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By S. Rubethesan Among the 42 human skeletons that have been recovered from the Chemmani Siththupaththi Hindu Cemetery so far, at least three of them…
“We want the cheapest but with ‘acceptable quality’ for patient safety” Strong call for urgent stakeholder meeting By Kumudini Hettiarachchi Experienced and senior medical specialists…
By Tharushi Weerasinghe Reporting from Myliddy, Jaffna At the northern tip of the Jaffna Peninsula, just west of Point Pedro, lies Myliddy, a once-thriving fishing…
Sports
Bangladesh bounced back from their 77-run defeat in the opening match to level the three-match ODI series 1-1 with a hard-fought 16-run victory over Sri…
Colts dominated Kurunegala Youth with a 249-run victory in their…
Business Times
Entrepreneurship in Sri Lanka is not short of ideas. Young Nilantha Sanjeewa has come up with novel idea to provide a healthy meal at lunchtime;…
Sri Lanka’s vehicle market is seeing a dramatic shift, just months after the government lifted the long-standing vehicle import ban in February 2025. While many…
The imposition of the SVAT scheme is likely to affect tea estate owners as exporters and factory owners want it to be deducted from growers…
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Editorial
The controversy surrounding the admission or non-admission of local students to the Kotelawala Defence University’s (KDU) Medical Faculty, while allowing fee-paying foreign students to enrol, emerged to public attention for a few days and then submerged quickly, with a final word on what the Government’s decision is given only on…
Columns
Explosive findings in committee report raise serious questions about national security Customs has released containers without inspection on 13 occasions since mid 2024, report finds Two committee members’…
Dayaabara Handun, I am writing to you after you went ‘viral’ with your interview at the World Economic Forum recently, describing our country and its virtues to an…
Punishing the corrupt has proved to be more extensive than envisaged, and the legal processes are complex and dilatory. Nevertheless, the corrupt are being brought to justice and…
In a global arena where the United Nations is desperately struggling to cope with a pronounced irrelevance as the world’s ‘superpowers’ continue to pound the Gaza Strip with…
SJB MP Mujibur Rahman blows the lid off the scandal at Colombo Port The scandalous arbitrary release of 323 red-flagged containers from Colombo port, without a mandatory physical…
Sri Lanka stands at the crossroads as it prepares to open a luxury integrated entertainment resort. The glittering resort—complete with casinos, luxury hotels, and entertainment venues—symbolizes the country’s…
I wish I were there. I wish the whole nation had taken a holiday to watch how highly placed public servants cringed before our highest courts of justice,…
By Sandun Jayawardana The National People’s Power (NPP) government’s “Fiscal Strategy Statement” for 2026, together with the accompanying adjournment debate, was the order of business when Parliament convened…
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Handwritten, smeared and smudged it may be – but the content is proper and in order! These are the minutes of the very first meeting,…
Magazine
By Sanath Weerasuriya The revival of ‘Little Hut’, one of the pioneering nightclubs of the island, at the legendary Mount Lavinia Hotel, was a vibrant…
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By Kumar Chellappan in Chennai A Carnatic musician, known as Chennai’s enfant terrible, declared that there was…
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By Sanath Weerasuriya The revival of ‘Little Hut’, one of the pioneering nightclubs of the island,…
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