Deadly virus puts Avurudu in intensive care
Limited public interactions and priority to religious observances will be the highlights of the Sinhala and…
Medical A-Team must join Task Force to battle COVID
Even as the sudden burst of showers this week was welcome to wet the arid earth…
Second COVID-19 outbreak likely if curfew is ended too soon
Sri Lanka held its breath with hopes that if a cluster of COVID-19 patients does not…
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Public in a quandary over sporadic, sometimes shortages of supplies to households
While the mechanism put in place to deliver essential food items to households has improved over…
Colombo in bloom
As the country enters the Sinhala and Tamil New Year under the cloud of the COVID-19…
How to be at home without a home
Confined to my ‘hansiputuwa’ on the Nth day of the lockdown we were left pondering on…
Farmers ditching hard-won harvest with no point of sale
Vegetable farmers loaded with produce from a bumper harvest lament that they cannot sell the food…
Lament of the Kalpitiya farmers
Farmers in Kalpitiya, like in most parts of the country say they are unable to sell…
Women make sacrifices in battle for ring glory
Women’s boxing in Sri Lanka has been viewed with cynicism not least by some of their…
Let’s give the trending Dalgona Coffee a try
As most of the world has gone into a lockdown and more and more people are…
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Single flower a sign of our times
A solitary flower placed before the stupa at the deserted Bellanwila Raja Maha Vihara on full moon Poya day Tuesday is a sign of the…
Tax cuts withdrawn; high rates for big income earners
Reversing the tax bonanza announced in January, the Government has…
Govt. considers district basis relaxation of curfew from April 20
A cry for help from across the seas
Virus fears block passage home for helpless thousands
‘Living’ in Kuala Lumpur airport for 20 days
School reopening further delayed
Superior Courts go electronic for bail applications
Developed nations seek anti-Covid clothing from Sri Lanka; but priority for Lanka’s requirements
Aggressive testing the way forward, medical specialists tell President
Financial assistance for affected businesses taking too long: Trade body
Is COVID-19 creating a disaster for non-COVID patients?
Covid-19: Good Friday mass goes online
Deadly virus puts Avurudu in intensive care
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Women make sacrifices in battle for ring glory
By Allaam OusmanLocal boxing stars stay fighting fit at home to keep alive Olympic dreams
Women’s boxing in Sri Lanka has been viewed with cynicism not least by some of their male counterparts and even officials although it has been…
Peterites mourn passing of rugby star Rajith
Peterites young and old were saddened by the untimely demise…
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Cutting imports to ease pressure on falling Rupee – CB governor
Government measures to suspend all non-essential imports in a desperate…
Corona puts consumer durables under duress
Apparel businesses near liquidation
IMF to delay the final bailout tranche
Tour guides, chauffeurs in a fix
Tour operators face crisis
Post COVID-19 recovery plan
Weak immunity
Presidential Task Force to mitigate COVID-19 impact on education
Curfew, lockdown and economic livelihoods
Lack of technological progress haunts CSE
COSMI says COVID-19 rare opportunity for lagging SMEs
Maliban supports IDH Hospital during battle against COVID-19
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Editorial
Wish for a healthy New Year
The bright spring flowers are blooming, and the ‘koha’ (the Asian koel) has arrived to herald the traditional New Year, but the singing bird has to be told that this year’s ‘Avurudu’ is on a different note. It is not the first time in contemporary history that the country has…
Columns
- Political Commentary
Normalcy not far off, the question is how long
President holds talks with Premadasa’s Samagi Jana Balavegaya but wanted three party leaders left out of delegation Election Commission and President in constitutional dispute over parliamentary elections; Deshapriya…
- 5th Column
No Avurudu festivities, but Avurudu games go on
My dear Avurudu Kumaraya, I thought I must write to you because you must be wondering what to do these days. If it was any other year, you…
- The Economic Analysis
New Year hopes expectations and hard realities
When people greet each other today with the traditional greeting “Subhaaluthavuruddak” it is more in hope that the New Year will be a happy one, more than the…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Paddy sector declared essential service; troops given powers to ensure fair price
The government yesterday declared the paddy sector as an ‘essential service’ and will deploy the armed forces to ensure the ‘equitable distribution of rice at fair prices.’ The…
- Focus on Rights
Politicians and diplomats, get your priorities right
In terror filled months which stretch endlessly into each other, the covid-19 pandemic has seen thousands die, obliterated assumptions of functional ‘First World’ health systems, stamped incredible images…
- Sunday Punch
Medical A-Team must join Task Force to battle COVID
Even as the sudden burst of showers this week was welcome to wet the arid earth and to ease the prevalent heat, the recommendations this Tuesday of six…
- Thoughts from London
Fighting a new enemy
These are unprecedented times. For most nations around the world they are testing times in more senses than one. Frontline workers such as doctors, nurses and care workers…
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When the crackers went silent and hearths put out
April 1935 was to be a rather grand Avurudu. Ceylon was still a British colony and the silver jubilee of King George V and Queen…
Let the message of Easter cast light on last year’s tragedy
All set for a virtual Avurudu celebration
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How to be at home without a home
Confined to my ‘hansiputuwa’ on the Nth day of the lockdown we were left pondering on…
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A time to learn, refresh and revise
A student attends to homework with prolonged holidays in progress and doubts about schools reopening on…
Educational TV programmes to be telecast soon, decision on reopening schools not taken yet
J’pura University offers funding for projects, technology which can help control COVID-19 outbreak
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