In a significant political move, seven political parties mainly representing the Sri Lankan Tamils of the Northern and Eastern provinces have written a joint letter to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi,

The United States continues to police other countries on democracy and human rights despite facing similar allegations on its own soil.

Much concern is now being shown by political parties representing the minority (numerical) ethnicities of Sri Lanka over the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.

Japan has long been internationally criticised for its refugee recognition and its prolonged detention of foreign nationals seeking asylum or overstaying their visas.

Last Saturday (Nov. 20) saw a group of self-styled political activists create a ruckus and disrupt a public meeting in the Scarborough area of Toronto City in Canada.

Administration blunders at Apeksha Hospital, Maharagama (formerly known as Cancer Hospital) have brought a negative impact to its day-to-day work, it is alleged.

After their death, most people are memorialized at a service, surrounded by grieving family members, friends and relatives. But that....

The truth is now being uncovered regarding an illegal mining racket in state lands under the Moragahakanda - Kalu Ganga Development Project (MKDP) which is a Mahaveli project in the Matale district. Influential politicians in the Government, Oppositi

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) is now twenty years of age. The premier political configuration of the Tamil people in the Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka came into being on October 22, 2001, a few weeks ahead of the 2001 December Parli

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wanted to inaugurate the Kushinagar International Airport with the landing of an aircraft from Sri Lanka with a high profile delegation on board.

At the heart of Eastern Province lies a now abandoned ghost town punctuated with towering structures, uninhabited housing, dilapidated buildings,

Certain acts by the Attorney General’s Department and the Public Service Commission during the past few months to promote certain officers of the department bypassing the Scheme of Recruitment has given rise to grave concerns of conflict of intere

A young TikTok star and his friends are helping an ambitious gene editing programme that wants to help restore ecosystems and bring back extinct species

A Financial Cancer Spreading Through Sri Lanka Again...

The Tamil National Alliance(TNA) is currently in a state of great turmoil. The current TNA crisis is linked up with the United Nations Human Rights Council(UNHRC) in Geneva. The issue is that of writing letters to the UN Human Rights Commissioner Ms

A controversial new gazette has been issued seeking to employ elephants for work and tourism, which critics argue is a racket disguised as measures to protect Sri Lanka’s elephants.

The National Medicines Regulatory Authority- the independent authority that regulates medicine and medical devices in the country.....

A mysterious respiratory disease affecting puppies in the Central Province is resulting in the death of nearly all young pups infected....

Sri Lanka’s Jacqueline Fernandez who has made a name for herself in India as a successful film actress was very much in the news last week for reasons unconnected to her cinematic career.

For hundreds of expectant and new mothers, pregnancy and childbirth are nothing short of challenging due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a recent live discussion on fighting the Covid-19 pandemic hosted by Daily Mirror Twitter Spaces, Colombo Municipal Council’s...

US Ambassador Alaina B.Teplitz, in an interview with the Daily Mirror, talks about the development of business environment....

The top management of Wijeya Newspapres wanted to come up with a publication that was non politica

Following the ‘manmade’ gas shortage in the country there is public opinion to say that this was allegedly manipulated by the Ministry of Trade....

Sri Lanka boasts of a rich cultural heritage that includes indigenous medicine (Hela Wedakama) as one of its important elements. The centuries-old wisdom on healthcare and healing practices were documented on various texts in

The current leadership of Sri Lanka has unfortunately begun to show signs of failure a little too soon.

New study finds that the Covid-19 variant’s rapid spread is caused by infected persons who feel fine even after infection

The Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) recently announced that carrying the vaccination card will be made mandatory for people.....

At a time when the country’s healthcare system has been inundated with daily admissions of COVID patients and a high mor