PC reforms focal point in coming months
President outlines policy on power devolution; process likely to delay elections The initiative came from President…
Southern farmers’ drought woes highlight need for proper water management
Agriculture Ministry conducts survey on losses suffered by farmers Power minister says Samanalawewa water is mainly…
Health sector crisis: What the expert panel did not find
Of the 15 cases, panel explains only two cases; no comment on other 13 cases Unpublicised…
Micro irrigation tech can help raise agri-yields: Experts
By Kasun Warakapitiya Moves by the Israeli Government to share agricultural expertise in Sri Lanka through…
Scrap man fined and told to clean the beach
Story and pix by Thusitha Kumara de Silva A collector and trader of scrap items has…
Expert points to “very dangerous” elephant abuse at Pinnawela
Says animals suffer from stress and behavioural changes due to tourist activities; aggressive troublemakers are chained…
Colombo owl count finds 30 birds
By Kasun Warakapitiya A survey on the owl population in the city of Colombo began last…
Vegetable farmers in Anamaduwa devastated by pest epidemic
Story and pix by Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe Vegetable cultivation in the Kattukachchi area in Anamaduwa has…
Muslim personal law reform: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
By Naazima Kamardeen Much has been written about the efforts to bring about reforms related to…
Beyond a graduate at CINEC campus
Academic Excellence and Competence CINEC Campus is in Malabe, a quiet picturesque suburb in the capital…
Take Control of Your Career. Become Who You’re Meant to be. Celebrating M.AD Grads – the future of thinkers and innovators!
Miami Ad School is the world’s most awarded creative school, the Cannes Lions Future School of the Year…
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Forest fire: Natural or arson?
This is not Hawaii’s Maui Country where devastating wildfires have killed at least 80 people, but Thabbowa in the Puttalam District. On Friday afternoon, a…
Govt. to buy emergency power from private sector
The ongoing drought conditions have inflicted a double blow on the Government forcing it to approve the purchase of emergency power supplies and consider a…
Provinces received only half of health budget allocations, audit report reveals
Provincial administrations received only 50-60 percent of the budgetary allocations every year for the health sector and this brought about a situation where they had…
Significant shortfall in revenue: Treasury tells state bodies to curtail expenditure
About 3.9 million Lankans are food insecure: UNICEF
SLPP secretary says this is not the right time for 13A expansion
Arson suspected in Thabbowa wildfire
Minister seeks cabinet approval for appointments to Power Sector Reforms Secretariat
Southern farmers’ drought woes highlight need for proper water management
Gaps in water allocations and the importance of an apex body in managing water resources
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Sachithra Senanayake faces criminal charges over match fixing
By Champika Fernandocricket
The Attorney General’s Department has directed the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of the Ministry of Sports to press criminal charges against former Sri Lanka cricketer…
Royal end Isipathana’s winning spree
Isipathana College’s continuous winning spree since 2019 came to an…
B-Love Kandy hand Jaffna King fourth defeat
Rugby 7s team in the dark; face the risk of missing Asian Games
Mbappe left out of PSG’s league opener
Trinity retain Canon R. de Saram Shield with easy win
Dambulla Aura thrash Colombo Strikers by 50 runs
Equestrian Mathilda Karlsson to face ‘period of ineligibility’
England, Australia set up World Cup semi-final blockbuster
Bangladesh call up young opener Tanzid for Asia Cup
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Trade facilitation
President Ranil Wickremesinghe with other officials at the launch in Colombo of the ‘Key Trade Facilitation initiatives in Sri Lanka’. Pic by Indika Handuwala…
SL ready to introduce Casino Law and GRA this year
Sri Lanka Betting and Gaming Levy (Amendment) Bill and the Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA) will regulate everything from lotteries, gambling, gaming, horse racing, betting shops…
Investments hard to come by for Sri Lanka Tourism
Sri Lanka is still struggling to attract crucial investments to the tourism sector, as a result of which the authorities eye the diaspora and local…
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
Devolution outside 13A box
The President made a renewed call to Parliament this week to implement the controversial 13th Amendment to the Constitution (13A) in the name of reconciliation and national unity. Critics were quick to ask if he’s only reopened an old ‘can of worms’ and needlessly dug into wounds that were ostensibly…
Columns
- Political Commentary
PC reforms focal point in coming months
President outlines policy on power devolution; process likely to delay elections The initiative came from President and was not made in India or under pressure from it Opposition…
- 5th Column
Spotlight on baby
My dear Namal baby, I thought of writing to you this week after hearing these stories about an unpaid electricity bill, with you being portrayed as someone who…
- The Economic Analysis
Requirements for economic stabilisation and revival
It is vitally important that the economic stabilisation and revival process we are now undergoing is not disrupted in any way. The current stability in the economy has…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Lanka bans meetings with Afghanistan’s Taliban
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued instructions to all Heads of Mission/Posts instructing them to refrain from accommodating engagements with representatives of the Taliban administration in their…
- Focus on Rights
Dodging presidential coconuts aimed at Sri Lanka’s judiciary
Hammer blows seem to be coming swiftly and cruelly from core points of political power in Sri Lanka, impacting hard on the country’s apex court. Was all this…
- Sunday Punch
Rambukwella faces home fire as family joins nation’s chorus
Experts full report into ‘allergy’ deaths suppressed by Health Ministry It is a pity that the nation’s Minister of Health Rambukwella has still not fathomed the depths and…
- In the National Interest
Educational reforms must also address two critical needs
The Government has announced that it intends to limit the number of examinations faced by school children to a year-end examination. Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said, from the…
- Thoughts from London
Selling the nation while the corrupt have a laugh
In my student days when given just three weeks to complete reading Leo Tolstoy’s masterpiece “War and Peace”, under duress as it were, it seemed the abolition of…
- Lobby
Opposition: Speaker’s ruling undermines people’s judicial powers
JVP says resolution is not law; SJB says Speaker acting like Executive’s representative and interfering with judiciary By Sandun Jayawardana A ruling given by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena…
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Drawn to the depths
The mystery, the history and the human stories of centuries gone by keep luring him on “solos” to the eerie deep, where many dare not…
Architecture in challenging times
Mueen Saheed and Raja Segar in ‘Refractions’
Letters to the Editor
Appreciations
RIBA gathering
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ChatGPT: The good, the bad and the ugly
By Mahesh de Andrado ChatGPT, introduced by OpenAI in November 2022, sparked significant attention. An LLM (large language model), think of ChatGPT as an AI…
Bringing Broadway to Kandy
Summer of European cinema in Lanka
Ranjan Ramanayake appointed ‘Big Bosa’ Brand Ambassador
‘Punsanda Paaya 2023’ is back in the saddle
Indian cuisine at Ramada to celebrate India’s Independence Day
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The world watches legendary Khan in jail
To be the sporting idol adored by millions in a nation is a rare achievement in…
Muslim personal law reform: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Devolving police powers to provinces is not a threat to national security
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Testing time for University Chiefs
University Grants Commission Chairman Prof Sampath Amaratunga, Education Ministry Secretary Nihal Ranasinghe and Peradeniya University Vice…
Shortage of academics impacts global rankings of state universities
COPE issues directives against Pera Uni officials
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ChatGPT: The good, the bad and the ugly
By Mahesh de Andrado ChatGPT, introduced by OpenAI in November 2022, sparked significant attention. An LLM…
