The Sundaytimes Sri Lanka

Sanga sets the field for Lanka’s cricketing future

A powerful provincial system with clubs being given the decision-makers role together with some fine-tuning of…

Colombo blooms, but for some it’s only doom

New pavements, new roundabouts, restoration of old buildings; Colombo city is undergoing a metamorphosis and is…

Power from gliricidia project in Yala alarms nature lovers

Will “green energy” be produced after destroying valuable forest cover at Amarawewa adjacent to the Yala…

Malala’s father: ‘When she fell, Pakistan stood and the world rose’

LONDON, Oct 26 (AFP) – Pakistan’s response to the shooting of the schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai by…

Can this giant ball rid the world of landmines?

It might look like an unused prop from the Star Wars films, but this giant ball…

Moving both body and mind

The 12 women in Venuri Perera’s weekly movement class at the Halfway Home in Mulleriyawa are…

Rag: Raw, energetic appeal against campus violence

I first saw this play in 2004 when it was in an embryonic stage. At the…

Old pirivena turns new page with English Daham Pasela

Sitting in tranquillity at the corner where Pepiliyana Road meets the busy Piliyandala Road at Pepiliyana,…

No mountain high enough

Johann Peries says he never seriously considered turning back from the summit of Imja Tse or…

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News

Struggle to avert a fuel shortage

Hurt by a refinery closure and US sanctions on Iran,…

TNA splits 4-1 on registration

Kudankulam: Govt. steps up dpl efforts

Lanka set to face HR salvos in Geneva

Another large-scale VAT fraud uncovered

Idle mobile phone numbers sold to new applicants

Lustful cops seek sex as bribe

Curious case of a dead ringer and a dead man walking

Teacher unions give Govt. two weeks to act or face boycott

Two UNP MPs say ready to face party inquiry

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Sports

Sanga sets the field for Lanka’s cricketing future

ICC cricketer of the year stresses the need for a path-breaking change

A powerful provincial system with clubs being given the decision-makers role together with some fine-tuning of our school cricket system could rejuvenate Sri Lanka’s cricket…

The murder of Test cricket has begun

Sri Lankan cricket authorities have created a Test drought next…

Lankans flying high with three wins

S. Thomas’ vs. Trinity soccer battle on Tuesday

Amritraj was not a minnow in a giant’s world

SriLankan Airlines retain swimming Championship

Mathew’s ready to begin his journey

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Business Times

Mobile phones: Safe or unsafe

Sujeewa Karunasekera, CEO Softlogic Communications speaks at a panel discussion organized by the Sunday Times Business Club on Thursday on the safe use of mobile…

Tax noose tightens round errant wholesale and retail traders

The noose is tightening on wholesale and retail traders as…

LOLC pulls out of Fitch rating contract

Pearson Lanka plans to hire 150 IT engineers in 2013

Rs 300,000 monthly wage for typists, stenographers!

Govt. keen on more new companies in the stock market

Life gets that much harder for NRFC holders

Creation of assets and maintenance of assets

Sri Lanka: From tailor-shop to own brands

SLIC’s ‘strong’ competitive position to continue : RAM

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Sunday Times E-Paper

Editorial

India’s nuclear fallout: Raise the bar to political level

The Indian Government’s plans to expand its nuclear energy programme by establishing 48 new reactors throughout the sub-continent, more than double of what it has, is already causing ripples within that country. It will also be cause for concern for Sri Lanka whose population is less than 160 kms from…

Columns

5th Column
Unlucky number 13

“Thaaththa,” Bindu Udagedera asked, “what is all this fuss about the Constitution?” “Some people,” Bindu’s father Percy explained, “want the thirteenth amendment to the Constitution removed.” “Why do…
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Political Column
Govt. faces crisis after crisis, but rides on

World attention will be on Sri Lanka again on Thursday November 1. The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva will review the country’s record during a…
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The Economic Analysis
Good governance vital for export growth

When economists focus on the need for good governance, rule of law, law and order, property rights and meaningful steps to mitigate corruption, there must surely be serious…
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Lobby
Morally bankrupt Govt. stoops to conduct unbecoming

An adjournment debate in Parliament on Thursday, moved by Democratic National Alliance (DNA) MP Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, on the attack on Judicial Services Commission (JSC) Secretary on October…
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Focus on Rights
Potentially disastrous powder kegs waiting to blow

Six months ago, Sri Lankans were unpleasantly galvanized by the spectacle of Budddhist monks led by the Chief Incumbent of the Rangiri Dambulla Vihare, Inamaluwe Sumangala Thero marching…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
President acts fast on child’s plea

Widely acknowledged both by ruling party as well as opposition members for his excellent public relations skills, President Mahinda Rajapaksa, has for some time now embarked on a…
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Plus

‘I’ve got people to think with my ink’

Over his career as a political cartoonist spanning three decades, 57-year-old Kevin Kallaugher (known fondly to newspaper readers the world over as KAL) has caricatured everyone of consequence-both…

A jeweller discovers the artist in him

He stumbles out of bed at 1 a.m and almost sleepwalks to the studio on the rooftop. It doesn’t matter that the rest of Colombo is in deep…

Letters to the Editor

Please make fare meters mandatory in trishaws Being sickly septuagenarians, my ever loving and I are compelled to depend on three-wheeler drivers for transport. Trying to find a…

Appreciations

It was an honour to have known such a couple Cyril Herath and Ranee Herath Ranee Herath passed away on August 6, only a few weeks before the…

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