An expedition into the unknown
Last morning, Sri Lanka cricket captain Angelo Mathews and company embarked on a mission into the…
Climate change has come to stay, Earth getting warmer
Last week, it rained so hard in Mannar that the rain gauge notched 350mm (12 inches)…
Kandy get another chance for tryouts against Air Force today
The Airmen will not endeavour to do anything earth-shaking when they face mighty Kandy SC today…
Economic and fiscal imperatives subordinated to political objectives
The 2016 Budget has to be understood within the current political context and the post independent…
History, legend and neglect lie side by side
In Panduwasnuwara you’ll catch a glimpse of history and folklore, woven so intricately together that it’s…
Seizing the moment through third Generation Economic Reforms
The Third Generation of Economic Reforms (TGER) announced in the recent budget is intended to “improve…
On a hiking trail with Laceup
Laceup Sri Lanka’s Facebook page is something out of the ordinary. A fan page of an…
Pandit Amaradeva strikes a note from the past
On a Wednesday afternoon we are at the home of Pandit W.D. Amaradeva, in a cosy…
You can see it; the ‘fire’ in his photographs
“I consider Sri Lanka as one of the last Edens left on earth and wildlife as…
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Helping the disabled
To discourage transportation of cash due to security reasons, the Government proposed in the budget that all employers should instruct their employees to open bank accounts…
MPs get exempted from duty-free car import ban
The budget proposal to scrap the duty-free-vehicle-import-permit system is to…
Lankan still held without trial in the Maldives
Tax Chief: Collect taxes like bee taking honey from a flower
CBK to get same pension as Rajapaksa
World standard heart and lung transplants here
Rotary chief, C’wealth leaders, UN chief in final push toward polio free world
Ex-DIG and five others to hang for the murder of businessman
Hike in smoke test fires up motorists
Govt. leaves no stone unturned to save housemaid
Foreign judges for war crimes tribunals: BASL on the fence
Well-known Gastroenterological Surgeon passes away
“Joint Opposition” cries foul over its nominal presence within COPE, PAC
Indian army chief, Pakistani naval delegation in Colombo on goodwill mission
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An expedition into the unknown
By S.R. PathiravithanaLast morning, Sri Lanka cricket captain Angelo Mathews and company embarked on a mission into the unknown. Yes, they are well aware of their mission…
Starless shuttlers battle in the finals
N.J. John of Central Province and Imesh Hasaranga of the…
Jayantha to come in as vice president
Red Shirts devoured in their own den
Police drub CH& FC by half century
Kandy get another chance for tryouts against Air Force today
Shehan and Nimalie best athletes at XXV Southern Province athletics meetaText and picture
WP, CP, NWP champs in beach volleyball, hockey, taekwondo and swimming
ENEMY TERRITORY
Olympian Kosala Sahabandu an illustrious son of Matara
Malshan, Harin takes Joes Cricket to new heights
Red Warriors retain crown
Cricket polls: In search of a saviour
Djokovic’s road to legendary
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Sampath Bank winner of the ‘Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Award 2015’
Sampath Bank has won the ‘Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability award 2015’, an annual event organised by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC). Singer Sri Lanka…
Tourism industry raises alarm bells on budget
Sri Lanka’s tourism industry is alarmed over Treasury moves to…
Shangri-La eyes third property in Sri Lanka
George Soros here for Jan Euromoney meet
Singapore experts fine-tune Western Region Megapolis Project
SL’s international promotions under one umbrella in future
Budget for Business: A red flag for the people
Giants in the tea trade lock horns in court
COPE and the “people’s budget”
Sri Lanka could be hub for disaster relief in the region
SL agriculture exports to treble in value by 2020
Seizing the moment through third Generation Economic Reforms
SL women’s chamber hails allocation of 5% loan portfolio for women entrepreneurs
Earnings from tourism up by 18 % in Jan-Dec 2015, CB says
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Editorial
Paris: Preserve or Perish
“Hot air”. That’s what many pessimists expect from the Paris Climate Summit next week which over 130 world leaders, including our own President Maithripala Sirisena, will attend. It has been long hyped as the ‘last chance salon’ for Planet Earth before it self-destructs. With the world getting hotter, freak weather…
Columns
- Political Column
Divisions within divisions in the UPFA and SLFP
President warns of action against those who vote against the Budget, but dissident groups also remain strong while NFF seeks to go it alone Concern over nine military…
- 5th Column
Don’t worry, you will keep your job
My dear Ravi, I thought I must write to you because you seem to be in the news these days, delivering the first ‘yahapaalanaya’ budget and then getting…
- The Economic Analysis
Economic and fiscal imperatives subordinated to political objectives
The 2016 Budget has to be understood within the current political context and the post independent political milieu of governments pandering to relief measures and welfare expectations of…
- Lobby
“No Confidence” against Ravi K. as ’Joint Opposition’ unravels Budget 2016
Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayaka has got off to a rather inauspicious start with the presentation of his maiden Budget to Parliament. With the vote on the Second Reading…
- Focus on Rights
The need for ‘hard’ questioning of the state
Even with all the crestfallen realism which now informs the public mood close upon one year into the classic curate’s egg performance of the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government, there is…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Offshore banking centre instead of casino
Along D.R. Wijewardene Mawatha, a large extent of land, earlier earmarked for casinos, will now be the venue for the Colombo International Financial Centre. Such a centre, in…
- Sunday Punch
Lankan maid to be stoned to death for adultery in Arabian nightmare
In a few weeks, if not in a matter of days, a Lankan woman who had been working as housemaid in Saudi Arabia for three years will be…
- THOUGHTS FROM LONDON
So much of power but so few principles
It has been told a thousand times. A single picture is worth a thousand words. This is not a permanent verity but it is so often true. How true…
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History, legend and neglect lie side by side
In Panduwasnuwara you’ll catch a glimpse of history and folklore, woven so intricately together that it’s difficult to discern the difference between the two. The 12th century kingdom…
Pandit Amaradeva strikes a note from the past
On a Wednesday afternoon we are at the home of Pandit W.D. Amaradeva, in a cosy sitting room, anticipating the moment when we could meet the legend in…
Calamansi Cove: Be part of tomorrow’s tourists
I stayed in a room called Papaya at the Calamansi Cove Hotel. Each of the 11 other rooms are also named after fruits, with Pomelo and Passion being…
Head to Negombo for a gastronomic adventure!
Negombo’s Lewis Place has the tentative swagger of a teenager who has finally come of age – a teenager in the throes of change, wondering where to fit…
Magazine
Hiking up the Holy Mountain in the off-season
A hike in the off-season to Adam’s Peak, that lofty peak of mystery so admired for centuries by adventurers both local and foreign, is an…
Classic ‘Kishani style’
Getting to know the Bard
On a hiking trail with Laceup
Lite87 crew at the arcade for the festive season
Justin Bieber fights his way to the top
Be a star shopper this holiday season
Go ‘Down Memory Lane’ today
Enrique Iglesias sows ‘Sex and Love’ in Colombo
‘Ira Awara’
Popular theatre in town
Rupavahini holiday for children
“Horu Hondai” at Ape Gama
From Korea with love
‘Raja Bojun’: Truly Sri Lankan
Gastronomic appreciation of France at GFH
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Don’t DIS the ability of the largest minority
Securing a brighter future requires building a new Sri Lanka, founded on the values of democracy,…
The healing power of music: Symphony for a longer life
Rule of law: A role for everyone
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On a hiking trail with Laceup
Laceup Sri Lanka’s Facebook page is something out of the ordinary. A fan page of an…
Lite87 crew at the arcade for the festive season
Justin Bieber fights his way to the top
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Go ‘Down Memory Lane’ today
Sri Lanka’s prime Golden Oldies sing-along concert ‘Down Memory Lane’ is scheduled to be held at…
