Traffic cops get hi-tech bikes
At a ceremony today, Sri Lanka Traffic police will be officially handed over 315 hi-tech brand…
Need for calm, say both sides
Dust is settling on the violence that engulfed Aluthgama and the surrounding areas but a high…
If one zoo is woeful we’ll make more zoos!
While the government is ambitiously planning new zoos, critics say the existing Dehiwela Zoo’s glaring lack…
Villagers happy to see the back of naguta kota
A marauding elephant known to the villagers of Karuwalagaswewa area as “nakuta kota’ was caught by…
Blood on Bodu Bala robe
Today the Bodu Bala Sena stands in the dock indicted with the heinous charge of attempting…
New lustre for old Pettah
Before the advent of plush shopping malls, it was Pettah that was the hub for shoppers…
Sandun’s exhibition of brides
Well-known photo journalist, fashion and wedding photographer Sandun Gamage’s latest photo exhibition ‘Sendal My Brides’ (Mage…
Fonterra Programme helps increase milk production amongst farmers in Hanwella
Dairy farmers taking part in the Fonterra Farmer Education and Training Programme have seen an average…
Trinity prevailed but Petes fought
Trinity College did their chances of winning the Singer Schools Under-20 League Championship no harm at…
News
Nolimit building destroyed by fire, Rs. 300 m damage
A Muslim-owned large clothing retail outlet in Panadura was destroyed by fire yesterday. The Nolimit clothing chain’s legal officer, who did not wish to be…
Stop deporting Pakistanis: UN
The UN’s refugee agency has sought an explanation from the…
Tourists can get driving licence at BIA
Lanka’s tea trade ‘watching’ Iraqi crisis
Foreign forces destabilising country, says President
GMOA poll going ahead, enjoining order on one contestant
Lanka explains post-Aluthgama measures to UNHRC
New terminal at MRIA for aviation fuel storage
Traffic cops get hi-tech bikes
O/L students urged to get ICs to sit the exam
Working together to save their paddylands
Hakeem seeks independent probe, says fascists’ arrogance has no limit
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Rifle’s angled butt
At present in international cricket, it seems some umpires of the ICC Elite Panel have found a new fool proof ruse to curry favour with…
Sadeera to be crowned Schoolboy Cricketer 2014
The talented and the well deserved were given the correct…
HSC Blues fight for their rights
ICC Annual Conference starts in Melbourne on Tuesday
Lankans bag four golds
It was a good weekend for local rugby
SSC and Moratuwa SC set for the kill
Why this servile attitude
Sunday Sports Guide
National cricketers in action at Super Fours T20
Sri Lankans hit back with second new ball
DRS shoots trigger-happy Reiffel down
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Most common productivity killers in the workplace
By Abdul Halik Azeez, Senior Product Lead at FrontierWhat are the most common productivity kilers in the workplace? Data recently released by Pulp PR broke it down to four main things that today’s…
Sri Lankan banks moving towards severe debt trap, Senior Minister says
State and private banks are getting caught up in a…
Delft island attracts Rs.600 mln resort
Touchwood in hide-and-seek drama
From ‘Chuun paan’ to ‘Reload man’
AIG to prepare detailed closure plan
Staffing crisis in leisure sector
Ultimate battle with ego and arrogance
Sri Lanka motor traders angry and perturbed over new vehicle valuation system
RCB moves to better premises
Sri Lanka’s Construction Chamber to set up $200 mln fund to infrastructure projects
Commercial Bank rushes flood relief to affected areas
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Editorial
Buddhism betrayed by extremist monks
It is the supreme irony of our time that, in claiming to defend Buddhism, a handful of monks with their hate speech and instigation to violence have managed to do quite the opposite. The mob attacks this week on Muslim houses and businesses in Aluthgama, Beruwala and Dharga Town drew international…
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Political Column
Verbal battle in Cabinet over southwest violence
With items on the agenda cleared at last Thursday’s weekly ministerial meeting, the participants stood up to leave. Just then President Mahinda Rajapaksa intoned “inna, inna thava deval…
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5th Column
Stop dark June from becoming Black July
My Dear Mahinda maama, I thought I must write to you because, while you were visiting Bolivia, Aluthgama was burning. Now, two people are dead, a lot of…
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The Economic Analysis
Higher FDI imperative for economic development
Much higher amounts of foreign direct investment of the right types are needed to propel the economy to higher sustained economic growth and further structural transformation of the…
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Lobby
Allies abandon Govt. in its Motion against UNHRC intervention
The Government could not have chosen a worse time to bring a Motion to Parliament with the hope of winning bipartisan support against moves by the United Nations…
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Focus on Rights
A dangerously fraught chapter in post-war Sri Lanka
The atrocity that is Aluthgama 2014 happened at the instigation of outsiders brought into the area. That much is clear. As said by stricken Sinhala and Muslim residents,…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Iran oil: Rambukwella, EAM exchange fire over fuel
The External Affairs Ministry (EAM) took the extraordinary step of denying a statement attributed to the Minister of Mass Media and Information and Official Government Spokesperson, Keheliya Rambukwella…
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From the sidelines
Aluthgama aftermath – the official game of smoke and mirrors
In the aftermath of the violence unleashed against Muslims in Aluthgama someone said, in an interview published in a mainstream daily: “We strongly feel some extreme groups were…
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Sunday Punch
Blood on Bodu Bala robe
Today the Bodu Bala Sena stands in the dock indicted with the heinous charge of attempting to return this nation to the blood-soaked barbaric age of violence from…
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New lustre for old Pettah
Before the advent of plush shopping malls, it was Pettah that was the hub for shoppers and it is still faithfully visited by determined bargain hunters, who comb…
Tavern in the town gets right royal makeover
A glance down King Street in the heart of the forever busy Kandy town will reveal a row of shops, office buildings and little saiver kades. Tucked somewhere…
Walking in Gaudi country
When Antonio Gaudi was young, one of his teachers described him as “either a genius or completely crazy”. His architectural marvels are now visited by millions of people…
An evening of winners and performers
The annual prize-giving of the Trinity College of London was held at the Bishop’s College auditorium last week with CEO Trinity College London Sarah Kemp flying down to…
Magazine
The voice and his wife
There’s a clip on YouTube that will steal your heart. Sri Lankan born Julian Simonsz’ audition for The Voice Australia was an instant hit, not…
Connecting people and bringing joy to them and others
Rocco’s own mobile app for quick pizzas and more
To connect and inspire
Exploring young voices through ‘Xplosion 2014’
Slavery by another name
That happy feeling…
When cycling became the rage
Sandun’s exhibition of brides
‘Bel Plaine’ last concert in Sri Lanka
Alston Koch honoured GOD Awards
World Volkswagen Day Celebration in Sri Lanka
Transformers Returns
Maleficent, a tale of vengeful fairy
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Major exodus as Pakistan launched all-out war against Taliban fighters
BANNU, Pakistan, June 21, (AFP) – Pakistani helicopter gunships pounded militant targets in the country’s northwest…
How to find peace through the stillness of the mind
Malinda launches Gratiaen prize-winning ‘Edges’
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To connect and inspire
With a new batch of Google Student Ambassadors (GSA) inducted recently, the future for the country’s…
Exploring young voices through ‘Xplosion 2014’
Slavery by another name
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Sandun’s exhibition of brides
Well-known photo journalist, fashion and wedding photographer Sandun Gamage’s latest photo exhibition ‘Sendal My Brides’ (Mage…
‘Bel Plaine’ last concert in Sri Lanka
Alston Koch honoured GOD Awards
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Galle Children’s Mini Festival
A mini Children’s Festival organized by Serendipity Trust was held at Suddharma College, Galle on May…