Ruling NPP wins Sri Lankan local body elections
The ruling National People’s Power (NPP) has received 4,503,930 votes (43.26%) in the 2025 Local Government Elections, securing 3927 seats across Sri Lanka
Vizhinjam port in Kerala, a game changer for India but a challenge to Sri Lanka
By P.K.Balachandran/Daily News Colombo, May 6 -Karan Adani, Managing Director of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd, has revealed that the company aims to make Vizhinjam Port in Kerala, inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 2, one of the most efficient...
2025 Local Authoritoies poll and the attempt to project Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam as future Tamil leader.
Tamil leader. By, D.B.S. Jeyaraj/Daily Mirror Colombo, May 3 – Island-wide local authority elections are scheduled for 6th May 2025. At the national level ,the local authority polls will provide the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna(JVP)led National People’s Power(NPP) Government an opportunity to prove it is as...
National People’s Power baulks at repealing Prevention of Terrorism Act
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham Colombo, May 5 – There is no doubt that the people of the country are increasingly becoming disheartened over the inability of the National People’s Power (NPP ) government to deliver on the promises made during the last year’s national election campaigns....
Sri Lankan exporter and wife rescued from Bangladeshi kidnappers
Colombo, April 24 (Asian Mirror) – Three Sri Lankan citizens, including prominent ornamental fish exporter Ananda Pathirana and his wife, have been rescued in Bangladesh after being kidnapped and held for a ransom of one million US dollars. The rescue was the result of swift...
Sri Lankan Bishop Rayappu Joseph – voice of the voiceless who spoke the truth fearlessly
By, D.B.S. Jeyaraj/Daily Mirror “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith”. These words written by St. Paul in his epistle to Timothy (2.Timothy 4.7) are a fitting epitaph to the life and service of former Catholic...
Indian scholarships for Sri Lankans pursuing degrees in indigenous medical systems and Yoga
Colombo, April 23 – The High Commission of India, Colombo is pleased to announce scholarships for Sri Lankan nationals under the AYUSH Scholarship Scheme for courses ranging from undergraduate to doctoral levels for academic year 2025-26 as below: Candidates who wish to apply for undergraduate...
Sri Lanka, Easter Sunday 2019 bombings, Vatican honours the victims,
Hundreds, including Christian, Buddhist, Hindu and Islamic religious figures, attended a vigil on April 21, in memory of the victims at the church of St. Anthony, targeted in the attacks
Significance of Galle Trilingual Inscription’s inclusion in the World Heritage List
The inscription shows Sri Lanka’s mercantile and political links with China in the pre-European era
Importance of BIMSTEC for Sri Lanka in the era of Trump’s tariffs
Sri Lanka needs to consider new ways to get out of the jam
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