Former Power and Energy Minister and Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) parliamentarian Patali Champika Ranawaka has admitted that some key changes are required in the SJB in order for it to pose a strong challenge to the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) at the next election.
The attack on journalist Chamuditha Samarawickrama’s residence and the arrest of Shehan Malaka Gamage, a social media activist who raised concerns regarding the Easter Sunday attack, within a span....
Voters had a strong belief that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa would not tolerate certain politicians and top officials who were at the forefront of the Mahinda Rajapaksa regime who have a lot of skeletons in their cupboards, when they elected him to power in 2019
Ms. Mateja Vodeb Ghosh has just taken office as the Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia for Sri Lanka based in New Delhi. Daily Mirror spoke to the Ambassador just after she presented her credentials in Colombo. Excerpts of the interview:
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Gayantha Karunatilake, in an interview with the Daily Mirror, responds to questions about the present economic plight of the country, prorogation of Parliament and the conduct of MPs in the House.
State Minister of Education Reforms Susil Premajayantha in an interview with the Daily Mirror responded to questions on education reforms and governance issues. In somewhat hard-hitting remarks he was critical of the way the Government is administered at present. Premajayantha is a senior politician who recently completed his doctorate in public administration. Excerpts of the interview:
we have the economic stability, as well as low interest rate sans any further depreciation of the rupee, we have already seen most of the businesses, specially the big ones have picked up and if we can get the small businesses also going well, I think then we will be on the path to a full recovery
Secretary to the Agriculture Ministry Prof. Udith Jayasinghe takes questions from Daily Mirror about the current crisis of the agriculture sector and the dispute over detection of harmful bacteria in fertilizer samples imported from a Chinese company. He is an expert in the agriculture sector. He is the former Vice Chancellor of Wayamba University. Excerpts: