News
Everywhere former President Mahinda Rajapaksa goes, the press and the people are sure to follow. The coverage Mr. Rajapaksa receives indicates he is still a…
Pressure mounts on Govt. as Core Group, India push for early polls to make devolution meaningful By Damith Wickremasekara The Government is considering holding the provincial…
By Ranjith Padmasiri Several senior lawyers from the unofficial bar have declined an invitation to take up an existing vacancy in the Supreme Court, the…
Sports
Sri Lanka could hardly have wished for a more emphatic beginning to their Asia Cup campaign as they brushed aside Bangladesh with a performance that…
Link Natural Products (Pvt) Ltd delivered a powerful performance to…
Business Times
Seen here is a cluster of citrine (left) and amethyst (right) gems on rocks, one of the unique items on display during the Gem and…
Sri Lanka is preparing to unveil its 2026 Budget under the theme of “achieving a Productive Economy and fostering the engagement of everyone in economic…
The gem industry is divided on the recently introduced gazette allowing for the export of rough gems that some academics believe results in the reduction…
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
A fresh draft resolution was tabled at the inquisition against Sri Lanka before the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) spearheaded by its former colonial master, the United Kingdom, to extend the council’s mandate holding the country accountable for violations of human rights—past and present. The UK delegate at Geneva has…
Columns
As Speaker endorses new law at the speed of summer lightning, former presidents are stripped of privileges Rajapaksa decries what he calls ‘political terrorism’, but NPP says…
My dear Mahinda maama, I thought of writing to you, but will now have to send this to ‘Carlton’ instead of Wijerama Mawatha. A lot of fuss was…
Remittances of Sri Lankan migrant workers make significant contributions to our economy. Being the highest source of foreign earnings, they are the crucial part of our balance of…
There has been for some time now confusion over how one should spell the surname of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. There was no clarity over if the name…
What precisely is the position of the National People’s Power (NPP) Government in regard to bringing closure for victims of mass graves in Sri Lanka beyond pious promises…
The fate that befell Lanka’s former Presidents this Wednesday It must have been with relish that the JVP ate their dish of revenge, served cold after being in…
In recent years, South Asia has witnessed an unprecedented wave of people’s movements, led not by traditional political actors or institutions, but by youth, informal workers, and the…
For Sri Lanka’s one-year-old government, it would be a new experience. Particularly for the new foreign minister, who has already made an appearance at the current sessions of…
By Sandun Jayawardana The Presidents’ Entitlements (Repeal) Bill, which sought to abolish many of the perks enjoyed by former presidents and widows of former presidents, was passed overwhelmingly…
Plus
In Vajira Chitrasena’s world, there was no such thing as ‘can’t’. One simply did what needed to be done. When her granddaughters were fretting over…
Magazine
Ladies’ College presents Music Fest 2025 on September 17, 18, 19 and 20 at the Ladies’ College auditorium. A show-stopping, heart-thumping celebration for the school’s 125th anniversary,…
Sunday Times 2
By Dr Ruben Thurairajah In the late 1980s, British doctor David Barker startled the medical world…
Education
The Union of All Ceylon School Development Officers this week launched a protest campaign outside the…
Magazine
Ladies’ College presents Music Fest 2025 on September 17, 18, 19 and 20 at the Ladies’…