News
A woman breaks down outside the Court premises surrounded by Riot Police squads, as she hears the news around 10 p.m. on Friday night…
See Ranil’s arrest as suppression of political opponents By the Sunday Times Political Desk Galvanised by the arrest and subsequent remanding of former President Ranil…
By Damith Wickremasekara A case is to be filed against former Presidential Secretary Saman Ekanayake over allegations he approved funds for the 2023 UK leg…
Sports
Despite playing much of the game with only 14 men, Royal College fought tooth and nail to clinch a 15-5 victory in the first leg…
Shakthi Udara shone with a match bag of 11 wickets…
Business Times
A food demonstration at a stall attracting visitors during the ProFood ProPack Ag-Biz exhibition held at the BMICH Colombo on Friday conducted by the Sri…
Despite zero tariffs into the UK for Sri Lankan apparel products, Sri Lanka still stands out as the most expensive destination on the world map…
Sri Lanka’s capital market regulator and operator have procured a state-of-the-art trade surveillance system from New York-based Nasdaq to proactively identify and respond to market…
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
It was crystal clear for some time that the JVP-NPP Government was clearing the decks to frame charges on former President Ranil Wickremesinghe under the Public Property Act, alleging misuse of public funds. The people have long been having conflicting allegiances with the former president, but not even his most…
Columns
UK trip in 2023 at centre of probe; CID tells court public funds misused for private travel In show of support, Rajapaksa, Premadasa among leaders visiting prison hospital Govt…
My dear Uncle Ranil, I am writing to you at a time of great uncertainty for you. Despite the publicity about you providing a statement to the Police,…
The Sri Lankan economy is facing severe external shocks and challenges such as US tariffs, trade uncertainties, and the prospect of a global recession. The escalation of the…
With a wide range of criticisms pouring in on the arrest of former President Wickremesinghe, one counter-response came from Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Arun Hemachandra yesterday, shedding more…
The National Peoples’ Power (NPP) Government may well have achieved the impossible by a clumsily handled arrest and remanding of former Executive President of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe…
FIRST TIME IN SRI LANKAN HISTORY, A FORMER PRESIDENT HAS BEEN ARRESTED As former Sri Lankan President, the 76-year-old Ranil Wickremesinghe was led to Welikada jail to spend…
Sri Lanka’s politics has never been calm, but recent events have revealed something more troubling: a crisis of credibility. Three seemingly unrelated developments—the explosive claim by former President…
In the good old days when my Peradeniya University colleague Thalif Deen and I sought refuge at Lake House—I, a couple of months ahead of Dino, as we…
By Sandun Jayawardana With the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions in Geneva looming early next month, the National People’s Power (NPP) Government used Friday’s adjournment debate…
Plus
A legacy from the British colonial era, when the hill country was a misty wilderness with plantations set in elephant and leopard-infested jungle, the Dimbula…
Magazine
Indu Dharmasena and his troupe return with The Leading Man By Shannon Salgadoe The curtains at the Lionel Wendt Theatre will rise once again on…
Sunday Times 2
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – When the 193-member General Assembly commemorates the UN’s 80th…
Education
The Teachers and Children’s Union together with the Teachers and Principals National Force, backed by 8…
Magazine
Indu Dharmasena and his troupe return with The Leading Man By Shannon Salgadoe The curtains at…