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Yala really gone to the wilds!

A recent visit to our premier national park reveals many woes. Hiranthi Fernando reports Is the…

Does it still hold pride of place?

25 years after her first read of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Chandani Kirinde picks up…

A friend in an insider’s city�

With so much to do, see and eat in Colombo, � �Yamu.lk breaks it all down…

Competition is nigh and stakes are high

Dance Fest 2013 will bring together student teams from schools in Colombo and beyond for four…

With a little help from my friends

In 2005, two professional women, both survivors of breast cancer helped form “Mithuruwela”, �the first support…

Iraq at the brink: A decade after the

By Ramzy Baroud Soon after the joint US-British bombing campaign ‘Operation Desert Fox’ devastated parts of…

Money, money, money, not so funny in poor parents’ world

The recent case of a girl allegedly stealing coconuts to meet a school payment has raised…

Football’s lessons from the past

By Subhani Hassimdeen� Football has, for some considerable time, been popular sport among the people of…

Flying a 100 years aboard Sri Lankan skies

By Sunimalee Dias Flying is a daring experience and it stays with you even if you…

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Ranil moots body to monitor LLRC

Opposition United National Party Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday called for the appointment of a committee comprising government, opposition and civil society members to monitor the…

Saudi Arabia hits back

Saudi Arabia has recalled its ambassador, Abdulaziz bin Abdul-Rahman Al…

3,000 drunk drivers lose points

Electricity tariff hikes of 25 pc likely

Journalist shot and seriously wounded for investigative article

Female visitors do not come here to be harassed

Britain mulls attendance at CHOGM: Burt

800 acres for huge projects in Hambantota

Lawyer dies in hit-and-run accident

Lankans of foreign citizenship can now buy land here

A song for the children from Country Roads

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Sports

Mission possible – 2013 version

There was a fresh breath of air on Thursday when the newly formed Sanath Jayasuriya and Co came up with their new lineup of players…

CWW who? Drub Trinity lions

All-Island Under-20 Sevens rugby tournament By Naushad Amit Reigning champions…

St. Anthony’s shot out for 35 as Joes cruise to victory

Sylvestrians in a spot of bother

Ian and Udara in record 309 stand for Ragama CC

34th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2013

Tournaments or traditional friendlies give better value?

IMF says no to budget support due to timing issue

By Duruthu Edirimuni Chandrasekera Inconclusive negotiations over a specified time period to implement a set of reforms were amongst the multiple reasons that talks between…

SL seeks other options to raise US$1 bln

Says Not prepared to bow to conditional aid By Bandula…

SLAITO focus on marketing Jaffna

Rising cost of living makes Government unpopular, BT-RCB poll reveals

Mystery as Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals rise amidst falling occupancy levels

What’s the real story over failed loan bid?

Death of local apparel manufacturing is nigh

Rs 64.7 bln spent on advertising in 2012, top ad official says

Australian grant to help 4 mln Sri Lankan students

Deccan airline renamed ‘Simplifly’

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Sunday Times E-Paper

Editorial

Diplomatic masochism for nationalistic support

Whether we like it or not, Sri Lanka’s economy and therefore the wellbeing of its citizens are inexorably intertwined with the outside world.�We might want to be economically developed like Singapore, but fortunately we do not have to wholly depend on the outside world for our existence. And yet, there…

Columns

5th Column
Running away from politics, Angelo!

My Dear Angelo, I thought I must write to you when I heard that you had been appointed to that all important position of Sri Lanka’s cricket captain.…
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Political Column
Crisis after crisis: C’wealth, Geneva and anti-Muslim campaign

Human Rights chief takes Lankan issue to UN Security Council, tough US resolution drafted and ready External Affairs Ministry mess up CHOGM issue; Ministerial Action Group may reconsider…
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The Economic Analysis
IMF loan: Paradox of high reserves and further borrowing

The Government’s request for a further US$ 1.5 billion loan from the IMF has been turned down on two grounds: that the IMF does not provide budget support…
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Focus on Rights
The games that these people play

As we await with breathtaking suspense the coming of yet another ‘procedural’ resolution in Geneva, there is a certain exquisite irony to the manner in which the Mahinda…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Jetsetter GL gets high-flying advice in Brasilia

That Sri Lanka’s External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris loves to jet set from one world capital to another is too well known. �So much so, it was the…
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From the sidelines
It’s called diplomacy, stupid

From the sidelines�By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya The communications activities of the Ministry of External Affairs got off to a flying start this week with Secretary Karunatilleke Amunugama declaring that…
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An indelible imprint

Long years ago a young boy, Malagalage Don Gunasena’s fascination with the many presses on Dam Street soon turned into a vision and today M.D. Gunasena & Company,…

Letters to the editor

‘Room service’ and other forms of corruption in prisons The article “National malaise – corrupt prisons” (Sunday Times, December 30), and a smaller story titled “Countering the enemy…

Appreciations

Gifted, modest teacher who brought out the music in us Seetha Hallock God gave me a wonderful gift at birth – and then guided my parents to Mrs.…

Yala really gone to the wilds!

A recent visit to our premier national park reveals many woes. Hiranthi Fernando reports Is the country’s best known and most visited national park losing its appeal? Reports…

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