The tri-forces have been continuously engaged in a mission to combat COVID-19. At the onset of the pandemic, a Presidential Task Force for the Prevention of COVID-19.....

Nearly 400,000 PCR tests have been carried out to detect positive cases of the Minuwangoda cluster. As means of expanding the testing capacity....

The highly controversial 20th Amendment to the Constitution Bill is to be presented to Parliament tomorrow for the second reading an

It takes an extra dose of cavalierness to bulldoze through Parliament a Constitutional Amendment intended for personal aggr

S.C. Asoka Obeyesekere, Executive Director at Transparency International Sri Lanka, airs out his views on the 20th Amendment in an email interview with Daily Mirror.

The draft 20th Amendment (20A) to the Constitution is being opposed by the main opposition parties and some segments of civil society and professional groups. The most politically significant opposition comes from some leaders of the Sangha who playe

The latest COVID-19 cluster has taken Sri Lanka by storm. While the cluster keeps growing at a rapid pace with questions being raised as to whether Sri Lanka....

Although the apparel sector is said to be Sri Lanka’s largest export industry, its live wires – the garment factory workers are seldom recognized.

Walking down the sparsely crowded Norris Road to my office at Fort 54 years ago, I noticed two street urchins discovering silver under a layer of molten.....

The Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) in its report on the ‘Status of the Economy’ revealed that income inequality in the country is growing....

The global economy and its worst contraction in eight decades overshadowed the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) annual meetings last week.

Compliance with traffic rules and regulations reflect the discipline and culture of a country. Road discipline is a good indicator as to whether Sri Lanka is indeed a nation of disciplined people.

Most world religious leaders have called on the international community and political leaders to give the highest priority to poverty alleviation. After 1970 when the globalized capitalist market economic system took control of most of the world, the

It just didn’t seem right. After the initial scare in Mid-March, after more than two months of lockdown, the pre-March blessed state of being, of being spared the ravages of the pandemic terrorising the rest of the world, seemed to be the norm. The

There seems to be at the moment a heated controversy about health and politics as to which issues have to be looked at as more urgent and therefore priority of attention to be given, in order the best interests of not politicians but the common good

Days after three persons were nabbed while transporting body parts and flesh of a leopard, a dismembered body of a fishing cat was found....

Food is essential for human life and it is also important for us to examine the quality of food we eat, especially what we give to children.

Despite the controversy over United States President Donald Trump’s decision to fill a Supreme Court vacancy ahead of next month’s election and the Republican....

“The biggest mistake done by this Government and the Health Ministry was to claim that we had “conquered” Corona.

If you would be able to see your enemies or arch rivals following in your own footsteps after your death, that would be the pinnacle of your life achieved posthumously.

Over a two-week period in October 1990, the LTTE forcibly expelled 75,000 Muslims from the Northern Province. My family was among them. Most of them were allowed to take only 500 rupees and clothing; some fled with nothing.

Foreign Secretary Admiral (Retd.) Prof. Jayanath Kolombage, in his recent interview with Daily Mirror, emphasized Sri Lanka would not depend on one country for economic development.

Most topics discussed these days are done in the context or against the background of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is playing a dominant role when it comes to the environment, procurement of essential food items, the economy, politics and of course t

There were voices. Loud voices. The end of democracy is at hand, we heard them say. Sovereignty is at stake, they said. All about the 20th Amendment. So they petitioned the Supreme Court in their hordes. And the Supreme Court heard what they had to s

Influential sections of Sri Lanka’s Maha Sangha who have been in the forefront in supporting the incumbent regime, have now frowned upon several clauses in the draft 20th Amendment (20A) to the Constitution.

When inquired, Brandix Apparel Limited said that health and safety of employees are their ‘top-most’ priority and that all manufacturing facilities....

Health authorities believe the first reported Covid-19 infected worker from the Brandix factory in Minuwangoda may have contracted the virus from another source.

The Minuwangoda Brandix factory worker who first tested positive for Covid-19 had to also endure a vicious mud-slinging campaign on social media.

The total number of COVID -19 patients found in the country has passed 4800 and it keeps rising. The much expected COVID -19 second....