Glyphosate & hard water: Is it a deadly CKDu combination for farmers?
US-SL scientists find ‘extended’ life to these complexes in drinking water wells and raise concerns on the…
Uduwara girls’ deaths reflect worsening dangers from unprecedented downpours
By Nadia Fazlulhaq The tragic deaths of two much-loved 20-year-olds have left a village grief-stricken after…
Wounded tusker roaming in villages to stay put in natural habitat
By Kasun Warakapitiya The Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) has planned to confine the ailing tusker…
Higher taxes further inflate price tags of home appliances and electronics
By Kasun Warakapaitiya Uncertainty continues in the electrical and electronic items market in view of the…
Move to charge foreigners USD 15 for Galle ramparts; bad idea say some, not so say others
A move by the Cultural Affairs Ministry to charge USD 15 from foreigners entering the Galle…
Coaches and selectors in the dark as impasse between top guns drag
The current turmoil at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is likely to have far-reaching consequences as it…
CINEC CAMPUS ACHIEVE THE TOP SPOT
WINNING THE PRESIDENTIAL AWARD FOR BEST EDUCATION SERVICES EXPOTER 2022 and 2023,AT EDB’S 25TH PRESIDENTIAL EXPORT…
Dmitri back for a Christmas show with Bishopian Intermediate Choir
By Yomal Senerath-Yapa Even if the November chill seems a tad bit late, seasonal chimes are…
The Magic of ‘Dreamers’ A play by children for the entire family
A musical theatre production “Dreamers” : Unwritten Pages, will be staged on Saturday December 2 at…
Economics of opinions and feelings
Senarath (not his real name) is spending his retirement, perhaps intermittently attending his family affairs, including…
News
Incessant rains, floods: Pic for Dubai climate summit
With Sri Lanka being hit by months of extreme weather apparently linked to climate change, our pictures show the flood-affected Akuressa area in the Matara…
Aid package from WB and ADB after IMF approves 2nd tranche
By Damith Wickremasekera Sri Lanka is expected to receive US$ 300 million from the World Bank (WB) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) soon after…
North-East courts reject police requests to ban events to commemorate war dead
By S. Rubatheesan In the Northern and Eastern Provinces, several courts have turned down police requests seeking stay orders banning tomorrow’s commemorative events organised by…
IGP leaves; President to send new name to CC
President to lead largest-ever Lankan delegation for climate summit in Dubai next week
Bill to enforce foreign judgments
Drugs scandal: CID arrests 4 Health Ministry employees but no action against those who signed paperwork authorising purchase
Unruly scenes precede first week of Committee Stage debate of Budget 2024
Glyphosate & hard water: Is it a deadly CKDu combination for farmers?
Don’t send more mentally ill patients to Ridiyagama rehab centre via courts; Southern PC writes to JSC
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Coaches and selectors in the dark as impasse between top guns drag
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The current turmoil at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is likely to have far-reaching consequences as it has left the national team, coaching staff and the…
Pistorius, the ‘Blade Runner’ granted parole over girlfriend’s murder
South Africa’s ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius will be released from…
Royal’s Sineth Jayawardena to lead Sri Lanka Youth
Minod Caldera spins Nalanda to massive win
Badureliya and Bloomfield sniff third win
FSL looking to do best for football – Jaswar
MotoSurf Asia Continental Cup marks huge success
Club League season commences with Havies-Airmen clash
Cricket Mata Ki Jai (Hail Mother Cricket): Jingoism lost in Ahmedabad on Sunday
Veteran footballer Subhani Hassimdeen no more
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Emirates, Etihad and Adani Group among bids for SriLankan Airlines stake
By Bandula SirimannaEmirates, Etihad Airways and the Adani Group are among prospective bidders seeking a stake in SriLankan Airlines (SLA). They are among 16 investors – Tata…
Tax exemption for luxury, electric vehicle caused over Rs.14 bn loss
Sri Lanka has incurred a massive loss of billions of rupees annually as a result of exemption granted to import luxury vehicles and electric vehicles…
SLIC to be split into Life and General units
The Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation (SLIC) will be split into two entities namely Life and General before its restructure and the background to this process…
CSE Demutualisation: 3 European firms interested
38 SOEs now earn profits following reform process
Revenue, expenditure inconsistent with IMF targets
Softlogic share stays suspended
On the migration trail
Economics of opinions and feelings
Credit Regulation Authority bill soon to tackle loan sharks: CB
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Editorial
COP28: Walk the talk
The continuous evening thundershowers since September and the ensuing floods and landslides must surely be an eye-opener to the reality that something is amiss with weather patterns; and that this must surely be directly related to Climate Change and the much-talked-of Global Warming. The Meteorological Department explains this phenomenon as…
Columns
- Political Commentary
Political crisis brews over Constitutional Council’s legal position
President claims it comes under the executive branch but opposition say, it is part of the legislature Ranil wants question time limited to one hour in parliament to…
- 5th Column
Cheering them on
My dear Indian cricket fans, I want to write to you, firstly to express my commiserations after your country lost the World Cup final on Sunday to the…
- The Economic Analysis
Budget 2024’s formidable challenges: Implementing proposals and containing fiscal deficit
Regular features of the country’s public finances have been overruns in expenditure and shortfalls in revenue. Furthermore, the inability to implement a large number of projects and programmes…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
President approves Foreign Ministry’s list of 11 diplomats, without adding political appointees
Back to back successes seem to be what the Foreign Ministry is seeing these days. Just last week, in these columns we reported how it was witnessing election…
- Focus on Rights
The President, the public trust and parliamentary Devilry
President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s highly inappropriate jocularity in Parliament this week when commenting about the ‘Public Trust’ Doctrine only reinforces the (unfortunately) pejorative stamp of his Presidency as undermining…
- Sunday Punch
Samanthabadra assassinates Prince Siddhartha’s character
On October 31, Pitiduwe Siridhamma Thera stood before the Malwatte Mahanayake at the Sri Dalada Maligawa to beg forgiveness for assassinating Prince Siddhartha’s character on various social media…
- In the National Interest
Electoral reforms and the impact on national reconciliation and political culture
With President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s announcement that Presidential and Parliamentary Elections will be held next year, concerned citizens must necessarily focus on the trajectory that the country will take…
- Thoughts from London
From grace to disgrace: How the mighty have fallen
So, what news would you like first? The good, the bad or the utterly deplorable? To put some smiles on the faces of the despondent millions preparing to…
Plus
A safe haven under expert care
Acozy and safe little place all of their own with every facility for vulnerable mothers with mental health issues, and their babies, to recover and…
Timeless canvases of nature from artist with a mission
Minnette’s groundbreaking Kandy housing scheme
Letters to the Editor
Appreciation
Many lessons to be learnt from this autobiography of a clinician cum administrator
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Learning good values with a bit of fun
19-year-old Anagi Gunasekera wants to take her ‘Goodville Program’ that emerged from a school project, to more rural schools By Shannon Salgadoe Inspiration strikes when…
Dmitri back for a Christmas show with Bishopian Intermediate Choir
Indi’s serene styles
The Magic of ‘Dreamers’ A play by children for the entire family
Fab Foods joins hands with Emerita
Mandara Resort hosts Christmas cake mixing
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Among those present…
I read with great interest that President Ranil Wickremesinghe was exhorting his party faithful at the…
Goethe Institut presents ‘Hardboiled Wonderland Sri Lanka’
Deepavali celebrations at Foreign Affairs Ministry
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What weather? Children brave the elements to learn
Adverse weather conditions have had an impact on schools with many students finding it difficult to…
Shoes for schoolchildren in December
Programme to promote national unity in education system
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Learning good values with a bit of fun
19-year-old Anagi Gunasekera wants to take her ‘Goodville Program’ that emerged from a school project, to…
