For the past 73 years the Palestinians have sought justice for crimes committed against them since the newly-created world body.....

Even with 52% women in its population, the majority of Sri Lanka’s women and girls are unable to make themselves productive.....

The International Women’s Day is a much awaited date on the calendar. Various issues regarding women’s rights are openly.....

Participants at a peaceful march organised by Free Women, a leftist women’s movement in a struggle to achieve women’s freedom....

The incident where a nine year old girl in Delgoda died on March 2 while performing what is called exorcism by a woman, has become just another incident for the media and most importantly for the authorities concerned- the Education Ministry,

During the second term of the Mahinda Rajapaksa presidency, the most important element of the country’s foreign policy, as th

Intending to build public opinion against the foreign private enterprises taking over lands on a large scale and causing irreversible impact on the environment, a forum named ‘Our Land is Not For Sale’ was formed recently with the participatio

Before Sri Lanka became predominantly Buddhist following the conversion of the 3rd. Century King Devanampiya Tissa (247 BC-207 BC), the island had an amazing assortment of religious cults, practices and faiths including animism, Jainism

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) leader MP Rauff Hakeem, in an interview with , responds to queries and allegations about Easter Sunday attack and the report of the presidential commission that probed it. Also, he spells out his position on the UNHRC

The freedom of speech and communication of ideas without hindrance is one of the pillars on which a democratic society is founded and upheld.

Focusing on women’s rights around the world, an International Women’s Day [IWD] is celebrated today.

Celebrating International women’s Day 2021, the Church of Ceylon said in a statement that “a nation can only flourish when all its citizens....

Haven’t we all faced that embarrassment when we have an “accident,’’ “dirtied” our school uniforms, and used the infamous brown paper.....

Shasheendra Rajapaksa, the State Minister of Paddy and Grains, Organic Food, Vegetables, Fruits, Chillies, Onion and Potato Cultivation Promotion, Seed Production and Advanced Technology Agriculture, shares his views with Daily Mirror on the crisis

Almost all Buddhists visit temples and perform religious rites where the first act is offering flowers toa Buddha statue, in the belief to gain merit to enter Nibbana – On Poya Days millions of flowers are offered and at the end of the day, it is h

Spirituality tells us that we could be happy only when we make other people happy. Our care for others is the measure of our greatness. If we are selfish or self-centred and seeking our own happiness or joy, it often turns out to be an act of self-de

When President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on November 10 instructed the officials to find a dry land to burry bodies of those who die of COVID-19....

It comes as no surprise that a draft resolution against Sri Lanka - to be moved by a ‘Core Group’ of five states at the 46th session.....

Still in its first one hundred-day probation period, the Joe Biden administration has let the world stop and take note of the shift in the US foreign policy.

We have often heard the cliché that the cradle is rocked by the hands that rule the world. In reality this is not only a cliché but is far from the truth.

The international debate on the draft resolution on Sri Lanka is heading to be more intense since the core-group of the countries led by the....

Privacy is a concept we are all familiar with but a violation of privacy especially in cases of politicians, celebrities and famous people is nothing new.

The mysterious killing of a 30-year-old woman from Kuruwita has spread ripples of shock and fear among the people.

After more than 300 days since cremation was made mandatory for the COVID- 19 deceased, the Government of Sri Lanka reversed the decision through Gazette 2216/38 on February 25, by allowing the burial of those who succumbed to COVID- 19.

The government’s ongoing vaccination programme, which is the main topic of concern and conversation these days, appears to have hit a snag with the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) sounding alarm bells that it would soon collapse if n

If you are not with me, I will assume that you are against me,’ is a prudent rule of thumb, but only in certain situations. Not all questions can be answered with either ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ Complex realities don’t often offer such luxurious in

The Christian Reformed Church of Sri Lanka (formally known as the Dutch Reformed Church of Sri Lanka) is Sri Lanka’s oldest Protestant denomination.

Listening is appreciating others and it is the best way to build trust”. We all need to be recognised in some way.

After a turbulent four-year term (2017 - Jan. 2021), former President Donald Trump - a Republican - lost the December 2020 presidential election....