‘The Gathering’ is in peril, warns wildlife expert
Pointing out that human-induced, ‘unseasonal’ fluctuating water levels of the Minneriya tank in the dry season…
Ship disaster evidence kept hush-hush for case, blocking marine repair
Environmental experts blamed state authorities for mismanaging priorities and failure to save marine life over the…
In collective move, SLPP backbenchers invite Basil to enter Parliament
(As the Sunday Times Political Editor is unwell, we publish today a translation of the Thiraya Pitupasa…
No one to nurse their many grievances
Nurses in Government hospitals are paid low wages, work long hours and have no perks like…
Waste not, want not
With farmers complaining of a lack of fertiliser, many of them are trying to produce their…
Northern sea cucumber farmers in Chinese joint venture soup
Northern fishing communities are up in arms against a Chinese joint venture company because it has…
Pick of the pix
FROM OUR READERS Shutterbugs out there, we would once again appreciate your contributions to this picture…
AOD takes local design talent global again!
The Academy of Design (AOD) has added yet another accolade to its portfolio, following the success…
Australasian Academy launches Swiss hospitality qualifications to build and nurture world-class tourism and hospitality professionals in Sri Lanka
Australasian Academy (AA) partners with International Management Institute (IMI), Luzern, Switzerland to offer quality, affordable courses,…
Colombo Uni law students champs of Moot Court Comp
Bringing home an unprecedented victory for the country, the Moot Court Bench (MCB) team representing the…
‘Govi Thaththa’ wins international kudos
The debut cinematic venture by award winning music director Darshana Ruwan Dissanayake won multiple awards at…
News
All’s well that ends well, nurses back at work
Amid the ongoing Covid pandemic, thousands of nurses staged a sick note protest in hospitals all over the country. Nurses’ union leaders met President Gotabaya…
Govt. to sell diesel plant’s 51% shares to US firm
The Finance Ministry has submitted a Cabinet paper seeking approval to sell the 51 percent majority shares it holds in a diesel power plant to…
Price control on retail rice sales; Rs. 100,000 fine for traders, millers
The Trade Ministry is to revert to imposing a price control system on retail rice sales in an attempt to keep rice prices low. Cabinet…
Aloysius’ liquor giant in tax deal with Excise Dept.
Move to import 56,000 MT of organic fertiliser, natural minerals
Education Ministry limits Suraksha student insurance payments; parents in the dark
Vaccination for apparel workers on track : JAAF
Esala Perahera performers and Adhivasi members receive vaccine
Last week’s Page 1 picture — Clarification and apology
Magistrate rejects police request to issue notice on protest organisers
Afghan fighting rages as US forces begin exit
Here a protest, there a protest
Foreign Employment Bureau Chairman Kamal Ratwatte passes away
Major fire at coir fibre export factory
‘The Gathering’ is in peril, warns wildlife expert
Book ahead for state services, public advised
Ship disaster evidence kept hush-hush for case, blocking marine repair
X-Press Pearl lawyers question delay in submitting recordings with Harbour Master
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Sri Lankan Sean Serasinghe to toss coin at Wimbledon
Sean Seresinhe (A13-year-old, Sri Lankan living in the UK ) was picked up for the ‘Coin Toss’ on July 11 at the Wimbledon tennis tournament.…
Who will have the last laugh?
Sri Lanka cricketers protesting over their annual contracts are likely…
No more ‘lovely’ cricket
Enter 5-team National Cricket League
Fleet of overseas players for LPL 2
Nimali grabs Olympic spot from Nilani
Promising young cricketer, Chrishen Warnasuriya to play in Surrey
Vidyartha receives 10 side wickets from SLC
Four players share top spot
19 heralded with Olympic Advanced Sport Management Diploma Awards
Business Times
Leasing and pawning
Many people were seen at this finance company in Kuliyapitiya earlier this week seeking to pay their leases while some were waiting to pawn their…
IMF yet to receive request for SDR financial support
Despite assurances that Sri Lanka has won approval to receive International Monetary Fund (IMF) funding from a new facility, the IMF is still to receive…
SL forex crisis impacts trade financing, squeezes importers
A large offshore trader heavily into trade financing on Tuesday received a ‘positive’ response from the Central Bank (CB) through the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce…
Factory workers refuse COVID vaccine
Excise duty fails to achieve target with unsteady liquor sales
NIFL eyes options to increase liquidity or not
Forex quagmire
Playing with boiling oil
Sri Lanka’s hospitality staff see prospects in other sectors
Large SL banks most exposed to sovereign risk: Fitch says
TUs campaign for GSP+ continuance
Calculation of Sri Lankan fuel prices and why they are so high
Retailers’ Association seeks support from state against collapse
NDB secures $75 m from US state institution
SLT-MOBITEL invests Rs. 25 bn annually to improve connectivity, capacity
PUCSL signs MOU under USAID-funded project to upskill 45,000 electricians
Dr. Nalin Jayasuriya launches book on HR development
Handicrafts: Plight of an industry that has global recognition
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Editorial
Covid crisis: Preparing for the worst
Torn between the two competing pressure groups, both equally well intentioned maybe, the Government seems to want to keep the status quo — i.e. an unofficial lockdown with the hope that the stuttering vaccination campaign will get to better footing in the next few weeks and months, and the citizenry…
Columns
- Political Commentary
In collective move, SLPP backbenchers invite Basil to enter Parliament
(As the Sunday Times Political Editor is unwell, we publish today a translation of the Thiraya Pitupasa (Behind-the-Scenes) column that appears in the Sunday Lankadeepa today.) As fertiliser crisis…
- 5th Column
Greener times ahead?
My dear Green Man, I thought I must write to you because you are in the news once again after many months, entering Parliament as the only Green…
- The Economic Analysis
Inappropriate economic policies in a weak state of the economy
The country is heading towards a severe economic crisis. External finances are perilously low; foreign debt repayments are large; weak public finances severely limit the capacity of the…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Media groups take aim at top cop for veiled threats against journalist
Media rights groups have written to Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chandana Wickramaratne raising concerns over “indirect threats” levelled by a Senior Deputy Inspector General (SDIG) against a…
- Focus on Rights
Give heed to the war cries of Sri Lanka’s farmers
As the seething fury of Sri Lanka’s farmers spills over onto village roads and sets the country ablaze with war cries of ‘give us fertilizer to farm our…
- Sunday Punch
Economy flashes red light: ‘Coming colours, no good’
People may be compelled to brace themselves for a brewing financial storm that may make landfall soon and possibly leave the country’s economy flattened in its relentless trail.…
- In the National Interest
Where have all the patriots gone?
Continuous mismanagement of the economy has made the country vulnerable and over dependent on questionable measures to keep the economy afloat. Large scale printing of money and currency…
- Thoughts from London
The Chinese are coming or are they
Though I did not hear the deafening sounds of relief, there surely must have been many from different quarters back in our Resplendent Isle. Concerns began to mount…
Plus
‘We sign everything else except our own marriage document’
A few weeks before Yasmin’s nikah ceremony, there was a flurry of news articles announcing reforms to Sri Lanka’s Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act (MMDA).…
Kanya bags big prize with tale about the powerless
Letters to the Editor
Appreciations
Carmel wins the Gratiaen for her debut whodunit
Rum-inations
More PlusMagazine
Young mums with a passion for spreading beauty of henna
Henna also known as mehendi is an ancient art. While new trends such as white henna, neon or “glow-in-the-dark” henna have emerged in the West,…
Colombo Uni law students champs of Moot Court Comp
Tehani among top 10 Zonta international award winners
‘Govi Thaththa’ wins international kudos
Diana Ross sings ‘Thank You’
‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ production starts
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Shani Abeysekara case and AG’s conflict of interest
The severe castigation of the police and the lower courts by the Court of Appeal (CA)…
Search for ‘the Truth’ amidst debris of fake news and sacred truths
Vaccines, ‘Delta strain’ bring new pandemic challenge
More Sunday Times 2 >>Education
Students facing hardship due to weak signals
Students in various parts of the country complain that they face issues in following online…
Compulsory online fitness programme for students: Education Ministry
More opportunities for Sri Lankan students at Indian High Commission
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Young mums with a passion for spreading beauty of henna
Henna also known as mehendi is an ancient art. While new trends such as white henna,…
