UNP launches protest campaign
The United National Party held a protest rally at Lipton’s Circus in Colombo on Friday to…
Weary Finance Minister presents Budget amidst ‘ticking bomb’on foreign loans
As Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa declared earlier, Budget 2022 was presented in the backdrop of an…
Wild weather kills dozens, displaces hundreds of thousands
More landslides and the danger of coronavirus disease and water-borne illnesses loom large over hundreds of…
No permission yet for students in grades 6 to 9 to return to school
Classes for grades 6 to 9 will not begin immediately, the Education Ministry said. The COVID…
A slow trickle, but it means a lot
Tourists have started returning to the South, giving hope to those engaged in the industry that…
Many shady suspects in Udawalawe park elephant calf capture
Illegal capture of elephants from the wild once again came to the fore this week when…
Lanka cagers out to defend SABA title
A talented and youthful Sri Lanka basketball team, led by Clinton Stallone Thevakumar, left for Dhaka,…
Rs. 30B promised for teachers salaries
This week, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, along with Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa and Education Minister Dinesh…
Commitment and Efforts Triumph at Royal Institute – GCE O/L Examination
Royal Institute International School prides in the outstanding achievements of her students who sat their GCE…
Sri Lanka to host South Asian Junior Athletics Championship in May 2022
Sri Lanka is expected to host the South Asian Junior Athletics Championship in May 2022, according…
Business as unusual
China often moves away from “business-as-usual” norms by doing things differently and doing different things deliberately.…
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Floody hell in Puttalam
With heavy rain plunging the country into a disaster, this aerial picture shows the extent of the flooding in a Puttalam village with roads and…
More than 50 prime lands to be leased to raise US$ 6bn
Amidst lukewarm interest in what the Government had hoped will be one of its key means of attracting revenue, more than 50 prime lands in…
Chinese fertiliser company makes tough demands to withdraw shipment
The Chinese organic fertiliser manufacturer Qingdao Biotech Group Co. Ltd has put forwarded a set of conditions to the Agriculture Ministry, demanding the payment of…
Back to chemical fertiliser: Stocks to be rushed to rain-affected areas
Upward trend in covid cases; people warned of new wave
Ranil says NFE deal a violation of parliament’s powers and privileges
Budget fails to address debt servicing and forex crisis
UNP launches protest campaign
Stairway to decay
Sallay defamation case: District Court reissues summons on Yasmin Sooka and others
National Joint Committee decries sale of Yugadanavi
Wild weather kills dozens, displaces hundreds of thousands
Fruit stalls at Pahala Kadugannawa removed as landslide threat looms large
Landslides: DMC blames people for ignoring warnings and evacuation plans
No permission yet for students in grades 6 to 9 to return to school
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The Trans-Tasman tussle for T20 title
By Champika Fernando in Dubaicricket
The cricket world order will witness a new dawn when New Zealand—the most consistent team across formats in global tournaments during the last three years–meet…
Brittin, Jayawardena and Pollock in ICC Hall of Fame
Ahead of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 final,…
Sri Lanka Test squad to include four rookies
The ups and downs of two tropical nations
Unprecedented Dialog sponsorship, a move in the right direction – Asanga Seneviratne
Himasha and Asela guide Soldiers to fourth win
Fate of four Lankan FINA swimmers this week
Sports, for other than sport
Jeremy claims Trap Nationals 2021
Lanka cagers out to defend SABA title
The RTC ‘dynamics’, who will gallop for 2022 season
Bandu my friend, a gem too valuable to loose
Business Times
Basil’s production- oriented budget targets taxes
By the Business Times DeskFinance Minister Basil Rajapaksa presented his maiden budget on Friday focusing on a production-oriented economy with spending cuts for government officials in telephone bills, travelling…
Pieces of glass, a dead cockroach in substandard drug imports
In a shocking exposure, the Auditor General’s Department has revealed that the Health Ministry and its related departments have imported substandard drugs in 2020 some…
BOI investors dismayed by CB conversion rules
Foreign investors are up in arms against the dollar-rupee conversion rules announced by the Central Bank (CB) recently. According to Free Trade Zone Association General…
Qingdao in bid to save face
Smallholder subsidy scrapped, fertiliser in dollar crisis
Temporary closure of Sapugaskanda refinery
Supporting migrant workers
Business as unusual
CSE seeks stockbroker consultation to address illiquidity in market
NTB’s sound performance amidst volatile conditions
SLTB undertakes public- private vehicle repairs to increase income
Sri Lankan travel agents seek better recognition
The case for Chinese foreign aid
Strong first half 2021/22 performance from Hemas
N-able expands business footprint beyond shores
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Editorial
No ‘hair cut’ for bloated public sector
With the presentation this week of the Budget for next year, the Finance Minister has already been and will be for the next few days at least, inundated with ‘unsolicited proposals’ and gratuitous advice on how to manage the economy. One of the major factors resulting in a record Budget…
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- Political Commentary
Govt. caught in stormy weather: Finance Minister in tough rescue task
As Treasury loses Rs. 500 billion due to pandemic effect, the budget tries to resuscitate Lanka’s trade-focused economy Opposition hits out at Basil’s Budget, sees Aladdin’s magic lamp…
- 5th Column
Where is the justice?
My dear Sabry, I thought I must write to you this week because there was a lot of speculation that you were about to quit the Cabinet after…
- The Economic Analysis
Budget 2022: Daunting task of achieving financial stability
Never has a Budget been prepared in as onerous economic, social and political conditions as the budget for 2022. It has been prepared in a context of a…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Weary Finance Minister presents Budget amidst ‘ticking bomb’on foreign loans
As Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa declared earlier, Budget 2022 was presented in the backdrop of an economy in serious decline, with a bleak future ahead and international credit…
- Focus on Rights
‘There is nothing to give, we may only have to take’
There was little doubt that Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa’s off the cuff quip that, ‘there is nothing to give, we may only have to take’ (from Sri Lankans)…
- Sunday Punch
Storm Erwinia heads from South China Sea to Lanka
If the Bay of Bengal’s low depression brewed the storm that broke over Lanka to engulf its people in untold misery this week, then a diplomatic tempest developing…
- In the National Interest
Greater diligence in governance a must
The current challenges for governance in Sri Lanka stem from a variety of causes ranging from fluctuating prices for imports such as fuel and food in the global…
- Thoughts from London
The local mafia that done it
As this is being written Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa is presenting his maiden budget to Parliament. What further shocks await a hapless public already struggling under constantly rising…
- Lobby
A little bit of everything for every sector in Basil’s futuristic people’s budget
Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa’s maiden Budget, the second of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Government, was presented to Parliament on Friday (12) as the country struggles with…
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Fashion returns in a burst of exotic colour
With promises that this year’s Swim Week would not be like any other taking into account the shift towards a ‘new normal’, Olu Swim Week…
Letters to the Editor
Appreciations
The baby was “almost dead”, but doctors did not give up
Decked in holiday cheer Hilton Colombo looks to better times
Heading for a bit of sea and sand? Don’t forget to take this along with you
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‘Comics have been a part of my life ever since I was a kid’
A UX designer and popular comic artist, Achinthya Amarakoon, the creative mind behind the “Papadamn” and “Sakkai Muniyai” Sinhala comic strips, and the webtoon “This…
TuneMyMusic: Now organising your music library’s easier
DJ Ishan rocks with ‘Negombo’
Take a chance on Abba’s Voyage
Arts to beat pandemic
‘No time to Die’ in Colombo
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Law and order as a process
Process is the processing of an object — the legal item. Law and order’ has been…
Climate conference ignores elephant in the room
Indian poaching in Lanka’s waters: Going round in circles for 5 decades
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Rs. 30B promised for teachers salaries
This week, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, along with Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa and Education Minister Dinesh…
Survey launched to find student dropouts and bring them back to school: Education Ministry
New English language exam system for all Sri Lankan undergraduates
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‘Comics have been a part of my life ever since I was a kid’
A UX designer and popular comic artist, Achinthya Amarakoon, the creative mind behind the “Papadamn” and…
