The Sunday Times Sri Lanka

Christmas Carols at the Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour

Christmas Carols at the Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour, held on December 10, 2016. Pix…

Away from the world, for the sake of the world

As men, women and children in Sri Lanka as well as the far corners of the…

Finally the arrival: That deflating and exhilarating feeling

It is the morning of Day 2 and the family noises become more prominent. The children…

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News

Christmas: The cattleshed and the crib

With the birth of Jesus Christ in a Bethlehem cattle shed being the spiritual centerpiece of Christmas, this scene is portrayed in big or small…

Huge fuel bill mars President’s Iran visit

Ahead of a proposed visit to Iran by President…

Festival hampers or other gifts are bribes, state employees warned

President joins Polonnaruwa farmers in praying for rain

Alleged Indian embezzler wanted to open bank in Lanka

Drug stocks replenished to combat dengue

Photo focus: Horiwila -a new world heritage site for Lanka

PMB stocks to be released to private mills

Ads for prefabricated houses but opposition continues

SriLankan Airlines: No decision yet on who gets the deal

Motion to probe Central Bank purchase of overseas offices

Norway extends support for SLPI activities

An artificial or natural tree? That is the question

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Sports

Pavith, Dellon spin S. Thomas’ to an innings win

By M. Shamil Amit

Under-19 School Cricket

Left arm spinners Pavith Ratnayake and Dellon Peiris combined to steer S. Thomas’ to a convincing innings and 94 runs over Anuradhapura Central in their…

Havelocks, Navy, Kandy, CR are early frontrunners

The more things change, the more they remain the same.…

Volleyball to be removed as National Sport

The Sumathipala cricket doctrine and the great divide

Serious contenders head and shoulders above ‘also ran’

St Peter’s ‘B’, Prince of Wales ‘B’ in finals

MDS Fencing Club comes out on top

Prince of Wales, Tissa MMV in finals

Biathle Gold for Nuwan Kumara in Goa

Airmen, women sailors win Tug-O-War titles

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SLBA conducts Level 1 training course

Business Times

Christmas is here!

A family looks at a Christmas tree and other decorations at the Christmas Fest organised by the Tourism Ministry at the Indeoendence Arcade in Colombo…

No ‘Santa’ for public servants

Sri Lanka’s anti-graft body has come down firmly on gifts…

CB orders curbs on Perpetual Treasuries

Drop in tourist arrivals in Q1 2017

Tea budget proposal for discussion in January

Govt. committee to probe BOC-Seylan transaction

Nairobi hub for Sierra Cables’ East African exports

First housing scheme for old, retired couples in Jaffna

Bangladesh’s Gemcon Group retains MTI for 8th consulting project

Fresh blood, new thinking among ruling classes a must if country is to take off

CICT ‘Highly Commended’ at Lloyds List awards in Dubai

SLASSCOM’s “Future X” finals mobilizes new talent and innovative ventures

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2016 : Did the Govt. get it right — or wrong?

With 2016 coming to a close, the National Unity Government is fraught with internal strife not uncommon in coalitions in office for two years. The latest disagreement comes in the form of the proposed Development (Special Provisions) Bill mooted by the UNP segment in the Government but opposed rather strenuously…

Columns

Political Column
In a snapshot, big stories of the year

January 3 As 2016 dawned, the National Unity Government was still in conflict with major differences between the UNP and the SLFP and the split within the SLFP…
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5th Column
Now where can Santa be?

My dear Santa Claus, I thought I must write to you even though you must be busy these days doing your rounds, distributing gifts to everyone this Christmas…
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The Economic Analysis
Modest economic growth in 2016 after avoiding serious economic crisis

Christmas day is a day of glad tidings and of peace and joy. The good news this year is that the country averted a serious economic crisis and…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Talk at the cafe

SLAF chief allowed to test India’s flying machines India accorded a red carpet welcome to Sri Lanka Air Force Commander Kapila Jayampathy and allowed him to fly its…
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Focus on Rights
A vast criminal enterprise waiting to rule again

The assertion that Sri Lanka’s criminal justice system is so weak in capacity that justice is well nigh impossible is one of the most dangerously misleading misconceptions that…
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Sunday Punch
Tale of the magical Christmas tree

In the beginning of December in the year of the Lord 2016, the new wise men of Phantom Island saw that darkness had swiftly spread across the face…
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Thoughts from London
So why not join the blame game

Whenever I watch TV in Colombo especially those seemingly endless political debates that almost every station thinks it must programme to be seen as au fait, most participants…
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Away from the world, for the sake of the world

As men, women and children in Sri Lanka as well as the far corners of the world gather around the lowly crib of Baby Jesus today to celebrate…

EWC looks forward while remembering with gratitude their founding inspiration

2016 began with cause for celebration and ended with deep grief for the English Writers Collective. The year marked 25 years of existence for a group that has…

Farewell poem for Anne

Well known poet and author Anne Ranasinghe who passed away on December 17 had asked for Jewish and Buddhist rituals at her funeral and her friend, writer Ramya…

Stone and Words: Indestructible, beautiful homage to poetry

Stone and Words – both things are intertwined mottos in Anne Ranasinghe’s moving poem “The Song Has Died From The Lips Of The King”. Stone: only stone escaped…

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