No SLPP backing for Sirisena as presidential candidate
JO parties will form their own alliance under a new constitution Mahinda Rajapaksa will convey decision…
Across the border cooperation gives muscle to battle against drug trafficking
Strengthened intelligence sharing between Sri Lankan law enforcement authorities and their overseas counterparts has contributed much…
CH pull down Kandy in Maduwantha show
It is ironic that a product of Kandy should play a major role in a decisive…
Clinical Red Shirts have final say over spirited Sailors
Marred with errors and tricky situations from both sides, a game that could have gone either…
Lessons on the 8th Wonder of the World
A large number of students visited Sigiriya this week on educational tours. The schools are expected…
They need nobody’s sympathy but the acceptance
January 19, 2019 was a very special day for the students and teachers of POLYMATH College…
Jaggery from termite mounds
Little Subangi got excited when she came to know that jaggery could be made from termite…
Maxims Holdings aims at three different businesses
Maxims Holdings, a diversified Board of Investment (BOI) company has big plans for three big ventures,…
Adventure that inspires change
Educational travel specialists Flooglebinder, offering opportunities for volunteer conservation and community projects in Africa, Europe and…
The Argyle Star Class experience in Hatton
The Argyle, a new Luxury Hotel was ceremoniously launched in Hatton in its unique heartfelt approach.…
News
From war to peace and better tomorrow!
An Army multi-barrel rocket launcher readying for tomorrow’s Independence Day parade at the Galle Face Green, with a Government propaganda board by its side. Pic…
PM, top ministers to fast-track appointments
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will meet ruling United National Front…
No Treasury money for 25,000 UN houses in the North
Billion lost daily due to Customs go-slow
Drama at Westminster court over Lankan diplomat’s case
Mix-up over Maldivian leader’s visit to Lanka
CSE questions share price hike of MTD Walkers
Treasury releases Rs. 1 billion to buy essential drugs
Customs work-to-rule sees containers pile up
New heads at CEB and subsidiaries
SC halts Chinese law firm from offering legal services
LNG contract: Ministry extends deadline for companies to counter Korean offer
Independence Day Messages
‘Independence’ is a state of environmental, economic, political, social and spiritual coexistence: PM
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Wobbly Lanka left with massive task
Opener Karunaratne stretchered off
Opener Dimuth Karunaratne was stretchered off in a neck brace after being hit by a bouncer Saturday as Sri Lanka chased a massive Australian first…
Lithija topples Vishal to take ‘Emerging’ domain
Navod Paranavithana of Mahinda College continues the domination of the…
Mathews ruled out of South Africa Tests; could return for ODIs
Karunaratne ‘in no danger’ after bouncer hit
Hathurusingha on the firing line
CH pull down Kandy in Maduwantha show
Chilaw in close win over CCC
Harindu, Tharindu hit half tons
Rajapaksa hits 268 in 173 balls
Clinical Red Shirts have final say over spirited Sailors
Antonians record inspiring innings win over top division Joes
Lankan’s biggest surfing event ever scheduled for June
Rampaging Soldiers continue winning ways
Nalanda well placed over Dharmaraja at Lake View
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“Crisis in Employment”
The Sunday Times Business Club organised a panel discussion titled “Crisis in Employment” on Wednesday at the Kingsbury Colombo. In the picture from left: Fayaz…
Foolproof sticker for liquor bottles yet under review
The much-delayed, ambitious scheme of affixing foolproof stickers on legally…
Development lottery luck by chance via mobile phones
BPPL plans regional expansion
Airlines crash land on ticket sales
BMICH on Rs.300 m upgrade
Rendezvous with tea
Jaggery from termite mounds
Sri Lanka undergoes stringent EU GSP + monitoring process
Policy implementation and proper regulation, the need of the hour in energy sector
Maxims Holdings aims at three different businesses
Crafting a future for new hotel recruits
Healing powers of hydrotherapy
New project to protect Sri Lankan migrant workers
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Editorial
Independence Day: Work for one nation, not one party
There’s never a dearth of quibbling over nomenclatures – whether Sri Lanka should be an ‘Ekeeya Raajya” — a ‘Unitary State’, or ‘Orumithta Nadu”, or whether tomorrow (February 4) should be Independence Day, Freedom Day or National Day. Call it what one may, it is the day the nation celebrates…
Columns
- Political Commentary
No SLPP backing for Sirisena as presidential candidate
JO parties will form their own alliance under a new constitution Mahinda Rajapaksa will convey decision to President Sirisena SLPP feels Sirisena may not win a presidential poll…
- 5th Column
When those who should stay leave, and those who should leave, stay
My Dear ‘Maco’ Mahinda, I thought I will write to you when I heard that you wanted to resign if provincial councils elections are not held by November…
- The Economic Analysis
Tale of lost opportunities: 71 years of economic underdevelopment amid social progress
On the eve of the country’s 71st anniversary of independence, we cannot be content with the country’s post-independence economic performance. It has been far below our potential and…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Removal of Customs Chief: SLFP Gen. Sec. attacks Government headed by his party leader
Gone are the days when the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the United National Party (UNP)-led United National Front (UNF) functioned harmoniously as a “Yahapalanaya” or good…
- Focus on Rights
Even in a more beneficial form, the counter terror bill raises warning signals
Amidst the political turmoil that took place in late October 2018, it was wholly predictable that Sri Lanka’s Counter-Terrorism Bill approved by the Cabinet just the month before,…
- Sunday Punch
Tragic tale of the Independence Day farce
So splendorous was the spectacle on that Friday 4th morn in the year 1948 when Lilliputia’s tribal chief rose from his makeshift bench to hoist the Flag of…
- Thoughts from London
Cricket as tainted as our politics
So the latest of Sri Lanka’s sports ministers has taken wing to Australia. Some say he is due to attend an event said to be connected with the…
Plus
When February 4 dawned 71 years ago
As church and temple bells pealed, guns boomed and ship sirens shrieked, 7.30 a.m. on the dot, a formally-dressed gentleman entered the august Audience Hall…
Rio awash with a sea of change
Letters to the Editor
Appreciations
Click to find your right tour guide
Amesh’s designs walk the ramp at Berlin Fashion Week
Guess who hopped in for Australia Day?
Celebrations galore to mark India’s 70th Republic Day
From Europe to Ceylon, in the thick of the leftist movement
He waged his own battles to get that unique Don McCullin look
Indian Bharatha natyam exponent to perform here
Robert Sedgley’s latest exhibition at the Lionel Wendt
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Using text to say something that has to be said
To be a writer is to not create a text that has been written. Rather, it is to be involved in creating a text that…
Colourful, comfy and stylish: All at Selyn
Body Shop arrives at CCC
Final countdown as AIS cast get ready to shake things up with ‘Rock of Ages’
‘He Comes From Jaffna’ back on stage
Adventure that inspires change
‘OBA NISA 2019’: BnS for Visakha
‘Voice Lounge’ with Lankan touch
Anita presents ‘Kumarsutra’
A Bold Journey from Books to Reels
Manorathna returns with ‘Handa Nihanda’
‘Morituri’ at Goethe Hall Humanity of Nazi victims
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The crying need for the immediate enactment of Animal Welfare Bill
The dawn of 2019 broke the harrowing news that Charlie, a pet Labrador, was burnt alive…
Shani honoured with China’s Super Ambassador award
Workshop on Typography For Children’s Lit.
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Army joins the war against narcotics
In a fresh initiative to crack down on drug use in the country and a programme…
Govt. moves to protect Schoolchildren from Cyber Crime
CTU condemns Rs 8m spent on scrapped Circular
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‘OBA NISA 2019’: BnS for Visakha
The Old Girls’ Association of Visakha Vidyalaya (VVOGA) is organizing a musical show featuring the legendary…
‘Voice Lounge’ with Lankan touch
Anita presents ‘Kumarsutra’
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FGLF 2019 – Free Festival for Children
The Free Festival for Children at the Fairway Galle Literary Festival 2019 took place at the…