Humanitarian aid for man and mammal
While a UN experts’ panel has made serious charges against Sri Lanka’s armed forces, these pictures show their humanitarian side. In one picture Navy personnel are seen rescuing a rare blue whale which was stuck in the shallow waters off Trincomalee this week. In the other picture, Sri Lanka Navy personnel are seen rescuing some Myanmar fishermen who were lost at sea without food or drinking water for more than a week after their vessel drifted off course.
TOP NEWS
UN report: Govt. launches major counter-offensive

Sri Lanka will launch a diplomatic offensive in "neutral" countries to meet the allegations made against the government in the report of the three-member experts’ panel that .....

Forced to seek protection from Russia, China: Gota

Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday lashed out at the UN experts panel report on the conduct of the Sri Lanka government and armed forces during the last stages of the war against the LTTE in 2009...

Action against tsunami scaremongers
Sweeping tax benefits for Shangri-La
Kidney cases – a cause for concern
Gammanpila: PM should step down
Development sans conservation or development based on conservation
Sports Ministry bouncer to ICC chief
Demolition for development
A new leap
UN experts call for full probe by Govt. and UNSG
Overseas recruitment down by 50 percent
Indo-Lanka fishing row: Net gets more tangled than unravelled
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Spend a day at this spa away from the city bustle
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BUSINESS TIMES
Pensions Bill challenged in Supreme Court
The new Employees Pensions Bill which has drawn the ire of employees, employers and trade unions, has been challenged in the Supreme Court by the Ceylon Bank Employees Union (CBEU) on a fundamental rights (FR) issue.
TIMES 2
Manorama's Jacob to shepherd world newspaper flock
A leading Indian publisher Jacob Mathew, Executive Editor and Publisher of the Malayala Manorama Group of Publications in Kerala, India, has been elected President of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), the world's largest association of newspaper publishers and editors.


SPORTS
Catch twenty two for Lankans
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has written to Sri Lanka Cricket on Friday requesting the Lankan cricket authorities to reconsider their decision to recall its players from the ongoing Indian Premier League T-20 tournament.
 

 

EDITORIAL
A report that seeks to open old wounds

While the two main communities in Sri Lanka were celebrating their age-old common festival welcoming their traditional New Year, in faraway New York, a report was submitted to the United Nations Secretary General that could potentially divide them again.

COLUMNS
Has a finger in every political pie -- 5th Column
“Thaaththa,” Bindu Udagedera asked, “who do you think is the least fortunate politician in our country?”
“I don’t think anyone who is a politician in our country is unfortunate, Bindu…” Bindu’s father Percy said.
Do we need to go down this same road again? -- Focus on Rights

When will the Government of Sri Lanka and state cum private media propagandists realize that name calling and designating dissentients as ‘traitors’ is scarcely a mature way to go about arguing one’s own case?

 
PLUS
‘Label jars not people’

A single sentence on the back of Chandima Rajapatirana’s t-shirt reads ‘nothing is impossible’. As far as personal mottos go, this one suits its wearer to a tee. Diagnosed with autism and apraxia as a four- year- old, Chandima has defied the prediction of specialists.

FUNDAY
The commanders who fled to the North
King Mayadunne was greatly angered over the fact that the Sitawaka army had to retreat. Prince Tikiri Bandara, was almost mad and he found fault with all the commanders in charge of different battalions. Once more, Prince Tikiri Bandara succeeded in getting a huge army organized.

 

 

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  News
UN report: Govt. launches major counter-offensive
Forced to seek protection from Russia, China: Gota
Female DS says police looked on as minister’s goons attacked her
Action against tsunami scaremongers
A civilian casualty
Sweeping tax benefits for Shangri-La
LLRC’s final report next month
Japanese PM expresses heartfelt appreciation of post-tsunami aid
Less accidents this festive season
Gammanpila: PM should step down
Sports Ministry bouncer to ICC chief
7-years 4 months RI for killer bus driver
Overseas recruitment down by 50 percent
Development sans conservation or development based on conservation
Foreign trawler crew stranded here awaiting wages
Rs.17m payoff to seafarer’s widow while 2nd Officer Lakshanti awaits justice
Demolition for development
A new leap
Kidney cases – a cause for concern
UN experts call for full probe by Govt. and UNSG
Ban’s report: Sri Lanka’s relations with United Nations still warm
Indo-Lanka fishing row: Net gets more tangled than unravelled
Rs. 40 million road stretch crumbling!
New look Avurudu games!
  Columns
Political Column
Not issued on this week
5th Column
Has a finger in every political pie
The Economic Analysis
The economic recovery and growth in 2010
Lobby
Not issued on this week
Focus on Rights
Do we need to go down this same road again?
Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Not issued on this week
From the sidelines
Thumbs up for ‘Mixie-grinder elections’!
  Business Times
Pensions Bill challenged in Supreme Court
Jaffna to reject state hotel plans
Kuchchaveli becomes a reality – but no win-win this time
GOH pays dividends after a long spell
Colombo fund raises over Rs. 230 mln for two mutual funds
BOI to work on zone management as a priority
Carving out Sri Lanka’s traditional drums
Comment - Targeting subsidies
Rupee devaluation: Is it to save the country, exporters or the opposition?
Young people create innovative products but marketing, seed capital the issue
Growth figures pose impressive gains, oil triggers new burdens
Developing Asia in South-South linkages
Uditha, First SL Hony. Fellow of SLIM
Sobering thought: Crude oil at $100 per barrel!
e-Channelling’s new unit to include intl. business
CDB, Commercial Bank in tie up to help customers
Fitch says no impact on StanChart’s national rating owing to CB fine
Railways, Mobitel launch second phase of “mTicketing”
Dell partners with Samson IT in Sri Lanka
Certification offer for BPO managers in Sri Lanka
Thilanka appointed MD of Convenience Foods
Dialog Customers win big at first ‘Lord of the Reload’ monthly draw
Nestlé increases investments in Sri Lanka
Funday Times
The commanders who fled to the North
Tangent - Kite -- Maths
The Maths World -- Poem for the week
Earth Watch
Heritage through Stamps -1
Paris -- Geography
Kids' World
  Editorial
A report that seeks to open old wounds
  Sports
Catch twenty two for Lankans
Playing a defensive shot to counter allegations of mismanaging funds
Science Collage back on the track
IPL taking over the world of cricket
Wickets tumble at Braybrooke Place
Murali slams SLC for recalling players from IPL
Pasindu, Tomaya clinch the titles
Cafe Coffee lifts prestigious Governor's Cup
Valtathy ---One night to fame and glory
St. Thomas’ Matale sparkles to retain boy’s hockey title
Trinity finally takes hold of Twenty 20 silverware
Sri Lanka lacked the dedication: Roy Dias
Kingswood’s next game is against Trinity on April 24
A lorry load of girls
Reactivate those leagues
  Times 2
70 Islamists arrested after clashes in Jordan
Language: It’s out of Africa again
Is climate change causing earthquakes?
Independent press a vital tool in democratization process: WAN-IFRA
Manorama's Jacob to shepherd world newspaper flock
Indo-Pak relations: Wickets and wariness
Recollections of my life: Gaddafi
NATO exceeding Security Council Mandate: Russia
Plus
‘Label jars not people’
Keyt in Montreal
Letters to the Editor
Appreciations
They cling to hope as their son fights a losing battle with Leukaemia
Our national flower may soon be a thing of the past
Panchi: From a ripple in the ocean to a rattle on the Avurudu game board
Alien life, coming slowly into view
Enthusiastic guide to a natural treasure trove
From the dramatic and striking to subtle shapes
Unknown 19th century water-colours of Nuwara Eliya
Unwind in a dreamlike setting in the deep south
Fjord Norway: A journey though breathtaking beauty
Houseboat hospitality along the back waters of Kumarakom
Embroidering dreams
Leading businessman who never forgot his humble village beginnings
Has Sri Lanka been shrinking?
A novel that attempts to unify what divides humans
Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir to perform here
Terror on the road
Why Cricket can’t (quite) unite us all
'Oscar would have been amused'
A workshop for Montessori, pre-school and primary school teachers
In step with music they could not hear
People and events
  Magazine
Magazine Articles
In the company of Auntie Netta
Spend a day at this spa away from the city bustle
Make your own Easter Eggs
magazine -- Cover of the week
Mirror Magazine Articles
Novel experience to hit the stage
A friend in need ?
The people we must become…
Learning to let go
Discussion on i’nnovation and entrepreneurship
For the love of writing
TV Times Articles
Athula’s Visual Journey
‘Avurudu Asiriya’ continues at GOH
Sam the Man: Bang with ‘Sing -Along’
Jayantha’s mission to add reality to cinema
‘Flying Fish’ to go round the world

 

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