Step into a national shame
Who should took the blame for the sorry state of the National Art Gallery? One visit…
Want a peacock wake up call?
In his search for unusual hotels to review for a new edition of the Bradt Guide…
How they walked into ‘He comes from jaffna’
Duvindi Illankoon has a chat with the old, the new and the in-between who make up…
The Digital Film Academy of the SLF is ready to take off with the second batch of students for the National Diploma in Choreography
Sri Lanka Foundation coming under the purview of the presidential secretariat is pleased to present the…
Chinese firm Avic gets special status for a mixed development Colombo project
The Sri Lanka Government has given strategic investment project status to the US$300 million mixed development…
All show but no shelter from storm
This banana leaf-shaped bus halt built at a cost of Rs. 2.5 million in Battaramulla by…
Cocoon Resorts and Villas
Receives 2013 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence One of the most luxurious boutique resorts south of Colombo,Cocoon…
Easy pickings as crime pays and pays well
A lucrative ‘career’ for most youth living just above and below the poverty line and drug…
NSAIDs deadly for dengue-hit children
Stick to paracetamol and sponging to bring down fever, says expert Common pain-relieving medications prescribed for…
News
Govt. slashes supply of subsidised fertiliser
Agriculture Ministry says paddy lands over-fertile; farmer unions dispute claim The Government has slashed the supply of subsidised fertiliser to paddy farmers by over 100,000…
Uncertainty looms over rupee as dollar rises
Current uncertainty and depreciating trends in the Sri Lankan rupee…
Champika stripped of atomic energy portfolio
Shortcomings still remain for a totally disabled-friendly environment
BASL launches newspaper to raise public awareness
All show but no shelter from storm
New traffic plan in Maradana and Panchikawatte today
Acting US Assistant AG has Lankan roots
President briefs Tanzanian counterpart on CHOGM 2013
AG’s Dept awaits crucial DNA report to indict suspects
Rs. 7 billion settlement ends oil hedging dispute with SCB
On a track of care and concern
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England and New Zealand will be Lanka’s cricketing friends
By S.R. PathiravithanaSri Lanka cricket administration’s penchant for the limited overs version of the game would go on till end 2014. From now till end of 2014…
SLPL fiasco: The Big Land, the small land and the candle man
Once there was a rich merchant in the Big Land,…
Etisalat to support Army rugby
Ranabima Royal wins inaugural Knockout baseball championship
Vidanage’s comeback trail
“It is an honour to be named fourth best team in the island- Principal St Servatius College Matara
Time is ripe to go back to the good old friendlies
Five star rooms for whom?
Chess boards to the parliamentary sports club
My impressions on 20-over cricket
Naduni Gunawardena and Gihan Suwaris clinch Emperor open squash titles
The dream team from Lake View
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CB to design amnesty for secret account holders
By Duruthu Edirimuni ChandrasekeraThe Central Bank (CB) is contemplating relaxing rules for Sri Lankans owning secret overseas accounts provided they bring US$ 5 million or above into Sri…
Lankan SOBs lost over Rs. 250 bln in 2012
Sri Lanka continues to maintain several inefficient state-owned businesses (SOBs)…
Chinese firm Avic gets special status for a mixed development Colombo project
‘Mr. Biz’ takes well-earned break
Air Asia to resume KL-Colombo flts thro’ subsidiary
Small shareholders complain of AGM date clashes
Organisational Rumours
Time stands still for Lankan laws
Northern entrepreneurs should welcome competition, not see it as a threat
Lankans have overseas accounts as they don’t trust authorities with the money- BT poll
Central Bank gets more liberal with exchange controls
Lankan brokers list Shariah Compliant companies in CSE
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Editorial
Education: Time to right the wrongs
A recent joint UNESCO/UNICEF report on secondary education, i.e. school-going children, has rightfully caught the attention of the media. Having done a survey, the report states that 98 per cent of Sri Lanka’s children do attend school. That indeed is a proud achievement, if a rare one, for the country.…
Columns
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5th Column
Factors of 13: Got an answer?
“Thaaththa,” Bindu Udagedera asked, “what is all this fuss about the thirteenth amendment?” “Ah,” said Bindu’s father Percy, “that is what everyone is bothering Mahinda maama about these…
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Political Column
Govt. whips up hype over 13A; changes unlikely ahead of Northern polls
President to establish NPC on July 5; TNA likely to take part High level Indo-Lanka meetings in New Delhi and Colombo PSC chairman slams PC system; cracks widen…
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The Economic Analysis
Are external finances improving or deteriorating?
The external finances of the first four months of this year point to some favourable prospects as well as concerns and anxieties. While the balance of payments is…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
UNPer hits back at SLFP wisecracker
Last Tuesday, President Mahinda Rajapaksa summoned a special meeting of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Parliamentary group at the Presidential Secretariat. He was concerned about contradictory positions…
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From the sidelines
Government signals left and turns right on 13A
Since the government last week named its list of nominees to the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to discuss the 13th Amendment (13A), the names omitted from the list…
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Step into a national shame
Who should took the blame for the sorry state of the National Art Gallery? One visit is enough to put off even the most zealous of art lovers.…
Hard work helps Chamila win NYCIFF award
Shouts and screams fill Jagath Chamila’s ears as he wakes up each morning— they come from the busy marketplace adjoining his modest house in Moratuwa. But on June…
Letters to the editor
CMC and CEB are good for you, they make you laugh! Layard’s Road, Colombo 5, down which I live, has a drain full of empty plastic bottles and…
Appreciations
Mahes Brito Muthunayagam Without her guidance the light has gone out from our lives Mahes Brito Muthunayagam was the only child of the late J.L.C. Tiruchelvam, who was…
Magazine
How they walked into ‘He comes from jaffna’
Duvindi Illankoon has a chat with the old, the new and the in-between who make up the cast of a timeless classic produced by Jith…
For the little ones
Swirls of Spring and Summer
Where music matters…
Stop the bullying
Getting into Zombie novels
‘Sweet Inspirations’ Shaymi, Yasmin and Marcia in concert
8th Mega Musical event of OTSC
French Spring with cinema
‘It’s an award for my country’
‘Adieu to Acting’ in town
Deyyoth Danne Ne in Borella
Rats in Borella
Russian premier for Prasanna’s latest
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History
This article is part of a continuing series on the ‘Mahavamsa,’ the recorded chronicle of Sri…
Young Musician
Achievement
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Scholarships to CASA members from CINEC Maritime Campus
CASA is the leading voice of the Shipping Industry in Sri Lanka comprising 128 Licensed Ships’…
Career guidance to the fore at ‘Future Minds’
O/L 2012 results betters 2011 with WP on top
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US warns on Egypt travel after American among three killed
CAIRO, June 29 (AFP) -Washington warned against travel to Egypt after an American was among three…
Who runs the world? Girls!
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How they walked into ‘He comes from jaffna’
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