Contradictions over SLPP’s support for President at upcoming poll
Mahinda and Basil Rajapaksa appear to be backing Ranil, but Namal talks about a separate candidate Major…
The koha’s song – are we hearing it less during Avurudu?
By Malaka Rodrigo The koha’s song, renowned for being the melody of ‘Avurudu’, traditionally heralds the…
Ariyaratne’s last rites held amidst large crowd
The funeral of Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement founder Dr. Ahangamage Tudor Ariyaratne took place yesterday at Independence…
SLC to enhance fees of women cricketers
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will look at a significant increase in match and contract fees for…
Winds of war far from their minds as diplomats take a shot at Avurudu games
Text and Pix by M.A. Pushpa Kumara While the rest of the world is on edge…
Uma Oya: Benefits begin to flow but key issues not fully addressed
Electricity generation underway; paddy lands are being irrigated, but residents say problems persist over water scarcity…
Iran-Israel conflict: Lankan workers face no immediate threat, says ambassador
By Sandun Jayawardana There is no immediate threat to Sri Lankans in Israel following tit-for-tat military…
SL Catholic Church to take first steps seeking canonisation of Easter Sunday attack victims
Today marks five years since the attacks that claimed nearly 200 lives By S. Rubatheesan Sri…
Gateway Students Shine at The Trinity Sri Lanka Awards Day
In a resounding display of talent and dedication, students from Gateway School of Speech and Drama…
Finding your own personal style
From sharing her outfits on Instagram to becoming an influencer and entrepreneur, Tina Abeysekara talks of how her…
Sri Lanka’s 57-year old dream
On the 8th of August 1967, delegates led by the foreign ministers of five Southeast Asian…
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Colombo-based foreign diplomats came out of their busy schedule for National New Year fun and games organised by the Foreign Ministry at the Police Park…
Law to seize proceeds of crime
On IMF guidance, major new moves to confiscate ill-gotten wealth By Namini Wijedasa President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe have jointly presented to…
Iran’s President coming on Wednesday notwithstanding West Asian crisis
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi will arrive in the country as previously scheduled on Wednesday for an overnight state visit when he will also inaugurate the…
Thousands fall prey to massive SMS fraud using Postal Dept. as a front
Several Govt. websites face danger of attack
Justice Ameer Ismail passes away
Domestic, Indian suitors woo insurer’s hand in second marriage
The koha’s song – are we hearing it less during Avurudu?
Hometown mourns ‘Chandi Mahattaya’, the good-hearted rebel
Ariyaratne’s last rites held amidst large crowd
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SLC to enhance fees of women cricketers
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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will look at a significant increase in match and contract fees for women cricketers as an incentive to the players who…
SLC part ways with Nawaz; Kandamby to fill in
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has parted ways with Naveed Nawaz,…
Dinesh and Chamindu lead HNB ‘B’ to victory
Favourites reach Cup quarters
HSBC’s 3rd edition of Future Lions Golf launched
Olympian ‘Ethir’ passes away
Dream come true for shuttler Viren
Patel’s legal team files motion to lift travel ban
Mahela-Sanga Challenge Trophy next weekend
Cassian House wins the overall championship at St. Benedict’s Sports Meet
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Demand for higher plantation wages
Plantation workers, in a rare protest in Colombo, on Friday assembled in the capital to demand higher wages. They are seeking a daily wage of…
Forthcoming elections might affect debt talks – former Treasury Secy
Sri Lanka and its external bondholders are under immense compulsion to reach a consensus on the US$ 12 billion sovereign debt in the next few…
Financial crisis looms ahead amidst deadlocked debt talks
Sri Lanka could be facing another financial crisis with fund raising issues mainly from borrowings commencing by mid this year with political stagnation and periodic…
Thumping visa fees, hotel rates send travel industry reeling
Rupee, freight rates on stabilising path
Local firms explore fortunes in RE & manufacturing in Africa
No tensions too tough for Ceylon Tea
Tourism on a roll
Sri Lanka’s 57-year old dream
SL Climate Summit to show Green Growth is great for business
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Lanka-Iran relations in geopolitical cauldron
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi is due in Sri Lanka next week on a rare state visit abroad—unless unsettled circumstances in war-torn West Asia overtake events. Unlike in other constitutional presidencies, the Iranian President is not the numero uno of his country. That honour goes to its Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei…
Columns
- Political Commentary
Contradictions over SLPP’s support for President at upcoming poll
Mahinda and Basil Rajapaksa appear to be backing Ranil, but Namal talks about a separate candidate Major parties prepare for May Day as a test of strength for the…
- 5th Column
A case of the blues
My dear Satellite, I am writing to you after some time. That is after seeing you back in the limelight after many years, dabbling again in the affairs…
- The Economic Analysis
Celebrating the New Year amidst economic hardships and deprivations
The National New Year was celebrated this year in the traditional manner of observing nekath, or auspicious times, making kiribath and sweetmeats, and raban playing. From urban areas,…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Opposition party shaken by President’s move to allocate funds for some of its MPs
The move to allocate more than Rs. 300 million from the decentralised budget funds to a group of MPs from an opposition party on the instructions of President…
- Focus on Rights
Sri Lanka’s ‘sacred and the profane’ – the privilege of monks who thumb their noses at the law
That a State Minister has called upon President Ranil Wickremesinghe to pardon Gnanasara Thero now serving his most recent sentence of four years handed down by the Colombo…
- Sunday Punch
Tomb Palitha built for himself to spare family bother and expense
Former UNP Deputy Minister Paltha Thewapperuma had no pretensions of being an educated intellectual nor any claim to a distinguished pedigree. He was a grassroots son of the…
- In the National Interest
Expedite investigations into Easter Sunday attacks of April 2019 even at this late stage
Father Cyril Gamini Fernando who is the editor of the Catholic weekly Gnanartha Pradeepaya and also the spokesperson of Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith on matters relating to the Easter…
- Thoughts from London
India eyes empty island but is that all it wants
India’s new high commissioner to Colombo Santosh Jha is no stranger to Sri Lanka. He served here during the last years of the anti-LTTE war and a while…
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All that’s spicy and historical of cinnamon under one roof
The island’s first cinnamon museum (filling a major lacuna, as Sri Lanka alone gives the world the best and truest of this burnished spice) was…
Signal honour for her long struggle
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Much-needed chairs bring smiles to mothers at SJH children’s ward
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Finding your own personal style
From sharing her outfits on Instagram to becoming an influencer and entrepreneur, Tina Abeysekara talks of how her hobby became her career By Shanali Fernando Hydrologist turned…
Cheka returns with a rollercoaster thriller
‘DIAMONDS’ from Yohani with Edward Maya
Intrepid Travel Chairman and Co-Founder makes special visit to Sri Lanka
Rajitha’s ‘Nethuwa Beri Minihek’ goes to Negombo
From The 70’s to The Generation New
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Sri Lanka Chapter of WFSLM formed
To empower Muslim civil society, a steering committee of the Sri Lanka Chapter of the World…
40 years of priestly service
The urgency of sovereign-debt restructuring
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Gain an Accredited LLM Qualification with the University of London at RIC
The Master of Laws Programme offered by the University of London, conducted at Royal Institute of…
Gateway Students Shine at The Trinity Sri Lanka Awards Day
CurveUp takes its innovative educational programmes to the Gulf region
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Finding your own personal style
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