News
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is seen holding talks with a visiting 17-member US investors delegation at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday. The visit follows the release…
Directive comes from Police Chief; BMICH asked to pay Rs. 3.2 million a month By Ranjith Padmasiri The Police Department has begun levying charges for…
By Damith Wickremasekera Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya will undertake two high-profile visits this week to China and India, during which she is scheduled to hold…
Sports
Batters Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Dhananjaya de Silva are set to make their comebacks for next month’s tour of Pakistan, as Sri Lanka look to steady…
England produced a commanding all-round performance to outclass Sri Lanka…
Business Times
‘People’s Tower’, the slick new head office building of People’s Bank, was ceremonially declared open on Tuesday in Colombo 2. Seen here are the dignitaries…
Rumblings of discontent at Sri Lanka’s premier port, mainly at the two state-run terminals, among exporters and importers over long delays plus frustration among workers…
Five parties have applied for the Multi-Asset Class Derivatives Exchange, while only the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) has applied to operate this exchange with the…
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
Although Sri Lanka ostensibly rejected the resolution tabled by the UK-led Core Group at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) this week in Geneva, the JVP/NPP Government opted not to challenge the latest resolution in a vote. Explaining the Government’s rejection of the resolution, Sri Lanka stated that the fundamental…
Columns
Govt. offers no challenge to resolution after hotly disputing its questionable contents, includingcalls for sanctions and ICC prosecution OHCHR mandate on Sri Lanka probe extended by two years; foreign…
My dear Ranga, I thought of writing to you because you seem to have suddenly become the focus of attention, especially among opposition politicians, even though you are…
Often discussions on Sri Lanka lead to the question as to what the country has achieved in more than seven and a half decades after independence. Often, people…
When it comes to question-answer sessions in Parliament, there have been some concerns about the conduct of the government. First is the long delay in responding to questions…
Assessed on jaundiced experiences of Sri Lanka’s political history, the manner in which a Government responds to protecting the institutional independence of the country’s National Police Commission (NPC)…
THE PEOPLE THE HELPLESS WORLD PERFORCE FORGOT Trump ends Gaza war but is denied Nobel Prize for Peace Tomorrow, as the smoke of battle slowly drifts away from…
The question as to who was the mastermind behind the devastating Easter Sunday attack of April 21, 2019, resurfaced last week, after a statement made in Parliament reignited…
Well, it must get something balanced, shouldn’t it? After all, if everything is ship-shape, as our comrades seem to think and say now and then at the end…
By Sandun Jayawardana A year into President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s term, opposition parties sought to highlight matters in his manifesto that had not yet been fulfilled, with the…
Plus
To be called the father of a field of medicine is an honour that few in Sri Lanka have been able to claim. However, Prof.…
Magazine
Yomal Senerath-Yapa talks to Manethree Walpola who will appear along with the ever-popular Mavericks at the 37th outing of this much loved show She will…
Sunday Times 2
Anagarika Dharmapala Memorial Lecture on the Founder’s Day at the London Buddhist Vihara, on 13th September…
Education
School children were among those who attended the opening of the Sri Lanka Skills Expo 2025…
Magazine
Yomal Senerath-Yapa talks to Manethree Walpola who will appear along with the ever-popular Mavericks at the…