Clueless SLR suspended
Sri Lanka is in jeopardy of being ‘handed off’ from representation of the national rugby team…
‘There was even banter between police and people; suddenly the mood changed’
What started out as a well-attended peaceful protest at Jubilee Post Junction in Mirihana turned violent…
Accomplished athletes reflect on 100 years of Sri Lanka Athletics
This year marks a consequential year in the calendar and history of Sri Lankan Athletics. The…
Controversy over CEP III: Maga responds to MCC’s charges of irregularities
More public revelations this week regarding the controversial third section of the Central Expressway Project (CEP…
Misery piles up for families at New Year
Sri Lankans preparing to celebrate the Sinhala-Hindu New Year will have to endure shortages of essentials…
Economic wheels not turning without diesel
Rising fuel prices and the prolonged shortage of diesel is severely impacting a number of economic…
The Ukrainians stuck in Sri Lanka wait and wait
A peaceful demonstration by the Ukrainian community in Sri Lanka took place on March 24 at…
Telepsychiatry Service, a first in SL
In uplifting news to people with mental illness, the Psychiatric Unit of the Kandy National Hospital,…
Jai Hind! Sri Lanka in danger of becoming 29th pranth of India
On Monday morn visiting Indian Foreign Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar made a pit stop at a…
With or without IMF…
Whether Sri Lanka should seek IMF assistance or not! This has been a major question which…
News
Calling out the army
As public agitation reached a crescendo this week against the Government, a state of emergency and a 36-hour curfew till 6 a.m. tomorrow became operational…
Crackdown on mass anti-Govt. protests today
Government clamped a sudden 36-hour all-island curfew from 6pm yesterday (Saturday) till Monday 6am, a few hours after declaring a state of emergency in the…
Lanka’s former envoy faces jail term and fine in US
Jaliya Wickramasuriya pleads guilty to embezzling US$ 332,027 while buying new embassy building Jaliya Wickramasuriya, Sri Lanka’s former Ambassador in Washington, DC, has pleaded guilty…
Pay-TV channels go blank due to dollar crisis
Cut down ministerial perks, and provide relief to people
Govt. seeks help from WB, ADB and UN
State Minister to resign
BASL calls on Govt. to revoke emergency, ensure freedom
7,000 digital tabs for agri officers
Muslims begin Ramadan fast
“Can we have some of our fish from the Palk Strait, please?”
Cheers and firecrackers and hundreds of lawyers flock to represent suspects
‘There was even banter between police and people; suddenly the mood changed’
Youth activist behind #GoHomeGota Facebook campaign arrested and produced in Court
Media rights activists condemn attack on journalists during protest outside President’s home
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Clueless SLR suspended
Sri Lanka is in jeopardy of being ‘handed off’ from representation of the national rugby team from the Commonwealth Games 2022, to be held in…
Trinity College to be stern on ‘honour’
Old boys and school authorities furious over ugly incident at…
Kandy Customs and Sebs win easily
Kandy sitting cool
Jaffna on the brink of final berth
Ranithma Liyanage – A new star is born
Accomplished athletes reflect on 100 years of Sri Lanka Athletics
Sports stress, fatigue and injury
Hosts Hameed Al-Husseinie claim Oxford President’s Cup
Dialog powered Battle of the Maroons 2021 today
New group of 27 school shooting instructors trained and appointed
Business Times
Driving tourism prospects
Sri Lanka’s biggest tourism fair – Sancharaka Udawa – will be held on May 20-21 in Colombo. At the launch of the event, from left:…
Sri Lanka seeks IMF, World Bank aid to avert debt crisis
Sri Lanka is seeking a loan package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after much delay while also canvassing for World Bank assistance at the…
Worse-than-ever forex crunch killing businesses, industries
Sri Lanka’s foreign currency crunch in the country is worse than before despite the depreciation in the rupee, further affecting businesses amidst the threat of…
Negative policies hurt Ceylon Tea earnings
39 strategically important state entities jumpstart reforms
Power cuts could cripple SL Internet
With or without IMF…
Banking on loans
EZ Stove unveils “Janalipa” and EZ Industrial Stove
MTI team in Ethiopia to strategise 5 SOEs
HNB and related parties snub DFCC Rights Issue at EGM
Kelsey Homes continues steady growth in Q3 2021
SLID launches its’ Family Business Forum
Sri Lanka Retailers’ Association urges cuts in lease rentals
IMF: How soaring shipping costs raise prices around the world
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Editorial
Was it a fair exchange?
The visit of the Indian External Affairs Minister this week to Sri Lanka almost had that viceregal air to it. Unlike in the bad old days of not so long ago when black flag demonstrations heralded India’s ham-handed intervention in Sri Lanka’s internal affairs, the intercession this time was more…
Columns
- Political Commentary
Battle lines being drawn between angry people and Govt.
Peaceful protest outside President’s Mirihana residence turns violent; Govt’s spin doctors’ move to link Islamic extremism with the protest backfires President holds crucial meeting with coalition MPs to…
- 5th Column
Something’s gotta give
My dear Citizens of what used to be a Paradise, I am writing to you now with profound sadness and at a time of great crisis, the type…
- The Economic Analysis
Is a national consensus to resolve the economic crisis possible?
A consensus on economic policies to resolve the country’s severe economic crisis is not possible due to the country’s political culture and political milieu. Each political party exploits…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Foreign Minister’s plan to seek 2040 hot seat at UN Security Council falls through
Bureaucrats at the Foreign Ministry were surprised at a TPN (third person note) they received. Noting that Sri Lanka had made known its decision to seek a seat…
- Focus on Rights
Sri Lanka’s ‘Mirihana uprising, 2022’ and popular fury
If the Sri Lanka Government prefers to delude itself into believing that widespread and unprecedentedly furious public protests against the President, the Prime Minister and the Government this…
- Sunday Punch
Jai Hind! Sri Lanka in danger of becoming 29th pranth of India
On Monday morn visiting Indian Foreign Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar made a pit stop at a Lanka Indian Oil Company filling station in Colombo to personally inspect how…
- In the National Interest
Declaration of emergency totally unjustified
The growing public unrest in the country erupted into an outbreak of violence near the residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at Mirihana on Thursday night. Whether this was…
- Thoughts from London
Diplomessy: The same as before or what?
So the government has turned down a request from Germany to co-sponsor a Consensus Resolution on Sri Lanka at the September session of the UNHRC. As far as…
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The don who helped Afghan students’ flight to freedom
Just before Afghanistan – a theatre of landmines and terror, again went under Taliban rule in August 2021, Dr. Kamal Ahmad got frantic messages from…
Life in the dark: From bad to worse
Letters to the Editor
Appreciations
Prithipura Home fundraiser at Good Market
The story of College House now as a new coffee table book
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And the Red Carpet Oscar goes to … the white shirt (or no shirt)
The ballgown is dead. Long live the simple white shirt. The look that will go down in history from this year’s Oscar ceremony is a…
Making pretty, yummy chocs her passion
Coffee while you work or hang out with friends
‘Golden Hits of 70s’
Two legendary revolutionaries and their journey far away from home
Bak Maha Akunu’ to be played to commemorate Dayananda
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Why China won’t mediate an end to the Ukraine war
CAMBRIDGE – Russian President Vladimir Putin thought he could quickly capture Kyiv and replace Ukraine’s government.…
I tried watching ‘The Kashmir Files.’ I left the theatre to screams of ‘Go to Pakistan.’
Scaling up BIMSTEC in the new era
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Peradeniya University introduces new conversion unit for three wheelers
One of the striking exhibits at the University of Peradeniya Research Excellence symposium was the introduction…
An extra hour of school every Friday to complete syllabus: Ed. Ministry
Lanka Nippon BizTech Institute to launch new university
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And the Red Carpet Oscar goes to … the white shirt (or no shirt)
The ballgown is dead. Long live the simple white shirt. The look that will go down…
