-standing, passive representative....

The failure of respective governments since 2012 to grant legal status to the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka to regulate....

With the social, political and economic changes in the country over the last two years, specially since the spread of the Covid 19....

Impunity and unaccountability seem to have become norm of governance in Sri Lanka. When decisions taken by Politicians and high ranking officials go wrong negatively affect millions of people they are just forgotten, without holding anybody responsib

This may not be the way to begin a new year! However, even a token sense of optimism seems increasingly out of touch with the existential reality of the country. If there is any time in recent history that Sri Lanka so knowingly and stubbornly walks

The National Movement for Social Justice recently published a set of proposals for the ongoing Constitutional Reforms. The Daily Mirror publish

Ms. Mateja Vodeb Ghosh has just taken office as the Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia for Sri Lanka based in New Delhi. Daily Mirror spoke to the Ambassador just after she presented her credentials in Colombo. Excerpts of the interview:

Last week, the former President Maithripala Sirisena revealed how he successfully negotiated with the International Monetary....

Sri Lanka is the ONLY South Asian country committed to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16.2 to end violence.....

While we wish our readers a very happy New Year, for most of us, 2022 is going to be a very difficult one. Although our land.....

The signs of economic collapse are everywhere. Bakeries don’t have bread, and if they do, the prices are too high. Canteens....

The National Movement for Social Justice recently published a set of proposals for the ongoing Constitutional Reforms. Below ....

The visit by Chinese Ambassador Qi Zhenhong to Nallur Kandaswamy Temple on December 16 and that of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in Tirupati, in Southern Indian State of Andra Pradesh on December 24 did not weigh eq

We begin a New Year today with a wish and hope that our elected political leaders will make a New Year resolution to sincerely,