Leon Trotsky famously observed, “Politics is more like algebra than like elementary arithmetic, and still more like higher rather than elementary mathematics”. The recent election of President Ranil Wickremesinghe by Sri Lankan members of Parliam

Devoting the first Saturday article of each month to a film, film personality or film-related topic is a practice being followed by this column in recent times.

Speaking at an emergency debate in the parliament MP Wimal Weerawansa boldly accused certain factions of the Aragalaya,

Last week’s article was about the guerilla war fought by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) against the Indian Army in the Trincomalee district.

The public has once again been advised to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID; especially after two COVID-related deaths....

In Palawela Udaniriella, an 8-year-old girl became the victim of Grave Sexual Abuse committed by no stranger, but by her grandfather’s brother,

These questions have been buzzing in our heads over the past few weeks as health authorities warned of several types of contagious....

A serious shortage of fuel, gas and other essential items as a result of the dollar crisis led to protests being staged around the country.....

The India – Sri Lanka Accord was signed by former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and ex-Sri Lanka president Junius Richard (JR) Jayewardene on July 29,

Sri Lanka is ailing due to a lack of visionary and strategic leadership on one hand and the culmination of the citizens’ agitation on the other. I grieve when I think of the deaths of Lalith Athulathmudali Gamini Dissanayake and Lakshm

Sri Lanka encountered several turning points in the last four decades that could have produced sustainable development as an island nation. The first instance was the 1977 political change which gave a 5/6 majority. The second in

“Gota Go Home” was the clarion call around which the people launched their “Aragalaya” or Struggle. It has achieved its primary goal.

When word went round inviting all citizens to gather at the Galle Face Green on July 9, many thought that it wouldn’t be a success with the imposition of curfew the previous night. But as the....

Sri Lanka’s fuel crisis has claimed the lives of 16 while people were waiting in queues to get their share of fuel. The queues continue to stretch despite fuel being issued at IOC filling stations.

July 2022 is significant in the world Hindu diary of events, with the consecration ceremony at the world renowned Thiruketheeswaram temple!

Increased reports of violence expose Sri Lanka’s problem with military might

The present economic crisis has affected virtually every sector and education is no exception. Apart from schools, universities were closed for the most part due to the pandemic and now the economic and fuel crises have precipitated t

The current state of our beloved nation could be broadly described as a story, a story that is excruciatingly painful to hear, w

In choosing my title I feel it may seem rather an arrogant one; but, when examined, it will be seen that exactly the opposite is the case. Have they, the Japanese....

Protests come in waves and July will be a month of struggle. The great mass of people are all talking politics. They are questioning the rulers for hours while waiting on petrol queues. Farmers....

In faraway Ecuador, a crisis similar to the one Sri Lanka is facing, is threatening to unseat a President. Similarities of the crises in the two countries are striking in some....

President of Rice Millers’ Association and Chairman of Araliya Group Dudley Sirisena takes questions from DailyMirror on the current status of the rice market. Rice is the staple food.....

Many of the projects aimed at developing the country have only become a burden to the regime. Mattala Airport, Lotus Tower, the Conference....

“Every citizen has a constitutional duty and obligation to protect the environment,” said Dr. Jagath Gunawardana, lawyer, environmentalist and.....

There is a great deal of ruin in a nation, Adam Smith once said - meaning that the modern states are innately strong enough to withstand a good deal of external and internal pressure. It takes serious and serial bungling by the policymakers to break

Let me rewind back to my boyhood when I first read the fable about the scorpion and frog which I believe is of Russian origin.

This week, Sri Lanka joined a growing list of countries experimenting with the four-day workweek, but for very different reasons.