Protest Wednesday forays: The conquest and the clashes
By Sandun Jayawardana Initially, the mood at “Gota Go Gama” (GGG) in Galle Face was upbeat…
The story behind Gotabaya’s dramatic escape from Lanka
After his failed attempts to use two commercial flights, an Air Force troop transport plane takes…
Gas deliveries get rolling, but long wait in provinces
By Chrishanthi Christopher State-owned Litro Gas said this week that 70,000 cooking gas cylinders a day…
Poultry farms struggling without feed, industry says
By Yoshitha Perera Sri Lanka’s poultry farmers are alarmed that animal feed production in the country…
Passengers in a tight spot due to the fuel crisis; fewer buses on the roads
Over crowded public transport now the norm, as many hang off foot boards for their lives…
Three-wheelers not for hire, while regulation stays in cold
By Yoshitha Perera Neeta Gunasekara, 65, wanted to go back to the cooking gas queue in…
Archaeologists mourn vandalism at President’s House, Temple Trees
By Kasun Warakapitiya The historic President’s House, well over 200 years old, was at the centre…
Chinese are busy looking up ‘What does declaring bankruptcy mean’ after Sri Lanka economic crisis
Chinese nationalists saw the Sri Lankan crisis and protests as a US-backed ‘coup’. And Xi govt wants…
Aventage Carpool: A solution for the fuel crisis in Sri Lanka?
By Mahesh De Andrado With Sri Lanka going through what is possibly its most vicious economic…
‘Kolamba Ithaliya’ goes a long way
‘Kolamba Italaya’ directed by V. Sivagurunadhan and produced by Sudharma Nethicumara has been rated as the…
Humanitarian issues in a crisis economy
While the peaceful and disciplined nature of the public protest has been gradually fading away, Sri…
News
Protesters’ tryst with Acting President
Protesters stormed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s office on Wednesday and occupied it, demanding he should resign. Once inside, some of them switched on a television…
Four contestants for Wednesday’s presidential poll in Parliament
Ranil, Sajith, Dullas and Anura Kumara vie for the post, amid heavy canvassing among different parties Ruling SLPP split; SLFP says it won’t support any…
Gotabaya Govt. got early warnings about economic crisis
From early 2020–just months after former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s election–Finance Ministry officials started informing the Cabinet about Sri Lanka’s dire financial situation and warned it…
Ranil initiates process to pardon Ranjan
Special bank accounts for Colombo Port City; transactions in foreign currency only
National Fuel Pass system gets underway
Dwindling crowd at protest site
Navy finds body of seven year old boy attacked by crocodile
At least 50 identified for vandalism and violence in this week’s protests; one flees overseas
Former President blames COVID-19 for worsening economic woes
Protest Wednesday forays: The conquest and the clashes
US urges China debt relief for Lanka following Beijing’s Zambia role
FMM condemns unethical breaching of Rupavahini Corporation
Act responsibly, Blood Bank can’t cope with emergency
Officials betting on fuel for school resumption
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Chandimal shines on bowlers’ day
cricket
A familiar Sri Lankan batting collapse could have handed advantage of the first Test to the tourists. But at the end of the first day’s…
3rd LPL to be postponed due to current economic crisis?
The third edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) could…
Yupun fails to fire, misses World Championships semis
Royal prevail in scrappy game
Joes continue unbeaten run
Wesley teach Science a lesson
111th Shakspeare Golf Tournament tees off today
With hardly no competitive matches; Roy-Tho is their competitive version
Business Times
Bleak business
Business has been bleak for these jewellery shops in Pettah due to the current unrest. Pic by M.A. Pushpa Kumara…
CPC’s spot purchases inflates fuel price to a new high
Due to a combination of spot purchases, unsolicited bids (instead of established term contracts) and miscalculation of the pricing formula, Sri Lankan motorists – in…
Struggling SL firms hope for macro stability
The road ahead for the Sri Lankan stock market, manufacturers, leisure companies, and the imports industry will be tough in the coming months due to…
Apparel retailers draw contingency plans amid Lankan crisis
Market confidence needs to be restored immediately
Treasury bills the best investment option
Discrimination against domestic workers
Humanitarian issues in a crisis economy
Dealers connected to black market dollars enter commodity imports
Kingslake implements Infor SyteLine at HITEC Sensors
Finance Ministry cuts spending of ministries and departments
LOLC initiates Rs.500 mln humanitarian project
CPC loses Rs.549 bln in Jan-April 2022, report says
UAL in Top 10 in Corporate Reporting Transparency
Efforts to help youth in SL’s shipping industry
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Editorial
Stability lost in the struggle
Despite an eerie quiet, the calm after the storm, the country remains in a combustible state. An extra-constitutional putsch in the making in the cover of what many genuinely believed was a mere ‘peaceful protest’ may have been avoided. South Asia’s oldest representative democracy was in the throes of extinction.…
Columns
- Political Commentary
The story behind Gotabaya’s dramatic escape from Lanka
After his failed attempts to use two commercial flights, an Air Force troop transport plane takes him to the Maldives Plans kept changing in Male till Saudia flight…
- 5th Column
Our great ‘runner’ viruwa
My dear Gota maamey, I thought I should write this letter to you, after the entire country waited for several days for a letter from you. That much…
- The Economic Analysis
Will the changes usher in political stability and proper economic management?
The current political confusion and constitutional uncertainty could worsen the economic crisis and lead the country into chaos and anarchy. The immediate need is to establish a stable…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
A week of many firsts amidst hits and misses on social media
It has been a historic week for Sri Lanka in its post-colonial history. It was the first time a popularly elected President resigned after two and a half…
- Focus on Rights
Verily, a pox upon the Rajapaksa house
Carefully choreographed images of Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe hovering solicitously over injured soldiers in the Army hospital on Friday following clashes with protestors on the road to Parliament,…
- Sunday Punch
Lanka comes of age but still has a long way to go
9 JULY 2022: THE DRAMATIC TURNING POINT IN NATION’S CHEQURED HISTORY The nation awaits Parliament’s new President on July 20 after peoples’ peaceful struggle forces Gotabaya to resign…
- In the National Interest
If no consensus, postponing July 20 election may be an option
Nearly hundred days of relentless struggle by the people in the form of an “aragalaya” forced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to step down from the office of the Executive…
- Thoughts from London
Oh, what a fall was there my countrymen!
Quoted above are Mark Antony’s words to the citizens of Rome at the fall of the mighty Caesar. And the citizenry shed copious tears. If the citizens of…
Plus
Doing what they know best, feeding people
A gentle but steadying ‘hand’ from across the wide seas has brought smiles to the faces of little ones in beleaguered families in Sri Lanka…
Making her mark in digital art
The music that was Mandela
Voices for peace rise in the midst of turmoil
Letters to the Editor
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Aventage Carpool: A solution for the fuel crisis in Sri Lanka?
By Mahesh De Andrado With Sri Lanka going through what is possibly its most vicious economic crisis yet, each and every one of us is…
Young entrepreneurs rising to meet challenges in business
Paris Gala Night red Carpet show
Threads on Threads: An exhibition on textile heritage in Sri Lanka
‘Kolamba Ithaliya’ goes a long way
Sana Jafri on Pakistan’s first Cannes triumph
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Chinese are busy looking up ‘What does declaring bankruptcy mean’ after Sri Lanka economic crisis
Chinese nationalists saw the Sri Lankan crisis and protests as a US-backed ‘coup’. And Xi govt wants…
Can the US win the new Cold War?
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Platform for students, senior academics to share novel research findings and innovations
‘MSF Asia Scientific Days & ICM 2022’ scientific sessions on August 3, 4 Prof. Chandanie Wanigatunge…
SLTC Research University, Sri Lanka partners with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), India
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Aventage Carpool: A solution for the fuel crisis in Sri Lanka?
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