Justice Shiran Gooneratne takes oaths as Acting CJ
Supreme Court Justice Shiran Gooneratne yesterday took oaths before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, as the Acting…
Is Sri Lanka cricket becoming a plagued octopus?
There’s one thing that never seems to change in Sri Lanka cricket. It’s not progress. It’s…
Trawler haul of ‘ice’ and heroin, SJB suspect, highlights in recent narco busts
By Ishu Bandara More drug detections and conviction of drug traffickers by courts took place as…
Teacher jobs tussle continues
By Sajeniya Sathanandan Development officers working as teachers have decided to continue to raise their demand…
Some ejected elephants return, but officials stick to plan
By Kasun Warakapitiya The Department of Wildlife Conservation will continue the controversial elephant drives despite some…
A rare Dugong swims free, thanks to brave Mannar fishermen
By Malaka Rodrigo When the sun hung low above the Vidaththaltivu Sea on the morning of…
Wonders from Deep Under at Aqua Planet 2025
By Malaka Rodrigo Sri Lanka celebrates World Fisheries Day this year with a three-day exhibition titled…
Oxford College Of Business Among Sri Lanka’s Ten Best Integrated Reports At Cma Excellence In Integrated Reporting Awards 2025
Oxford College of Business, Sri Lanka’s foremost private higher education institution, has reaffirmed its leadership in…
British School makes United Nations Day
The British School in Colombo celebrated the annual United Nations Day 2025, with an event focusing…
Vietnam’s VAT reduction
Over the past two weekends, we examined in this column Sri Lanka’s budgetary challenges. In response,…
‘The Village Within the City’: Nuga Gama re-launched at CGC
By Sanath Weerasuriya Cinnamon Grand’s iconic ‘Nuga Gama’ restaurant is one of the leading Sri Lankan…
News
Sea of heads; show of strength
Tangalle Nugegoda It is said the popularity of a political party cannot be judged by rally crowds, as Sri Lanka’s past politics show. However, major…
CC rejects President’s bid to extend Acting Auditor General’s term
President torpedoes his own recommendation; post falls vacant By Ranjith Padmasiri A recommendation by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to extend the services of Acting Auditor…
Govt. floats $50m dollar bonds for local banks, first since 2022
For the first time since Sri Lanka declared bankruptcy in 2022, the government has issued a USD 50 million worth Domestic Dollar Bond (DDB) to…
Energy minister approaches CIABOC with written submission
New authority to regulate microfinance, non-banking lenders
Rockslide in Pahala Kadugannawa kills 6
Organised crime: New bill allows longer detention, property seizure
No need to amend RTI Act, but look into shortages, NMSJ tells Govt.
Opposition MPs led by Dilith and Dayasiri propose special parliamentary committee to probe JSC
Justice Shiran Gooneratne takes oaths as Acting CJ
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Is Sri Lanka cricket becoming a plagued octopus?
cricket
There’s one thing that never seems to change in Sri Lanka cricket. It’s not progress. It’s not new ideas. It’s the same old stagnation. It…
Yet another unsurprising spectacle at Rawalpindi
Sri Lanka’s disappointing run in the Pakistan Tri-Series continued yesterday…
Sri Lanka eye SAFF 2026 after gritty Asian Cup campaign
Kandy sink Navy as title holders kickoff campaign in style
Havies regain lost momentum
Cricket World Cup for blind women helps change attitudes
Serendib crush SLTB; Saunders overcome Crystal Palace
Head’s 69-ball ton powers Australia to victory in Ashes opener
Taijul leads Bangladesh to possible series sweep against Ireland
Methuka, Haamid shine for Colombo South
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Entrepreneurship by former migrant workers
Handicrafts and other products by former migrant workers were on display on Thursday at a Migrant Workers Fair at Battaramulla organised by the Sri Lanka…
Customs under scrutiny as audit exposes massive revenue leakages
The Sri Lanka Customs, the most powerful revenue-generating agency and the country’s frontline guardian of imports and exports, is facing an escalating crisis of credibility…
Govt. says no Rs.200 hike to smallholder workers
The government has meted out step-motherly treatment to tea smallholder estate workers in the new 200-rupee wage hike funded by the state, declining to pay…
Customs to take over certain BOI functions in May
New Gambling Regulator to rein in Casino sector
5 Indian IT firms hold discussions with ICTA
Protecting the family jewels
Vietnam’s VAT reduction
Coffey & Consult partners with tech entrepreneur, Banu Athuraliya
New Anthoney’s Farms invests Rs. 500 m in value-added product range
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Editorial
When one’s terrorist is another’s hero
Next week in the North, mainstream politicians whose elders were sidelined for years by the AK-47-toting LTTE cadres taking on the role of ‘sole representatives of the Tamils’ will be commemorating those who were taken to their deaths by the fascist terrorist organisation not so long ago. In doing so,…
Columns
- Political Commentary
Spotlight on Namal as joint opposition rally makes waves with first salvo
Meeting held amid obstacles — restrictions on the use of loudspeakers, a power cut, and inclement weather; Mahinda and Ranil notable absentees Govt. members dismiss the meeting…
- 5th Column
Rallying force
My dear Mahinda maama, I am writing to send you belated birthday wishes as you celebrate your 80th birthday. I thought I would see you at Nugegoda because…
- The Economic Analysis
Right turn: Reflections on change in Govt.’s economic policies
The debate on the second reading of the JVP/NPP government’s second budget dwelt on many diverse issues. As usual, many of the speeches had no relevance to the…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Northern governor slams officials, NGOs for failure to uplift people
The Northern Province administration had been taken to task by residents and civil society members in the past for being inefficient and lethargic for obvious reasons. It was…
- Focus on Rights
A beachfront café and a Buddha statue; Trincomalee simmers – or does it really?
In Sri Lanka, where engineered ‘community tensions’ can erupt out of the blue, so to speak and as suddenly subside, it was no surprise to see that, just…
- Sunday Punch
Buddha statue episode could well have set the country afire
More than two thousand years ago, the Buddha was asked by his chief disciple whether he could erect a statue of the Buddha for the benefit of those…
- In the National Interest
Fair pay for MPs: A cornerstone of clean governance; voluntarism leads to dysfunctional governance
In the heat of the last Presidential and Parliamentary elections, few issues stirred public emotion as strongly as the question of political entitlements. Years of waste, privilege, and…
- Thoughts from London
Turning this nation into a vassal state
Speaking at the budget debate the other day, Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath announced how within a year in office Sri Lanka had entered into 70 MoUs with countries…
- Lobby
Medicine shortages, Online Safety Act raised during Health and Mass Media Ministry expenditure debate
The expenditure head of the Ministry of Health and Mass Media was debated yesterday, where claims by opposition MPs regarding shortages of certain essential medicines were hotly disputed…
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Emerging new wave at MBFWSL
The second day of the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Sri Lanka (MBFWSL) held from November 19-23, at Cinnamon Life, brought a new wave of rising talent…
Letters to the Editor
Appreciations
‘I stand as a woman with a multifaceted identity’
Fr. Dom Bernard celebrates 50 years in priesthood
When the first aeroplane roared into Ratmalana, 90 years ago
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A journey and love affair between land and lad
When starry-eyed photographer and city boy Tavish Gunasena headed to Arugam Bay it opened up a new horizon, and his exhibition, Scrubland: East Coast Essays,…
MeshGround to hold creative residency, invites artists
Music News by Miles Brohier
‘Riverston’ bags the ‘Best Director’ at Kolkata Film Fest
‘The Wolf’s Call’ in Sri Lanka
‘Wicked for Good’
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Easter Sunday attacks: Sarah Pulasthini is dead
By Rear Admiral (Dr) Sarath Weerasekera VSV RWP USP The Sunday Times columnist Javid Yusuf’s article…
A Sri Lankan-American author in an intriguing murder mystery
Sri Lankans who graced the UN hierarchy in a bygone era
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Jobless state
Unemployed graduates protested in front of the Presidential Secretariat demanding jobs. …
Most development projects in education sector at a stand still
Colombo Uni Clinical Medicine ranked globally
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A journey and love affair between land and lad
When starry-eyed photographer and city boy Tavish Gunasena headed to Arugam Bay it opened up a…
