Light fails certain Peterite victory
Bad light may have prevented St. Peter’s the joy of celebrating a thrilling victory but unsporty…
Trincomalee’s long road from ethnic conflict to ethnic harmony
Seven years after the war, the Trincomalee district, one of the biggest multi-ethnic regions in Sri…
Emergency Budget: Cabinet approves sweeping tax reforms
PM presents 9-page document to meet global economic crisis and clean up colossal liabilities Capital Gains…
Haggala Gardens an attraction sans basic facilities
The 145-year-old Haggala Gardens in Nuwara Eliya, is one of the key attractions for local as…
Whatever happened to poor old Wignes in the northern peninsula?
Perhaps it’s the long exposure to the balmy breeze that blows in from the Indian Ocean.…
Postive space for free expression
The 80 club was loud for a Sunday, last week. Drum sticks and open guitar cases…
A play on a taboo theme ‘Gabsawa’, a new production
After a long silence Gabsawa, (Abortion) the play that won State Awards as well as Independent…
A good ole dose of nostalgia
It’s no revelation that Colombo’s theatre-goers love a good musical. In two weeks time, a mixed…
Saptha Rangi School of Dance marks 25th anniversary
The Saptha Rangi School of Dance presents its first ‘Pahimpath Mangalaya’ to mark its 25th anniversary…
News
More paddy, more problems
While the Government today launches a massive programme to make agriculture free of chemicals, the paddy storage problem has reached boiling point. Thousands of farmers…
Foreign company out; local builders get contract for 65,000 houses in NE
The Government has decided to award a project to construct…
Another mini budget to raise government revenue
Singapore-style online tax system
Farmers continue protests, reject President’s offer
Major drive to detoxify Lanka begins today
Indians confess to surgical removal of their kidneys: Police
Poaching crisis: NPC tells Govt. to get tough
NIC at 15 years under amended Registration of Persons Act
PM sends for SL’s Diplomats for a 3-day brainwashing
Sweeping public sector reforms coming
Dondra fishermen protest attack by Indian fishermen
Senior DIG to interview minister over Sunday night accident
Parliament sittings extended for “Joint Opposition” Group to have its say
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Mendis, Kaluperuma and Aravinda to prop SLC’s sagging fortunes
By the time the defense ICC T-20 World title is done and dusted by the end of March, it is likely that cricket’s on field…
110th Battle of the North: Johnians have the edge over rivals Centralites
Like in the major parts of the island where schools…
99th Big Match at Asgiriya : Trinity and St. Anthony’s are different as chalk and cheese
Ananda take honours on opening day
St. Sylvester’s approach Big Match against Vidyartha with confidence
137th Battle of the Blues: No smoking please – this game is bound to get too hot
Pawan wafts as Lahiru makes formal warning
St. Sebastian’s come out favourites
Light fails certain Peterite victory
Tamil Union crush Galle CC with a day to spare
Madawa, Nipun help Bloomfield fight back
Keen tussle expected at Kurunegala
Looking to break the fourteen year hoodoo
Inter Bank Badminton from today
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Getting ready to fly
A happy youngster carries his kite just before flying it at the golf course of the Shangri-La’s Resort and Spa, Hambantota where the hotel management…
Seylan in merger talks with NDB
The National Development Bank (NDB) would hopefully be third time…
Rubber to be grown in the North
Hambantota Port tender process under question
‘Suspicion’ over recent Treasury bond purchases
15% special interest rate soon at finance companies
Fitch rating downgrade further narrows SL’s foreign finance avenues
Path-breaking Maths method developed by Sri Lankan could help weak Maths students worldwide
50 years in tourism: Is Sri Lanka marketed properly?
Treasury calls for brainstorming by industry experts on widening tax base
Tech Pacific Lanka wins Emerson Excellence Award
NDB’s new “shake the phone” app
AIA’s football and yoga activities in Jaffna
Kia Motors (Lanka) supports training at Technical Colleges
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Editorial
Fertilizer subsidy; IMF and new agri-culture
The price of fertilizer may not interest most except that it will affect rice, fruit and vegetable production and therefore hit their stomachs at some stage. Vegetable farmers in Bandarawela, Welimada, Keppetipola in the central highlands and Hambantota in the south, worst hit by a shortage and paddy cultivators in the…
Columns
- Political Column
Emergency Budget: Cabinet approves sweeping tax reforms
PM presents 9-page document to meet global economic crisis and clean up colossal liabilities Capital Gains Tax to be reintroduced on higher echelons of society to balance direct…
- 5th Column
Gone are the days
My Dear Lucky, I hope you don’t mind me writing a letter to you at a time when everyone is concerned about the kind of letters you write…
- The Economic Analysis
Two successive annual trade deficits exceeding US$8 billion weaken BOP
Trade deficits of over US$ 8 billion in 2014 and 2015 were primarily responsible for the current balance of payments difficulties. Despite the precipitous fall in oil prices…
- Sunday Punch
Whatever happened to poor old Wignes in the northern peninsula?
Perhaps it’s the long exposure to the balmy breeze that blows in from the Indian Ocean. Or the cultivated taste for the Palmyrah treacle that flows liberally to…
- Focus on Rights
The ‘rainbow revolution’s ‘Satakaya’ infiltration
In a typical twist of Sri Lankan humor, there is a sardonic caricature doing the rounds of Ministers in the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe coalition government sporting a ‘satakaya’, the habitual…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
FM blunder: New Zealand PM billed for Taj stay
Whilst Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera is away on official foreign jaunts, ministry officials tasked for responsible jobs seem to be lost. An embarrassing incident for both the Government…
- Thoughts from London
When higher education turns into wrong highway
When the current government assumed power in the name of the National Unity Government last August, portfolios multiplied faster than rabbits. The numbers far exceeded what the public…
Plus
My experience of Independence
Every performing artist dreams of that one event. One opportunity that changes the course of his or her destiny. That one unforgettable and special song/dance/painting/sculpture/role or oration that…
Get to Pitipane today to pick up the plastic
What would the world be like without plastic? Although our day-to- day lives would be affected badly if plastic suddenly ceased to exist, the planet would definitely benefit…
‘Often it’s only me and the Morning Star’
If you’ve ever sat at your desk, gazed out of the window and yearned to take the road less travelled, Cecil Perera is a man after your own…
A haven on Koggala Lake
Arriving at Tri Lanka it was easy to see why there has been so much hype surrounding the opening of this new luxury eco resort. Set on Koggala…
Magazine
Pose like an Oscar winner
The teapot You know this one — you’ve probably done it yourself. One hand on the hip, one leg jutting forward, knee slightly bent. ‘This is…
Keep a date with Date Bar
The Noise is back
Raising the bar for the local cinema industry
Severely warned
Postive space for free expression
‘Sinha Wisea’ Cricketers sing for their Cup
Grammy winner Hussain Jiffry at Curve Tapas Bar
‘Segawunu Mitiyawatha’ Experimenting on a new cinema
Applications calling for theatre workshop
In search of real lovers
A play on a taboo theme ‘Gabsawa’, a new production
Jetwing Jaffna: The splendour of the North
First ‘Cinnamon products’ Boutique inaugurated
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Maldives and Sri Lanka: Democracy between a rock and a hard place
The signs are unmistakable. Defensiveness edged with barely veiled annoyance underlies the responses of the Maldivian…
Aping the Americans
The invisible star
More Sunday Times 2 >>Mirror
Raising the bar for the local cinema industry
Young director Daevinda Kongahage’s debut movie, ‘Bhavatharna’ (Crossing Sansara) was adjudged the Best Film at the…
Severely warned
Postive space for free expression
More Mirror >>TV Times
‘Sinha Wisea’ Cricketers sing for their Cup
‘Sinha Wisea’ (lion’s roar) is the latest World Cup song to hit the Sri Lankan air…
Grammy winner Hussain Jiffry at Curve Tapas Bar
‘Segawunu Mitiyawatha’ Experimenting on a new cinema
More TV Times >>Funday Times
Live Parrot Story
(For Amara, Lakshna, Layla and Nayantara) Pethammah made steady progress over Monday and Malar was delighted…