In the National New Year spirit of goodwill and reconciliation, moves are underway to settle the dispute between President Mahinda Rajapaksa and sacked minister Mangala Samaraweera, The Sunday Times learns.
On the eve of the National New Year, more than 3,000 people were reported stranded after the closure of the A9 road at Omanthai following Tuesday’s attack by the LTTE on the checkpoint.
The LTTE is playing a double game or different ball game in relation to the controversial move by Amnesty International to launch cricket ball campaign on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka.
The sharp crack of the bat connecting firmly with a ball echoes across the stadium. In a moment, thousands are on their feet, cheering wildly. How does it feel to know that the man they’re cheering for is your husband or your son?
The concept of any New Year celebration or festival, in reality, only marks a date and a point of time from which a group of people of specific identity wish to re-start another period of 365 or 366 days, with a new awareness and a new determination...
Below, on the lake road, the bullock carts were rumbling by. If you looked down you could see the lantern swinging from the shaft as each step of the bull’s iron shod feet and his garland of tinkling bells accompanied the ...
In a gesture symbolic of the ethnic harmony for the New Year, a soldier at the Iranailuppukulam Forward Defence Line in Vavuniya offers biscuits to a family which fled the fighting at Mullikulam. This is how the displaced in the North-East spent their New Year.
Pic by Ranjith Jayasundera
The government has set aside controversial changes to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) – in the wake of criticism from trade unions, the JVP and a Supreme Court decision – but the state body will be subject to regulation by the Public...
The potential for hydrocarbon accumulation in the Mannar Basin could have Sri Lanka producing its own oil and gas by 2009, a senior official said this week.
Neil De Silva, Director...
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), for the first time in its near 25 year-old history, is being sued by a disgruntled local investor who says he lost millions owing to the negligence of the bourse.
Iqbal Bin Issack is claiming Rs.24 million...
After more than a week of rest and recuperation it is back to bat and ball this week and our opponents first up will be none other than New Zealand-currently unbeaten in the tournament and leading the points table.
Cricket one hailed as the gentlemen’s game and once indulged in by the noblemen is already walloped and digested by commercialism. And today, at this very World Cup the danger of this great cancer...
Big scores were expected during this World Cup, particularly on the smaller grounds. Before the games commenced Ian Chappell speculated in one of his columns that the possibility of a team scoring...
It's the dawn of another New Year and I am away from home. I miss the people I love, who would have gathered for the festivities, and the times when the April school holidays brought with them expectations
King Vijayabahu organized his army to fight the Cholas in 1100 – 1101 AD. Since that time, till the end of his reign there were no more threats from any enemies. This led to a great development in the country. The Chulawansa states that King Vijayabahu was a poet,
The curtains will come down on Blue Elephant, 'the night pulse of Colombo' on 21 April with a grand three day closing down bash at the Hilton.The Blue, which is almost 20 years of age, will close its doors forever with a grand cocktail and three days of partying on 19, 20 and 21 April featuring all top Blue DJs.
The sharp crack of the bat connecting firmly with a ball echoes across the stadium. In a moment, thousands are on their feet, cheering wildly. How does it feel to know that the man they’re cheering for is your husband or your son?
The concept of any New Year celebration or festival, in reality, only marks a date and a point of time from which a group of people of specific identity wish to re-start another period of 365 or 366 days, with a new awareness and a new determination...
Below, on the lake road, the bullock carts were rumbling by. If you looked down you could see the lantern swinging from the shaft as each step of the bull’s iron shod feet and his garland of tinkling bells accompanied the ... 
The potential for hydrocarbon accumulation in the Mannar Basin could have Sri Lanka producing its own oil and gas by 2009, a senior official said this week.
Neil De Silva, Director...
