SLMC seeks clarification from Private Medical College applying for recognition
The Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) which governs medical education and standards on Friday decided to…
With a noise like a bomb blast, the mountain smothered the villagers
On the shoulder of a hill on the Meeriyabadda tea estate stood the humble linerooms that…
Presidential election: It should be Mahinda vs. Ranil
160 computer workstations set up by Basil at Temple Trees to coordinate election campaign Hand-picked organisers…
Beware JHU pseudo reforms sham
The long simmering disquiet over the 1978 constitution and the need to abolish the executive presidency…
Coming back home for the love of elephants
Dr. Shermin de Silva’s parents moved to the United States when she was just nine, and…
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‘If you have tears, cry with me’
Periyanna Kittama (77) a landslide victim wails, unable to bear the loss of her daughter and son-in-law, who were buried alive inside their line room.…
Minister’s two containers released despite suspicion
Two containers brought down from Japan under the name of…
Tax defaulters be warned; your property is to be seized
AIIB to rival WB, ADB; loans with no questions asked
Budget passed; JHU stays away
Landslide calamity: Missing toll revised down to 34
Malaka remanded for alleged assault on foreign couple
President nets in fishermen, assures solution to problems
Another tragedy in the making
Govt. has directed CPC to choose long-term contracts; market prices reflected in purchase prices: Ministry Media Secretary
New safety rules as whale, dolphin watching season begins in Kalpitiya
3,000 Lankan illegal immigrants missing in Britain
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Lankans looking at the opportunities the tour presents
By Naushad AmitThe teams Sri Lanka (from): Angelo Mathews (Captain), Kusal Perera, TM Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardena, Ashan Priyanjan, Niroshan Dickwella, Thisara Perera, Nuwan…
Business Times
Clarity needed over definition of senior citizen, BT poll reveals
This question was posed in a Business Times (BT) poll in the context of some confusion as to the age of a senior citizen, and…
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
Enter the Dragon
No other country in Sri Lanka’s post-war history has wielded the influence, had the reach or commanded the servility that China today does. The bilateral relationship between the two nations has grown so rapidly that few have had the time, or the required information, to analyse the direction it is…
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Presidential election: It should be Mahinda vs. Ranil
160 computer workstations set up by Basil at Temple Trees to coordinate election campaign Hand-picked organisers appointed raising fears whether the SLFP old guard will be left out…
- 5th Column
Why your demands are deemed to be doomed
My dear Champika, I thought I must write to you because your party has been at the centre of attention in the past few weeks, demanding changes to…
- The Economic Analysis
Budget 2015: Serious erosions of public accountability
Favourable features and fundamental fiscal flaws Revenue shortfalls, expenditure overruns and increased fiscal deficit Commenting on the budget is easy as the fundamental fiscal flaws are almost the…
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Budget debate: Govt., oppostion MPs in battle over labels
After seven days of debating the “ghame bhaiyyas” (village bumpkin’s) Budget, as President Mahinda Rajapaksa himself quipped after presenting it to the House on October 24, depending on…
- Focus on Rights
Putting the 18th Amendment at the core of the debate
For decades, advocates working on Sri Lanka’s deficit of justice had to cope with manifest reluctance on the part of many well intentioned minds to question and critique…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Captain Fantastic: Drunken UK Rajahs brought down to earth
The high-flying Rajahs who made it big in Europe post-1983 selling mobile telephones and buying influence got their just desserts when their boorish behavior came to an abrupt…
- From the sidelines
Will LSSP split make any difference in the presidential contest?
With differences surfacing in many quarters both in and outside government over the impending presidential election, a split within the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) presents the latest…
- Sunday Punch
Beware JHU pseudo reforms sham
The long simmering disquiet over the 1978 constitution and the need to abolish the executive presidency by amending the constitution and introducing a more democratic form of government…
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Coming back home for the love of elephants
Dr. Shermin de Silva’s parents moved to the United States when she was just nine, and growing up in California meant she had opportunities to follow her dreams,…
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Tristar Founder Chairman, Deshabandu Kumar Devapura, 63, passes away
Deshabandu Kumar Devapura, Founder Chairman of Tristar Apparel Exports Sri Lanka, passed away on Friday after…
Witness for the prosecution
‘Vision of a Nation’ exhibition provides rare glimpse of the past
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British School in Colombo celebrates U.N. Day
To mark the United Nations Day the British School in Colombo hosted their annual celebratory event…