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Results of polls will shape Govt. policy on vital issues
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Mahinda Jai Ho, Jaya hoo-hoo
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Defending champ Thangaraja and Dulal enter final
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G(row)ing green with envy
Dr. Maithree Weerasinghe, a Sri Lankan doctor who ran a thriving business of medical…
Low public float in listed firms concern for foreign investors
NDB Capital Holdings PLC could probably have the lowest free-float of shares in the…
‘Kelani Palama’ loan sharks disappear
‘Loan sharks on Kelani Palama’, the lead news item in the Business Times last…
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Obama courts Florida after poor jobs report
SAINT PETERSBURG, Florida, Sept 8(AFP) -US President Barack Obama turned his attention to the…
Asia-Pacific leaders call for unity at summit
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Sept 8 (AFP) -Asia-Pacific leaders called for unity in tackling a raft…
Syria conflict raises intervention question
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HSBC and British Council recognise talented young entrepreneurs
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Young rights man has winning shot at the UN
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Revisiting old favou rites on his blu-ray
One imagines that somewhere on Prasad Pereira’s list of life’s essentials, you’d find ‘watching…
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Oriflame Sri Lanka partnered with leading entrepreneur, fashion icon, CEO and Founder of Odel…
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Who can salvage Lanka’s cricket?
Paradoxically, cricket in Sri Lanka is at crossroads. Fundamentally, the game is well established and has…
G(row)ing green with envy
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On a road less travelled
What’s in a name, asked the Bard but for octogenarian Frederick Medis who has pored over…
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Paradise Road Gallery Caf� has charted a meteoric trajectory into Sri Lanka’s annual Tourism Awards Hall…
In the beginning there were several scripts; in the end, Kalumaali
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Giritale Hotel : Romantic hideway
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Purged diamond in police hands
By By Sonja CandappaThe Chinese national arrested for swallowing a diamond believed to be worth Rs. 1.8m at a Colombo exhibition had the precious stone purged out yesterday,…
Drug king pin ‘Wele Sudha’ amassed assets worth over Rs. 180m in 2 years
One of Sri Lanka’s biggest drug traffickers, Samantha Kumara Vithanage…
Waste rots, want lots
Kilinochchi farmers weep over what they sowed as Iranamadu tank dries up
Travel travails in face of TN terror
President Rajapaksa to inaugurate 58th CPA conference in Colombo on Tuesday
No shortage of fuel while repairs of pipeline to refinery are underway: Premajayantha
‘Vedi Pitiya’ – where villagers fear to tread
There’s value in your garbage
SC directs UGC, Exams CG to hike Varsity intake by 4,928
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Who can salvage Lanka’s cricket?
Paradoxically, cricket in Sri Lanka is at crossroads. Fundamentally, the game is well established and has one of the longest histories – though the country…
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If the weather gods smiles and leaves a shiny corridor…
Defending champ Thangaraja and Dulal enter final
Nepal give notice of their intentions
CF & R pocket a shuttle double
CH and FC ‘A’ triumph over BRC
Women stickers for FIH qualifier
Tyronne qualifies for Mercedes Trophy Golf World Finals in Stuttgart
Lefties smashed in the hills
Next step from the Bowl
‘The last one hundred metres, I knew I could do it’ – Sanjaya
Randika Alwis leads Sri Lanka Youth Rugby Team
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G(row)ing green with envy
Dr. Maithree Weerasinghe, a Sri Lankan doctor who ran a thriving business of medical centres in the US, has returned to his roots; growing green…
Low public float in listed firms concern for foreign investors
NDB Capital Holdings PLC could probably have the lowest free-float…
‘Kelani Palama’ loan sharks disappear
Worker-shared management structure mooted for tea plantations
Industry claims comedy of errors at Sri Lanka Tourism Awards
MTD Walkers await better market conditions to broad-base share ownership
Struggling SL vehicle importers eye Myanmar market
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Indian company forays into SL’s infrastructure market
Sri Lanka needs a ‘State Service’ more than a ‘Public Service’
God above only hope for GK depositors
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Jackals and the mafia of crooks
The news that the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) which regulates the stock market is investigating 17 alleged manipulators is in the public domain now. This was revealed in this newspaper three weeks ago and remains un-contradicted. No doubt, these 17 remain innocent until proven guilty, but the question is why…
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Mahinda Jai Ho, Jaya hoo-hoo
My Dear Jayalalithaa, I thought I must write to you because you are making news these days, commenting on everything that is Sri Lankan ranging from training for…
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Results of polls will shape Govt. policy on vital issues
The UPFA government’s popularity, both in Sri Lanka and abroad, will be measured today by an unusual yardstick — the outcome of yesterday’s polls for Sabaragamuwa, North Central…
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Economic indicators point to weak performance
The emerging weak economic performance is of serious concern. Three important economic indicators — the trade balance, fiscal balance and debt — are on an unfavourable trend. The…
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Recalling a conversation with a man and his conscience
Making an extraordinarily acute observation, veteran broadcaster and scriptwriter Tilak Jayaratne who passed away this week after battling a killer disease with characteristic courage, pointed out in a…
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Chinese Defence Minister seeks to mend fences on Asian tour
The first ever visit to Sri Lanka by a Chinese Defence Minister appeared to be low profile affair, considering the importance attached to Sino-Lanka relations nowadays. Little was…
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On a road less travelled
What’s in a name, asked the Bard but for octogenarian Frederick Medis who has pored over books and documents and trod down dusty streets all his life, everything…
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Apartment living is the new high for high-rise Colombo residents Colombo’s skyline has changed. Whether it has changed for the better or worse is to been seen. Multi-storey…
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Chest doc’s efficient ventohaler
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Young rights man has winning shot at the UN
Kithmina Hewage did his country proud when he was chosen as one of the three Human Rights Champions at the World Federation of United Nations…
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Lovers of Thambapanni
‘Misty’ A decade of excellence
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