“… Sri Lankan hankering after the West is longstanding, fine-tuned in the Jayewardene days which spawned a breed of diplomats who thought the Cubans uncivilized and the Africans unreliable.”

The news pieces related to conducting provincial council elections have popped up in the mainstream media once again.

The food emergency declared by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on August 31 as a means of curbing the rising food prices and assuring an uninterrupted supply of essential commodities seems to have failed to produce the desired results.

It’s always healthy to see a regime allowing for protests and dissent. At present protestors are having a field day; farmers associations and teachers taking the lead. Despite that we also heard a former vociferous ex-minister stating that governme

A “cover song” is a new performance of a previously recorded song by someone other than the original artist with the lyrics and....

With the President having virtually absolute power and the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Alliance having a patched.....

Let’s face the Truth: No Sri Lankan has ever received the international fame and acknowledgement that young Yohani De Silva....

Recently, Sri Lanka’s foreign policy is showing a newly dawned wisdom. Some observers consider it as a swing from China....

There was no any sign of enthusiasm on the part of the people in the country over President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s assurance on Sunday that steps would be taken to amend the Constitution and introduce a new electoral system within next year.

When Vithika Yadav returned to India in 2008 after living in the United States, she saw that many young people; especially girls, didn’t have a space to openly talk about the difficult issues they faced. Gender-based violence, child marriage and ot

Arrest of Shah Rukh Khan’s son is only the tip of an iceberg The real issue is widespread drug abuse across society

Newly appointed Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal, in an interview with Daily Mirror, speaks about plans to bring back the economy to pre-pandemic levels and overcome the foreign exchange crisis. He speaks with confidence that there will be

Views are being expressed to continue PC Elections too with ad hoc measures such as Bonus seats, PR:FPP ratio, and Minimum...

This is to describe a simple tool call ‘The Corona Calendar’ that developed as a result of community-led, health promotion intervention....

Pandora was a woman made of ‘gifts’ as per Greek mythology, whose curiosity resulted in the opening of a box full of ‘plagues’. Prometheus....

The countdown for the ICC T20 World Cup has begun. The upcoming T20 World Cup 2021 will be played from October....

This article is written based on information collated through consultations that were submitted as a technical report recently to Gotabaya.....

The situation in the country is bad.Indeed, very bad. No longer can the Government hide the fact that we are heading towards an extremely difficult time.

One of the world’s greatest statesmen, Nelson Mandela has said that, as long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.

Human life is full of ups and downs. Some lapses are momentary Some falls are severe and the agony suffered amounts....

The October 3 exposé by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) was shocking though not unexpected. This is because....

Has the government achieved the purpose of the State of Emergency that was issued by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa....

It is perhaps time to accept that Sri Lanka’s inability to manage economic crises brought on by the pandemic and its vulnerability....

“Strengthening Civil Society Engagement in COVID-19 Response in Sri Lanka”, is carried out by the World Health Organisation, country....

New Zealand opened a resident mission in Sri Lanka recently to promotion of bilateral ties to a new level. Its High Commissioner Michael Appleton in an email interview with the Dailymirror responded to queries about the new areas of bilateral coopera

Inconsistencies and contradictions and the resultant confusion and uncertainty seem to overshadow the Gotabaya Rajapaksa Government since assuming office in 2019. A few examples will help clarify this point.

Operations are under way to nab the so-called mastermind who planned and executed the Easter Sunday attacks a couple of years ago. The Mastermind? Really, well, technically, there could have been such a person. Outfits, especially terrorist organisa

Sri Lanka is a predominantly Buddhist country; hence its people are expected to be tolerant of other’s ideas.

“Do not let even a drop of rain water falling onto the land of this country go to the sea without being used” –King Parakramabahu