Eye-watering zeros in festive grocery bill
By Nadia Fazlulhaq andHiran Priyankara For many Sri Lankan households, the ever-increasing prices of food…
2022: A year like no other
The rise of protesters, the fall of Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the rise of Ranil Wickremesinghe Without…
Tuk tuks, motorbikes remain targets for thieves
By Senuka Jayakody Three-wheelers and motorbikes continue to be stolen across the country, amid a shortage…
The lights go on amidst the darkness
Story and pix by M A Pushpa Kumara The streets of Colombo have come alive with…
Neglect will soon make this Peraliya tsunami memorial a memory too
Little facilities for people who visit site on December 26 to remember their loved ones Text…
Degree of concern as Sabaragamuwa Uni’s waste pollutes Surathali Ella
By Senuka Jayakody The Environment Ministry is proposing waste disposal licence regulations to prevent Lanka’s scenic…
Axe on Welikanda forests: Destruction or development?
Environmentalists and residents up in arms over clearing of forest reserve for maize cultivation Say the ecosystem…
SLTC Research University launches new initiative toward building a student-centric active learning environment
Educating, grooming, and nurturing holistic graduates who can actively contribute towards a chosen discipline in the…
The hand of ‘OHME’ to rock the Grand Kandyan New Year’s Eve
By Sanath Weerasuriya Welcoming a brand new year is a special occasion that everybody looks forward…
Can’t rely on cherry on the cake
If you carry your money to a desert, it is not strange that you may not…
A feast of Christmas from SOSL
The Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka pulled out all the stops when they brought back their…
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From Aragalaya to Christmas festivities
Outside the Presidential Secretariat, the Galle Face Green some months ago was the site of one of Sri Lanka’s biggest public protests which forced the…
Health Minister bypasses President’s orders on medicinal drug imports
Attempts to broaden scope of unsolicited proposals; returns from trip at invitation of medical supplier in India By Namini Wijedasa Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella—who returned…
IRD’s faulty online system dampens trillion-rupee target set for next year
By Damith Wickremasekara Uncertainty hangs over the Inland Revenue Department’s tax collection targets for 2023 due to a faulty online system. The IRD has sought…
Unhealthy air pollution levels in Colombo and other areas
New Covid variant: No immediate threat locally, but…
Public servants to take pledge to get involved in food security drive
Electricity tariff hike: CEB Union urges Govt. not to bypass PUCSL authority
Eppawala’s missing boy found
Harassment of group of doctors: The Health Ministry has over stepped its authority, says AMS
Habeas Corpus petition: Vavuniya HC judge orders Army to produce missing person
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FIFA issues red notice to Sri Lanka
Threatens to suspend FFSL if election is held not in compliance with FIFA Statutes
A week after Ministry of Sports introduced a series of intrusive and restrictive regulations compromising the autonomy and independence of registered national sports bodies in…
Sports Minister spares only SIU Director, transferring the rest
On the request of the Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe, the…
Richmond and Sebs win big
Warner fires shot at Cricket Australia over leadership appeal
Bangladesh bowlers rattle India to leave match in the balance
New Sports Regulations cometh in the night, Alleluia!
Global Tennis of 2023 should further prosper
Pressure vs ability: The science behind the penalty shootouts
Business Times
Hambantota’s industrial park
This is a project development site at the Hambantota International Port’s Industrial Park where a number of projects are nearing completion. In spite of a…
Gold loans, defaults of dues soar in a sign of public distress
Sri Lanka bank’s gold–backed loans (pawning) have been increasing rapidly in recent times as the low and middle income households continue to be hit by…
Hotel staff leave Sri Lanka as take home pay slumps
Hoteliers, especially the SMEs, are finding it hard to pay salaries of the few workers left behind, in a country bereft of its visitors as…
5G launch to be delayed at least by one year
Sri Lanka unlikely to become competitive nation in 2023
Directors’ dealing disclosure dates to be immediate
That ubiquitous code
Can’t rely on cherry on the cake
Daily egg production drops to 3.5 m from 8 m
“After Dinesh Schaffter” – Three Prompts for Corporate Leaders
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Editorial
Turning the searchlight inward
Today is Christmas, a special day for Christians all around the world as they celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. As church bells ring out and Christmas masses are held – this year without Covid restrictions, families will gather to enjoy a festive meal amidst the sobering reality that a…
Columns
- 5th Column
In need of Santa’s gifts this year
My Dear Santa Claus, I thought of writing to you this week as you prepare your annual journey to Paradise, bringing gifts for all of us. Your journey…
- The Economic Analysis
Reaching out to the poor, malnourished and hungry this Christmas
Never in the history of this country has a Christmas meant so little for so many as this Christmas. The unemployed poor hungry malnourished and starving have soared.…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Arrest of bottom trawling Indian fisherfolk: Lanka gives ‘fatherly treatment’
The arrest of Indian fishermen for engaging in bottom trawling in Sri Lankan waters and their subsequent release after brief detention in Sri Lankan prisons were raised earlier…
- Focus on Rights
Lanka’s ethnic ‘mountain’ and the wee mouse of ‘PTA pardons’
Carrots tossed by President Ranil Wickremesinghe in the form of release of a few Prevention of Terrorism (PTA) political prisoners and return of lands to displaced owners in…
- Sunday Punch
How new look Santa makes my smoggy Christmas seem white
The SUNDAY PUNCH wishes you all, a joyful and merry Christmas The night thickens on Christmas Eve. I snuggle into bed, pull the sheet over my head and…
- In the National Interest
State failure impacts spread of twin evils
It is a given that the State’s responsibility towards its citizens extends beyond ensuring the economic, social and political rights of its citizens. The State has a duty…
- Thoughts from London
Loud-mouthed nonsense and our diplomessy
LOUD-MOUTHED NONSENSE Have you ever heard such garbage. One can expect such rot from some of those who inhabit that House by the Diyawanna Oya. Armed with dubious…
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Keeping alive the humble message in hard times
Humble, they line the roads of Moratuwa, a simple symbol of Christmas and God’s greatest gift to mankind, the Babe born in Bethlehem in a…
Christmas is not an old story but a new beginning
Long time ago…“pol kudu” and “cheena patas”
Those familiar carols that resonate come every Christmas
Philharmonic Choir: A testimony of spirituality and masterly performance
A feast of Christmas from SOSL
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The hand of ‘OHME’ to rock the Grand Kandyan New Year’s Eve
By Sanath Weerasuriya Welcoming a brand new year is a special occasion that everybody looks forward with much eagerness and excitement. The New Year’s Eve…
New Year gigs in the City
Music News
Avatar 2 making ripples in the box-office sea
Russel’s Carols
Annesley in action at Grand Monarch
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Roshan Mahanama joins ‘Light a Future’ as Brand Ambassador
With the aim of securing the future of Sri Lanka’s vulnerable children amidst an economic crisis,…
SLFUW new office bearers appointed
In search of a leader for Lanka
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SLTC Research University launches new initiative toward building a student-centric active learning environment
Educating, grooming, and nurturing holistic graduates who can actively contribute towards a chosen discipline in the…
The Nativity – Miraculous birth of GOD-Man
“Heavenly Night”, the Annual Christmas Carol
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The hand of ‘OHME’ to rock the Grand Kandyan New Year’s Eve
By Sanath Weerasuriya Welcoming a brand new year is a special occasion that everybody looks forward…
