Is LPL running in the right direction?
The Lanka Premier League (LPL) finds itself in unprecedented territory following the termination of franchise agreements…
The Sri Lankan mission speaks of its work in quake-struck Myanmar
By Dilushi Wijesinghe Across Nay Pyi Taw, multi-storey housing complexes had crumbled, their ground floors…
Homagama gets antlers in a tangle over deer
By Kasun Warakapitiya The Department of Wildlife Conservation is in a dilemma over the rising numbers…
Election campaigning continues on Workers’ Day
Major political parties held their traditional May Day rallies in the backdrop of a looming local…
Kandy’s 10-day garbage pile a lingering headache for council
By Kasun Warakapitiya The Kandy Municipal Council is still grappling with the segregation of nearly 500,000…
Largescale logging racket raided within buffer zone of Wilpattu
Wildlife officers surprised that it had gone undetected by nearby Navy camp By Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe …
Police to expand CCTV traffic offender detection islandwide
By Sandun Jayawardana Police are planning to gradually expand using CCTV cameras to identify traffic violations…
SAB Campus Gavel Club Celebrates Charter Installation and Executive Committee Induction at CA Sri Lanka
The SAB Campus Gavel Club celebrated a major milestone with its Charter Installation Ceremony, held on…
Lyceum Campus Celebrates a Proud Milestone at Annual Awards Ceremony
The Lyceum Campus Awards Ceremony was held with great pride and grandeur, celebrating the achievements of…
‘Nelum Kuluna’ passes 50 days
Special offer for film goers By Susitha R. Fernando I lango Ram’s debut success ‘Nelum…
FTAs: Substitute for free trade?
Our discussion last week on ‘Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) as a missed opportunity for Sri Lanka…
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Sarnath Buddha relics in Viet Nam
As part of the United Nations Vesak celebration in Viet Nam, the sacred Buddha relics has been brought from Sarnath’s Mulaghandha Kuty Vihara built by…
Outrage as Buddhist relics go under the hammer in Hong Kong
By Graham Dixon in London Next week (May 7), on the eve of Vesak, Sotheby’s, the well-known British-founded brokers of fine arts, collectibles, and jewellery,…
Hambantota refinery and Port City logistics centre projects face delays over new demands
Two Chinese projects—the proposed Sinopec oil refinery in Hambantota and a logistics centre at the Colombo Port—are still stuck in the pipeline, largely over benefits…
Search op at BIA after India’s terror warning
Sirisena suicide attack suspects in remand for 16 years
Universities to get anti-ragging officers with added power
Felicitation ceremony to honour Ven. Pallegama Hemarathana Thera
SLFEA suspends air ticket purchases from private sector for workers travelling to Israel, S. Korea
Govt. plans talks with China Exim Bank to resume work on Central Expressway
In few districts, crop pest count verification not complete
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Is LPL running in the right direction?
Delayed player payments; 16 ownership changes over five seasons
The Lanka Premier League (LPL) finds itself in unprecedented territory following the termination of franchise agreements with the Jaffna Kings and Colombo Strikers for “violating…
Sri Lanka’s Dinara bags successive ITF Junior title
Sri Lanka’s Dinara de Silva, who bagged the ITF Junior…
Sir Geoffrey Boycott: After everything I’ve been through, I wouldn’t be against assisted dying
Trinity overcome S. Thomas’ to reach Knockout semis
Disturbing pattern of ragging in schools must end
Clinical Bangladesh thrash Sri Lanka by 146 runs in fourth Youth ODI
Petes defeat Joes to retain Rev. Fr. Peter A. Pillai Shield
Christ King claim victory of inaugural Battle of the Crowns
Sri Lanka meet New Zealand as history made at Nittawela today
Appeal Court rejects Maxwell’s relief request
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Promoting local brands
The Global Franchise Forum (GFF) 2025 was held for the first time in Sri Lanka at the Sheraton Hotel in Colombo recently where buyers and…
Women want job security, tariffs’ crisis affect 6 m dependents
Women working in Sri Lanka’s key export industries numbering nearly 1 million are likely to face job cuts and loss of incomes if the 44…
Forex bottleneck deters foreign firms from MCB listing
Over 20 companies have expressed interest in listing on the Dollar Board of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), but major exchange control red tape is…
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
Politics of Local Council polls
Next week’s long, long overdue local government elections are considered more of a popular litmus test of the eight-month-old JVP/NPP Government than about electing more than 8,000 councillors to 339 councils at the ‘grassroots’. Whether the voters who gave the incumbents an overwhelming victory to high office last year are…
Columns
- Political Commentary
Tuesday’s local council polls serve as a testing ground for political parties
Ruling NPP/JVP likely to win most councils despite concerns over a possible dent in its popularity Big tussle for second place between faltering SJB and resurgent SLPP Presence…
- 5th Column
Look around, and vote
My dear exhausted voter, I am writing to you at a time when you are supposed to go and vote to choose your local government representatives in a…
- The Economic Analysis
Increasing exports: A tough task amid tariff uncertainties and recessionary conditions
The only certainty in the current global economy is its uncertainty. Our exports could be seriously eroded by the high US tariffs imposed on our exports, as the…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Motor Traffic Dept. on bribe-free road
The Department of Motor Traffic has begun the process of making the place ‘bribe free’ by putting up signs saying, “Offering and accepting a bribe is a punishable…
- Focus on Rights
The NPP’s May Day rally; reflections on the slavishness of Sri Lankans
President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka’s ringing claim during the National People’s Power (NPP) May Day rally at the Galle Face Green this Thursday that his Government had ‘established the…
- Sunday Punch
What’s so darn secret about Indo-Lanka Defence Pact?
As India and Pakistan spar for war, where does Lanka stand? What’s so secret about the defence pact—and six others—signed with India’s Narendra Modi that it has to…
- In the National Interest
IMF offers a glimmer of hope in the struggle to mitigate impact of US imposed reciprocal tariffs
In the grand chessboard of global trade, it is often the small and vulnerable economies that become collateral damage. Sri Lanka, still reeling from the most severe economic…
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A tale of two babies and a dedicated team
Whispered endearments interspersed with light fairy kisses atop a tiny head of a baby girl held close by her mother! The common and simple portrayal…
Ruwanthi returns to cinema with Italian director Pasolini
Letters to the Editor
‘High life’ in a high-rise in Colombo
Barefoot unfurls its unique looks
Gratiaen shortlist: Two fresh voices amid familiar names making a comeback
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Encounter with wild beauty
Arrenga Nadaraja explores the little visited Lahugala National Park On a warm morning at the end of March looking to escape the stifling Colombo heat,…
Exciting new Karaoke Bar in Rajagiriya
‘Nelum Kuluna’ passes 50 days
A premiere of a bold political Satire
Vidusha Rajaguru: Rock vocal power house
‘Thuderbolts’ brings Marvel comic characters back
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Community Life Saver Programme launched in Puttalam
As per the memorandum of understanding signed between Sri Lanka Jama’athe Islami (SLJI)b and the Sarvodaya…
AAUPCC office bearers 2025/2026
Golden jubilee of Pera 1975 batch
More Sunday Times 2 >>Education
Be prepared: Scouts to the fore
The awarding of scout/Guide leaders membership badges of the Ruhunu National College of Education took place…
Provincial primary and secondary schools to be developed
Education Ministry cancels transfer of land
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Encounter with wild beauty
Arrenga Nadaraja explores the little visited Lahugala National Park On a warm morning at the end…
