Five years after the Easter attack, former Senior DIG, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Ravi Seneviratne in an exclusive interview with the Daily Mirror, said that he and his most senior officers could have avoided the attack if the State Intelligence Services and Directorate of Military Intelligence provided accurate information to the CID without misleading them. Seneviratne further said that his team could have concluded the investigat
Maj Gen. Dr. Boniface Perera a battle hardened Infantry officer served the Sri Lanka Army for more than 36 years dedicating 20 years in the battlefield. He was the former Security Forces Commander of the Wanni Region and Eastern province in addition to being the Competent Authority to resettle 300000 displaced people in the North.
QPresident Ranil Wickremesinghe appeared to have declined to entertain your request for a snap General Election. Won’t this lead to a rift between your Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and the President? I am yet to present this idea to the President formally. When I meet him today, I will do it. I have mooted this idea now. Otherwise everybody is of the opinion that the Presidential Election should be conducted first. However, we won’t leave
It has reached a state where MPs in the Samagi Jana Balawgaya (SJB) have begun to admit that there are divisions within the party. One of the MPs who accept that there are disputes in the party is MP for Gampaha District Dr. Kavinda Jayawardhana. In an interview with Daily Mirror, the MP called for unity within the party. He stated that unity is of paramount importance when facing challenges posed by other parties during upcoming elections. He
Former Minister Ravi Karunanayake in an interview with the Daily Mirror said that he is still actively involved in politics and hopes to make his contributions to put the debt-ridden country back on the right path. He also spoke of reinventing the party using the experienced hands and also by bringing in new faces. He added that moves are underway to restore people’s confidence in the UNP. Excerpts of the interview:
National People’s Power or NPP, the major alliance of JanathaVimukthi Peramuna (JVP), is in a historical juncture of its political journey as its leaders have visited India on an invitation by the Indian Government. In the 1980s the JVP took a strong stance on India, especially against the Indo-Lanka pact signed under the J. R. Jayewardene government. Taking a more flexible line on geopolitics compared to several decades ago the NPP is ready to d
New Zealand High Commissioner, Michael Appleton, upon completion of his stint in Sri Lanka as the first ever envoy of his country, takes questions from Daily Mirror the on the elevation of his bilateral....
The proposed tax revisions which will come into effect from January 1 (2024) have raised eyebrows of the public. While some have been confused about how the 18% Value Added Tax (VAT) would be....
QWhat is your party’s stand on the current debt crisis and the Extended Fund facility with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)? As everyone else does, we also see this as a rigorous economic crisis. The real crisis is more serious than the one being painted by the government through the media loyal to it. Sharmini Coorey, Former Director, Institute of Capacity Development of the IMF, explained in clear cut terms the depth of the economic crisi
Gentle, undisturbed birth. Delayed cord clamping. Respecting mothers’ choices. Vaginal Births After C-Sections (VBACs.) Water births. Physiological breech births. Reducing episiotomies and unnecessary interventions. Bodily autonomy and informed consent.
French Ambassador Jean-François Pactet, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the bilateral relationship, takes questions from Sri Lanka on the current status of bilateral ties and the way....
Renowned Pakistani Archaeologist Dr. Abdul Samad who was in Sri Lanka in recent times to deliver a lecture on the Buddhist heritage in his country shared his views with Daily Mirror on his latest findings....
In view of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada, which falls on September 30, each year, Canadian High Commissioner Eric Walsh took questions from Daily Mirror on the selected topic and related matters relevant to Sri Lanka. It is a day on which Canadians recognise the legacy of Residential Schools and the painful, ongoing impact they have had on generations of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. It is a day to honour both
Several Sri Lankans have immigrated and reached success in their own ways. Roy Ratnavel is one of them. The Sri Lankan born Tamil-Canadian business executive has been featured in the Canadian media for his ‘rags to riches story’ for being an immigrant who went from mailroom clerk to a Senior Executive at CI Financial, Canada’s largest independent asset management firm. Ratnavel escaped torture and imprisonment in Sri Lanka during the war and with
Suresh.K.Shah, who heads the State Owned Enterprises Restructuring Unit, in an interview with Daily Mirror, spoke about the progress of the programme to restructure the government entities.
Lakmini Wijesundera, Founder and Executive Director of BoardPAC Inc and IronOne Technologies will deliver the Dr. Ray Wijewardene Memorial oration today (September 8)on the topic of ‘Globalizing Sri Lankan....
In the wake of Channel 4 Dispatches, State Minister of Rural Road Development Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan, who faces allegations, responds to questions from Daily Mirror about his alleged....
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CCD and Honda crack down on counterfeit spare parts
WHO asks Sri Lanka to be alert on bird flu as global fears mount
17-year-old girl gang raped, police hunt for five young men
Thanthirimale Raja Maha Vihara illuminated on Poson Poya Day
Poson Poya Day celebrations held with religious fervour