Amid the pandemic raging across the globe, the world is focused on the November 3 election which will determine who will rule the United States, the world’s largest economic power, for the next four years.

Hundreds of centuries-old trees, including giant Kumbuk trees, have been felled and burned in Wanathawilluwa in the Puttalam district, environmentalists have charged.

In 2019 we Sri Lankans and the people of this world were all concerned with the growing problem of air pollution and its effect on global warming.

Never have I seen such a mess in life. The air is pure but wearing a mask is mandatory.

As many as 43,000 Sri Lankans stranded overseas have been repatriated to Sri Lanka and operations are underway to repatriate more once the prevailing situation is under control.

In Sri Lanka, where the death toll has been relatively low, does Covid-19 qualify as a disaster? We ask the expert

Nilgala Forest, which is one of the four ecological zones native to Sri Lanka, including Uva Pathanbima, has been subject t

We have been justifiably bragging until October 4 about our success in containing the deadly COVID-19 pandemic which has become a disaster in many countries such as the United States and India. With the first COVID-19 patient being r

It was a patriotic show of civic duty by seven Muslim parliamentarians and the main opposition, Samagi Jana Balawegaya’s national

Afghanistan has been a victim of years of terrorism which continues to destabilize an otherwise peaceful country with a yout

The Mechanical Engineering Department of The University of Moratuwa has developed a multifunctional mobile medical bed which can be turned into a wheelchair, a Trolley or a clinical bed. The AuBiKTransMo

Malaysian High Commissioner Tan Yang Thai speaks to the Daily Mirror about the bilateral relations and relevance of his country for Sri Lanka.....

Let us start respecting the virus at least now. Boastful statements and media circuses will not get rid of it. No country has been spared.

In October this year, the country’s total workforce, stood at approximately 8,971,000 persons. The minimum wage rate.....

Recently the Daily Mirror reported a death of a male patient at his residence while undergoing self-quarantine. The immediate cause of death....

Today is United Nations Day and Sri Lanka has much to be grateful to this world body, especially some of its affiliated groups like the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),

Madhuka Sanjaya Wickramarachchi of the Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs has published a very interesting paper on “circular migration” of Sri Lankan female domestic workers to the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) in the International Journa

When India wanted to make a movie about Sri Lanka’s cricket legend Muttiah Muralitharan the islanders were upbeat for many reasons.

“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” This was how British writer Evelyn Beatrice Hall captured great French....

Adjusting to the new normal also meant adjusting ourselves to be aimed at point-blank – not to be shot dead but to check if the body temperature.....

Juwairiya Mohideen is a name familiar among displaced people in the North and East. Having been evicted from her hometown in 1990....

State forest land in Mamaduwa, Vavuniya has been set ablaze for the third time, environmentalists allege. The State land estimated to be over 100 acres has been set on fire for the third time within weeks, which has led to the destruction of several

Draconian. A plan for self-aggrandizement. The death of democracy. In violation of established parliamentary procedure.

Social media busy-bodies have again begun their dastardly deeds of maligning the COVID-19 infected workers at the Brandix Garment Factory in Minuwangoda.

The 20th Amendment to the Constitution is now under debate, and it is expected to be put to vote at 7.30 pm today. The first piece of legislation of the new Government formed after the August 5 General Election reached the debating stage at a politic

Many Asian countries are in turmoil including Sri Lanka. At present Sri Lanka watches anxiously as parliament debates the proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution while a few airports away Thailand and Pakistan agitate against their respective cou

On Tuesday 3 November 2020, Americans will vote for their next president, with a choice between Donald Trump, the Republican incumbent, and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden.

Shame is digital, and it’s public. Shame of faked academic qualifications, follow amilagate. Shame of digital philanthropy gone pear-shaped at best....