Sellers misleading customers: Concern over what is happening over VAT
By Natara Abeywickrema The trend of adding Value-Added Tax (VAT) to the tag price is rampant…
Ranil to contest presidential election as ‘Grand Alliance’ candidate
UNP inner circle holds two important meetings to draw up campaign strategy Parliament to be prorogued…
Nayana fills vacancy
Nayana Wasalathilaka was sworn in as a Member of the 9th Parliament on Friday (12) following…
Princess Anne concludes a power-packed visit
Princess Anne, acclaimed as the hardest working member of the British Royal family and Vice Admiral,…
Japan’s FM visit to strengthen economic relations
Japan’s Finance Minister, Suzuki Shunichi, during a two-day official visit to Sri Lanka called on President…
The anatomy of Sri Lanka’s worst ever health scandal
With several officials, including the Secretary to the Ministry of Health under Minister Rambukwella, in remand…
Imported canned fish temporarily suspended after local manufacturers complain of VAT woes
By S. Rubatheesan The Fisheries Ministry has this week decided to temporarily halt importing canned fish…
After COP28: What’s next for Sri Lanka?
By Marc-André Franche, Resident Coordinator of the United Nations in Sri Lanka Against the backdrop of…
Countdown to lion cub’s first milestone
The Dehiwala Zoo is planning to mark the first birthday of Simba the lion cub. National…
Reminiscences of iconic Sri Lankan scribe, Siri Ranasinghe and his mighty pen
By Athula Ranasinghe Sri Jayewardenepura University bestowed due honour and felicitation to Siri Ranasinghe (SR) who…
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Places for Princess
On an official visit to Sri Lanka to mark 75 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries, Britain’s Princess Anne visited the Dalada…
President promises school for Gaza in talks with West Asian envoys
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has told West Asian envoys that Sri Lanka will build a school in Gaza once the conflict ends and reconstruction begins, the…
SLAF helicopter crash-lands in Central African Republic; crew safe
The Sri Lanka Air Force MI-17 helicopter on a routine cargo flight during a United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic on January…
Electricity rates to be reduced by 3.34 percent from next month
Labour Ministry gets approval to import SUV
NPC urges action after Police Yukthiya operations come under fire
Sellers misleading customers: Concern over what is happening over VAT
Kandakadu: Overcrowding leads to clashes as new patients fail to adjust
Air Vice Marshal Ravi Arunthavanathan’s final rites today
Circular issued curtailing government expenses
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Confident Sri Lanka eye first T20 series win in 30 months
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Under the new leadership of the all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga, Sri Lanka will aim for their first T20i bilateral series win against Zimbabwe in the first…
Red Shirts prevail over Havies
After being forced to commit unforced errors and trail for…
Sebastianites reach L/O final
Kandy thrash Sailors
Lumbini tame Thurstan in their own den for second successive win
Lehecka, Ostapenko win Adelaide titles ahead of Australian Open
Palestine’s Asian Cup team want to put ‘smile on people’s faces’
‘Failures motivated us to do better’ – U-19 coach Jehan Mubarak
ICC considering lifting SLC suspension sooner than later
BWF Level 2 Badminton Coaches Training Programme concludes
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Challenging times ahead
Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, alongside Senior Deputy Governor Ms. Yvette Fernando, making the annual policy statement for 2024 on Wednesday in Colombo. Pic…
Singapore’s Surbana Jurong consultancy revived for mega development plans
The government has rehired Singapore-based consulting firm Surbana Jurong Pvt Ltd towards providing one-stop consultancy solutions across the entire value chain of urbanisation, industrialisation and…
Bunkering, TS volumes surge in Colombo
As shipping giant Maersk has reportedly stated that the crisis on the Red Sea is expected to continue for months Sri Lanka sees a surge…
Casino regulatory authority on the cards with the increase in gambling
Sri Lanka wants the blue flag on its beaches
International Trade Bill to facilitate new trade agency
No more happy hours for banks this year from G-Secs
ECT cranes due next month
Tourism power play in the region
Sri Lanka’s ‘over-burdened’ generation
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Non-Alignment and issue-based Strategic Alignment
Sri Lanka’s maiden voyage to join a US-led multinational naval force to ensure free and unimpaired navigation of the trade avenues between Europe and Asia has raised eyebrows everywhere. The Sri Lanka Navy is being deployed to perform a constabulary mission in protecting the sea routes to the island nation…
Columns
- Political Commentary
Ranil to contest presidential election as ‘Grand Alliance’ candidate
UNP inner circle holds two important meetings to draw up campaign strategy Parliament to be prorogued on January 26 and President to address nation at ceremonial opening of…
- 5th Column
A questionable exit
My dear Chaminda, I am writing to you after having heard that you had taken everyone by surprise by resigning your seat in Parliament this week. In a…
- The Economic Analysis
Economic consequences of the expanding Gaza war
The escalation and expansion of Israel’s war in Gaza and the rerouting of ships along the southern coast of Africa will increase shipping costs by over one hundred…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Port workers on strike: Give me that, give me that, give me that Banana
President’s office orders probe and action against strikers Unrest erupted at the Jaya Container Terminal of the Colombo Port early yesterday after Sri Lanka Port Authority (SLPA) workers…
- Focus on Rights
‘Old’ Wine in ‘New’ Bottles? – Sri Lanka’s pesky Anti-Terrorism Bill has surfaced again
When Sri Lanka’s Justice Minister calls upon an opposing parliamentary colleague taking issue with the ‘new’ Anti-Terrorism Bill tabled in Parliament this week, to justify where and in…
- Sunday Punch
Death cult leader’s suicide and the advent of Maithree Buddha imposter
Religious weirdoes prowl the bleak Paradise the Gods forsook Perhaps, it’s the poverty, a pathological sense of utter despair prevailing in the land that has made countless Lankans…
- In the National Interest
Anti narcotics operation: The end cannot justify the means
It is axiomatic that the ends can never justify the means in any course of action however laudable the objective may be. The current operation launched by the…
- Thoughts from London
Red Sea alert: Standing foreign policy on its head
Was the Sri Lanka government’s decision to throw in its lot with the US-led initiative against the Houthis in the growing conflict in the Red Sea just a…
- Lobby
2024 begins with a bang: A shock resignation and host of new bills passed
By Sandun Jayawardana Parliament’s first sitting week in 2024 got off to an explosive start, with a shock resignation and a flurry of legislative activity, as a host…
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The buzz of Colomboscope will soon be on
Colombo will be the artistic hub from January 19-28 as a series of exciting events unfolds with Colomboscope, the interdisciplinary art festival that has served…
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Appreciations
Thai Pongal, a tribute to the Sun God
KALA, new platform for South Asian art kicks off with exhibition
It all started with a ‘painting’ that was in fact embroidery
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Her crowning moment off the stage
Reigning Mrs. Australia World, Nilupuli Karunarathne, who has Lankan roots, talks of her determination to overcome postpartum depression and her charitable platform “Empowering Mothers” By…
‘How Great Thou Art’: The De Lanerolle Brothers mark 15 years
Timeless hits with Rukshan and his brother Melantha
Violinist Ambi Subramanium to perform at ‘Pera’
Rajitha returns with a mini festival of award winning plays
‘Kathuru Mithuru’ passes century
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Reminiscences of iconic Sri Lankan scribe, Siri Ranasinghe and his mighty pen
By Athula Ranasinghe Sri Jayewardenepura University bestowed due honour and felicitation to Siri Ranasinghe (SR) who…
Launch of Sunshine Medical Oncology Services
Grazioso 2023; a Choral show
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Global thoughts: International environmental law, local legal framework
A guest lecture entitled ‘Incorporation of International Environmental Law Principles into Sri Lankan Legal Framework’ by…
Govt. approves university staff recruitment
India offers scholarships to study Hindi in Agra
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Her crowning moment off the stage
Reigning Mrs. Australia World, Nilupuli Karunarathne, who has Lankan roots, talks of her determination to overcome…
