President calls for collective effort to forge a new future at Royal College event
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As Rafah Crossing remains shut, 17 Lankans trapped in Gaza have no way out
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Multibillion heroin haul seized from local trawlers
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Power tariffs anger directed at Rs 42.7m overdue bills from politicos
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Rift between President and SLPP over reshuffle
But it is highly unlikely the SLPP would try to defeat the November 13 budget because…
Rejuvenated Sri Lanka eye semis; potential change in top order
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More Lankan women are becoming dependent in old age, a survey finds
I go begging and get around 1,500 rupees a day; with that, I buy things and…
CA Sri Lanka empowers corporate world by producing 343 new Chartered Accountants
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Taking viewers on a journey of heritage and nature
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COLD Theatre 7 all set for ‘A Decade of Classics’
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Lanka’s free Indian Ocean policy draws more ships
With the controversial visit of a Chinese research vessel coming here on a compromise reached by Beijing and Colombo, Sri Lanka also hosted two more…
New body will hold MPs accountable for misconduct
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Lycamobile’s French company bosses fined and jailed for money laundering
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Lanka votes for UN resolution on Gaza truce; India takes pro-Israel stance
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President calls for collective effort to forge a new future at Royal College event
Donation or drug dumping: New scandal rocks health sector
Former army commander’s final rites held with full military honours
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Rejuvenated Sri Lanka eye semis; potential change in top order
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Sri Lanka could consider a change for their sixth World Cup group fixture against Afghanistan tomorrow as they continue the hunt for a reliable opening…
Australia edge New Zealand by five runs in World Cup epic
DHARAMSALA, India, Oct 28, 2023 (AFP): Five-time champions Australia edged…
First unofficial Test match fizzles out to a draw
Edwards leads Netherlands’ rout of Bangladesh
Sri Lanka minister slams cricket board as traitors
England haven’t ‘lost faith’ as India challenge looms at World Cup
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6th ‘Race The Pearl’ flags off
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On Sri Lanka’s economic reforms
Advocata Institute CEO Dhananath Fernando (left) and Verite Research Lead Economist Raj Prabu Rajakulendran at the Sunday Times Business Club discussion on “Progress of Economic…
Strategic Project Act to be suspended under tax incentive system change
The government has taken a firm policy decision to suspend the Strategic Development Projects (SDP) Act until the structures and processes are in place, and…
Factories in dire straits, push workers to the edge
Sri Lanka’s factories are facing tough times and so are its workers with the unemployment rate increasing to 5.02 per cent in June this year.…
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
Palestinian suffering and human rights charade
How much more ironic can it get than when there is a call for the resignation of the United Nations Secretary General on the very day the world body celebrates its founding? The UN Secretary General from Portugal while condemning the nonstate actor Hamas for drawing first blood in the…
Columns
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Rift between President and SLPP over reshuffle
But it is highly unlikely the SLPP would try to defeat the November 13 budget because Ranil can dissolve Parliament UNP leader wants smart party to rebuild smart…
- 5th Column
Medicine in the nick of time?
My dear Ramesh, I thought I must write to you when I heard that you had been appointed the new Minister of Health. However, I am not sure…
- The Economic Analysis
Prolonged West Asian conflict will deal a severe blow to Lankan economy
The continuation of the war in West Asia would undermine the Sri Lankan economy severely. We would face an economic crisis more severe than the previous one. People…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Why Modi did not visit the Nallur Temple; trustee insisted on bare-chested rule
A memoir by a former Indian diplomat who served as India’s Consul General in Jaffna confirmed what many locals speculated in close circles with regard to a proposed…
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Ranil awaits SLPP whirlwind with trump card up his sleeve
Rambukwella sacking vindicates SJB no-confidence motion First the good news. The President had certainly taken his time to sack Keheliya Rambukwella as Minister of Health but when the…
- In the National Interest
World opinion changing in the face of onslaught on Gaza
The tragic humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in West Asia continues to take its toll on the people of the region while the leaders of powerful countries turn a blind…
- Thoughts from London
Hell hath no fury like you know who
The other day an unusual email was in my inbox. It was a long-winded interview with that State Minister called Diana Gamage. Had it been just a litany…
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A marvel of murals and cooperation
Near century-old murals in the main hall of the iconic Mulaghandakuti Vihara built by Anagarika Dharmapala in holy Isipathana (Sarnath, Varanasi) have come to life…
Bowled over by cricket from a young age
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Kashmir’s black day remembered
The Pakistan High Commission in Colombo organised a seminar/photo exhibition to mark the ‘Kashmir Black Day’…
What is happening in Gaza is “inhumane, illegal, and unacceptable”
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Teachers and principals this week renewed their protest campaign with a string of demands, including the…
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Part proceeds of Royden Gibbs and Dillai Joseph Rodrigo’s exhibition ‘Corridors of Time’ for WNPS Royden Gibbs…
