The Sundaytimes Sri Lanka

Lyceum Wattala blaze to big lead

Lyceum International School, Wattala, with a total of 592.5 points, raced to a significant lead over…

Staying in prison!

Researching for unusual places to stay for review in the upcoming edition of his Bradt Guide…

You and I, we are all guilty

We are killing the very goose that lays the golden egg: our natural environment and its…

The hardest part was starting out as a novelist

Journalist, novelist and critic Zoe Heller, shares her world of words with Adilah Ismail at the…

For the love of dogs

For Manisha Wimalasekere opening ‘Bark Street’ was a way of sharing her knowledge of all things…

From Down Under to Mount Lavinia – Toby’s Estate Coffee House launched in Sri Lanka

‘Toby’s Estate’, one of the popular coffee house brand names in the world, opened its very…

Sumana Balika V Ratnapura’s aim is to be a leading school

Due to the untiring efforts of Rev. Henpitigedara Gnanaseeha Thero, Ratnapura Sumana Balika Vidyalaya was started…

SME : Backbone of an economy

By Dinesh Weerakkody Growing a diverse and competitive Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) sector is considered…

Jaffna wakes up to tourism but long way to go

By Quintus Perera reporting�from Jaffna Jaffna which was dead for nearly 35 years is slowly waking…

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News

Dancing to the sounds of music in the North

Jaffna Music Festival 2013 with colourful performances from Sri Lankan and International folk, classical and contemporary music groups ended yesterday. On its second year, this…

Attack on Lankans: New Delhi alerted

By Leon Berenger Sri Lanka’s envoys in New Delhi and…

Changes to laws outlaw land sales to foreigners

Skyrocketing CoL drives workers off plantations

SC gives CTC time to implement health warnings on cigarette packs

Chennai police arrest Kachchativu-bound TN activists

Hackers are having a field day with State websites

Still made to ‘work’ to get their dues

Two fuel hikes in two months: too much to take

Resettled families plagued by missing documents lost in war years

Lyceum Wattala blaze to big lead

Lyceum International School, Wattala, with a total of 592.5 points, raced to a significant lead over the rest of the field at the 13th International…

Enter the dragon – SLC race is on

Upali wants to save the country – Thilanga confident By…

No signature; no matches – the player SLC stand off continues

Samarasinghe ‘twelve’ was the highlight

Sajeewa Weerakoon – a saga of missed opportunities

Roy-Tho past cricketers set to dine together on March 6

A Bangladesh tour with a difference begins today

Begin tennis on the right foundation

Six nations has a number of relevant issues

Dharshana helps his roots in Lanka

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Business Times

Jaffna rises to Lankan tourism potential

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Ambitious Krrish Sq project encounters difficulties

Discussions underway to attract Ritz Carlton hotel group to the…

Jetwing opens first no-frills hotel next month

JKH’s Union Place apartment complex ready by end 2014

SL cigarette manufacturer in final appeal over compulsory labelling

War crimes protests block some Indian participation at Colombo textile fair

Hard-working, unmarried Kilinochchi woman supports family of 12 including parents by painting boats

F&G Trust dissolved, heeding requests of trustees

SAP teams up with John Keells in broadening services in Sri Lanka

NTB reports 21% rise in 2012 profits, says handled challenges well

People’s Bank facilitates online payments for Customs duty and taxes

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Sunday Times E-Paper

Editorial

Govt. must act on Tamil Nadu attacks

The two Houses of India’s Parliament have judiciously timed a debate on ‘the plight of the Tamils in Sri Lanka’ to coincide with the UN Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva. That India will vote for the US resolution against Sri Lanka is now public knowledge. Ironic as it may…

Columns

5th Column
A legacy of folly and falsehoods

My Dear Satellite, I thought I must write to you even though I know that hardly anyone writes to you these days and even your former golayas ignore…
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Political Column
DPL strategies fail; Govt. loses friends and makes more enemies

UNHRC sessions make Sri Lanka a focal point in world affairs �US takes stronger stance on HR and rule-of-law issues �Piqued Presidential spokespersons and ambassador attack the Sunday…
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The Economic Analysis
Reducing trade deficit: Import less, export more

The massive trade deficits of more than US$ 9 billion in the last two years brought out the fundamental flaws of the country’s trade balance and the overall…
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Focus on Rights
The killing of children and Sri Lanka’s bloody legacies

The mass grave in Matale uncovered late last year and the ongoing demands for independent and credible investigations into the fate of disappeared persons during the last days…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Govt. to take website to British court

A Britain-based website, banned in Sri Lanka, has come under investigation by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).�The move is said to be a prelude to the Government instituting…
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From the sidelines
The R2P Trojan horse trots in to Geneva

From the sidelines�By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya The ongoing sessions of theUN Human Rights Council, thus far, going by the webcasts, give the impression that Sri Lanka is one of…
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When plastic stops being plastic

Can a plastic substance help solve the ever-present plastic problem? Yes, says Thanula Wijewardena, promoter of oxo-biodegradable plastic. Smriti Daniel reports Particularly in recent years Thanula Wijewardena, a…

Staying in prison!

Researching for unusual places to stay for review in the upcoming edition of his Bradt Guide to Sri Lanka published in the UK, Royston Ellis discovers Fort Hammenhiel…

Appreciations

Remembering a great man with pride and humility CHARLES HENRY DE SOYSA March 3, (today)— the birthday of the late Charles Henry de Soysa, is a very special…

Letters to the editor

Pensioners won’t be around for the next election� Scores of letters have appeared in all the newspapers – English, Sinhala and Tamil – begging the Government to implement…

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