19 bridges to be mended with World Bank aid
By Kasun Warakapitiya The World Bank has allocated US$7.5 million (Rs 2.25 billion) to carry out…
Range Bandara’s remarks backfire: Parties get ready for presidential poll
Opposition political parties flay UNP General Secretary’s election-postponement suggestion NPP says comment was confirmation that Ranil fears…
Man caught smuggling 61 liquor bottles at BIA
Pix and text T K G Kapila Officials of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) arrested a…
Alert raised over recurrence of flu, rat fever, and dengue
Health professionals are expressing concern over a rise in seasonal illnesses as a result of the…
Authorities paying little heed to Negombo’s key waterways Maha Oya and Hamilton canal
The Maha Oya River and the historical Dutch Hamilton Canal in the Katana and Negombo Divisional…
Tourist spots battle sea
Text and Pix by Padma Kumari kankanamge and Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe The tourism industry in north…
Edith Cowan University Sri Lanka Campus Launched
Y61 Bachelor of Science (Nursing Studies) Edith Cowan University (ECU) Sri Lanka Campus, the fourth campus…
Dream to Become a Doctor? Here’s What You Need to Know
Embarking on the journey to becoming a doctor is a dream many students hold dearly. If…
Transformation of a crippled economy
Many of the discussions and comments in the political circles during the past two weeks were…
New visa fees slam growing tourism industry – SLAITO President
The new visa fees has adversely affected the tourism industry making life difficult to obtain a…
A blend of sumptuous music to unfold today
The main hall of the Goethe Institute with a black stage, a whiteboard and classroom chairs…
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Theatrics in the Thottam
Minister Thondaman explaining matters to police officers after a plantation company lodged a complaint over an alleged unruly incident involving the minister and estate workers.…
President orders vote-on-account after presidential poll
Bill will be in line with IMF programmes and provide funds for parliamentary elections By Damith Wickremasekara President Ranil Wickremesinghe has directed Finance Ministry officials to…
Jeevan,CWC members protest outside police station over dispute with estate company
By Kasun Warakapitiya and Shelton Hettiaarachchi Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure Development Minister Jeevan Thondaman yesterday staged a protest in front of the Nuwara Eliya Police…
Govt orders completion of projects within two months
PR visa for overseas citizens of Lankan descent
SC directs NPC to take disciplinary action against officers who violated FR
Ramya wins Gratiaen Prize for 2023
Champika says his party will convert temporary stability to permanent, sustainable one
FM hails late French ambassador’s non-interfering diplomatic demeanour
Customs foil gem smuggling bid at BIA
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Sri Lanka eye important win in T20 WC opener
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Sri Lanka has not been this confident ahead of a major international tournament for at least a decade. As they prepare to take on South…
SLC to revamp domestic tournaments focusing quality
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has implemented further amendments to its…
Tharushi, Darshana strike gold in Thaiwan
AG directs CID to delve into NOC following RTI carp
Arrest of NOC Media Manager opens can of worms
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Sri Lanka can bank on heavy seam attack
Alleged match-fixers further remanded
Yupun in action today at Stockholm Diamond League
No Olympic hope for Sri Lanka men’s 4x400m relay quartet
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Business plan training workshop
Over 30 collectors from Colombo and Gampaha districts benefited from a 3-day Business Plan Training Workshop, a joint initiative by Acted Sri Lanka and the…
Special committee rejects 70% pay hike for CB staff
The much criticised and unprecedented 70 per cent salary hike proposed for Central Bank employees has been rejected and reversed to previous levels on the…
Mystery of the missing 5000 state vehicles
The Auditor General’s office has underscored the need to find over 5000 state-owned vehicles missing from the relevant automobile fleets of state institutions and worth…
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
Irrational referendum and its rationale
The UNP General Secretary caused some excitement for a few hours earlier in the week with a proposal that went viral. His proposal to postpone elections by two years through a Parliamentary vote followed by a Referendum would normally have been dismissed as a somewhat deranged suggestion, except for the…
Columns
- Political Commentary
Range Bandara’s remarks backfire: Parties get ready for presidential poll
Opposition political parties flay UNP General Secretary’s election-postponement suggestion NPP says comment was confirmation that Ranil fears defeat at poll; SJB says no constitutional provision to put off the…
- 5th Column
One country, one law
Apey Mahanayake hamuduruwaney, I thought of writing to you after seeing that you had written to Uncle Ranil requesting that Gnanasara hamuduruwo be offered a pardon. Reading that…
- The Economic Analysis
Plantation wage increase reasonable but financially unaffordable
President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s promise of increasing the daily wage of plantation workers to Rs 1,700, though socially desirable, could make the plantations economically non-viable. How this wage hike…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Excise Dept. and NATA in spirited clash over Happy Hour liquor ban
Excise Commissioner General M. J. Gunasiri is to discuss the possibility of permitting “happy hour,” the time when alcoholic drinks are served at discounted rates, at establishments with…
- Focus on Rights
Elections or no elections, the tragic consequences of political anarchy
As South Africa readies itself for an election result poised to dislodge the ruling African National Congress (ANC) from a comfortable majority perch in an unprecedented turn of…
- Sunday Punch
Range Bandara ends up with egg on his face after failed test ploy
General Secretary of the UNP, Ranga Bandara has received egg on his face in abundance for trying awfully hard to make history repeat itself by suggesting this year’s…
- Thoughts from London
Long live dictatorship of the boorucrats
It used to be said in days gone by that the United Nation’s chamber in New York used to come alive when it anticipated a verbal clash between…
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Saving a sanctuary
Some of the sun-baked plains within the Anavilundawa Bird Sanctuary located between Chilaw and Puttalam are not verdant and lush, but shimmer white in the…
Cartier-Bresson’s visit to Ceylon and his studies in portraiture
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“ESCAPE: Stories of Survivors,” at the Lionel Wendt
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Carving out his own visual space
Arjuna Gunarathne’s new exhibition Outline that opened on May 21 at the Saskia Fernando Gallery presents a fantastical imagination through which the artist essays the…
Café vibes and a taste of Vietnamese and Mexican
Sam’s Jungle of the jungle longlisted for WIA
Sri Lankan film ‘Sheysha’ wins ‘Best Dance Film’ at Cannes
‘Shahi Mughal Dastarkhwan’ cuisine at Courtyard by Marriott Colombo
Dulan ARX hit the top again with ‘Mandire Hade’
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Gold standard in norms but double standards in practice: The need to reboot multilateralism
Sri Lanka’s former Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara delivered the inaugural Jayantha Dhanapala memorial oration organised by…
Parallels from the Jewish scriptures
Clean drinking water for Vijayaraja Maha Vidyalaya, Kalinga Ela, Polonnaruwa
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Next steps: The future’s not ours to see?
The much awaited results of the GCE Advanced Level Examination were released on Friday (31). A…
SAITM, NFTH to be allocated to Moratuwa Uni by August: President’s Secretary
Teachers’ unions show split, counter claims by factions
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Carving out his own visual space
Arjuna Gunarathne’s new exhibition Outline that opened on May 21 at the Saskia Fernando Gallery presents…
