On the road less travelled
About six km away from Pooneryn, Ruvan Ranatunga could almost taste the salt on his tongue…
Women from a different angle
Selvarajah Seanthan is a Grama Niladhari for the Karachi division in the Killinochchi district. His picture…
Van Gollenesse’s dream
Once, the majestic white-painted Wolvendaal Church towering above the Fort of Colombo, served as a beacon…
Shakespeare with a twist
Merging four famous plays together, the Gateway College drama troupe’s ‘Midnight Saga’ is aimed at ‘modern…
‘Miles of a Dream’ A French film from Lanka
Young filmmaker Udaya Dharmawardena’s maiden solo film, a French-Sri Lankan co-production ‘Miles of a Dream’ has…
Invest (in growth) without buying Lamborghinis : Amunugama
Sri Lanka’s private sector should invest (their money wisely). A senior government minister said. “The good…
Can the Lions devour the Baseline lads
The curtains of the Under 20 inter-school rugby season for the year 2013 will come down…
UAE announces first case of MERS-virus infection
ABU DHABI (AFP) -Health authorities in the UAE have announced that an 82-year-old man has been…
Victims wait in vain for state accident compensation
J.M. Maharoof, from Ibbagamuwa in Kurunegala is a survivor of a deadly bus accident that claimed…
News
Parties propose, goats dispose
Politicians are often known to behave like goats and thus it was not surprising to see goats trying to eat political posters put up on…
Treasury bails out SriLankan Airlines
The Treasury has stepped in to bail out SriLankan Airlines…
Exodus from teacher service
Mattala idling: Govt. offers more concessions
Supreme Court ruling settles Vaddukoddai name row
No election monitors from anti-Lanka Europe: Polls Chief
Media coverage on C’wealth guidelines
Ehelepola Walauwe to be restored to its old glory
Rs 168m for vehicles despite Finance ministry’s suspension till CHOGM
SLFEB training programme for overseas domestic employment
Crashes claim eight lives in two days
SC orders female inspector be promoted as WASP despite lack of inches
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Lankan selectors hold back team selections
By S.R. PathiravithanaThe Lankan selectors will on Tuesday to name the stand-in captain for the first two ODIs against the visiting Proteas and the rest of the…
What’s good for cricket and the hangers-on
When we were in school Social Studies were known as…
Can the Lions devour the Baseline lads
Tamil Union in line to secure early win
Joes leap higher to pip Gateway
Lucky, Marlon re-elected to the helm at NCC
Blue Star regain top spot
Murray lives the ‘English dream’
We should take citing seriously
How good is Angelo as captain?
Four Wings post 55 to 45 win over Moratuwa BC
President’s College overcome Dharmadasa
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Triumph set to wrap around your man next!
By Sunimalee DiasTriumph International plans to entice Sri Lankan men to get intimate with their new clothes range set to roll out in two years time when…
Krrish denies making any pay-offs
One of Sri Lanka’s biggest mixed development projects on Thursday…
Agents bow to IATA pressure
Pilgrim traffic resumes to Bodh Gaya
Packer’s $350 mln casino investment
Lankan hoteliers likely to cut winter rates
Selling the truth:How Unilever delivers ethical advertising
Whistle-blowers in Lanka’s new growth path
GK depositors appeal to Kotelawala to settle their deposits
CA Sri Lanka and AMBA to conduct valuation boot camp for capital market professionals
Central Bank Governor meets the De Lanerolle Brothers
Intel’s ‘Haswell’ 4th gen chips now in SL
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Editorial
Review the ‘coerced’ Indo-Lanka Accord
The visit by the Indian National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon, a one-time High Commissioner in Colombo, was the ‘umpteenth’ visit by an Indian diplomat — from the days of G. Parthasarathy and Romesh Bhandari three decades ago to now, carrying New Delhi’s veiled directives on how the Government in Colombo…
Columns
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5th Column
Steering wrong on Northern course
My Dear Sampanthan Seeya, I thought I must write to you now when I heard that the provincial council elections that you were demanding all these years are…
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Political Column
Foreign policy a gamble: Lanka’s future like a horse race
Menon’s tough line puts ties with India at low ebb; Government has no clear-cut strategy TNA insists it won’t take part in the PSC, Sampanthan pushes for Justice…
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The Economic Analysis
Change economic policies drastically and urgently
The six and a half decades since independence have been characterised by economists as one of missed opportunities. The end of the war in 2009 was considered another…
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Lobby
COPE head, Opposition call for better paid, powerful Auditor-General
While Parliament last Wednesday approved a salary of Rs 48,940 for Auditor-General (A-G) H.A.S. Samaraweera, Opposition legislators argued strongly for a better salary for a person holding the…
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Focus on Rights
Playing a game of smoke and mirrors again
At first blush, recent actions of the Mahinda Rajapaksa administration on Sri Lanka’s abysmal governance front may cause some who are apt, (or at least pretend thereto), to…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Defiant woman journalist happy to clean her country’s dirt
Just weeks ago, the Washington -based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) laid bare the names and addresses of those who held offshore bank accounts in a number…
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From the sidelines
Has the SLFP hijacked the process?
The dust is yet to settle after a flurry of high level diplomatic visits across the Palk Strait, in both directions. The carefully crafted diplomatic statements that followed…
Plus
On the road less travelled
About six km away from Pooneryn, Ruvan Ranatunga could almost taste the salt on his tongue as a warm wind swept the scent of dried villus toward him.…
Letters to the editor
Apathy towards Sansoni Commission main reason for Black July Black July 1983 received worldwide attention. In spite of all the publicity it took 18 long years for the…
Appreciations
He came from Kandy, she from Jaffna and what a match they made James Thiagarajah Arulanantham James Thiagarajah Arulanantham, son of the late Rev. Gnanamuttu Rowlands Arulanantham and…
Gearing to save more lives
Involved in an accident or emergency anywhere across the country, any man, woman or child would have the best chance of survival, with the development of services in…
Magazine
Intensity is the key to the play
The Workshop Players present ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ by Tennessee Williams in celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Lionel Wendt at the Lionel Wendt…
Bridgetines have a blast
A global business phenomenon
Sixth MUN sessions get underway
Being genuine
Jammin with ‘Crossroads’
The pros and cons of being Cyril
Shakespeare with a twist
The importance of challenging yourself
Dancesport Championship with El Latino
Diamond Jubilee of the Beetles celebrated in style at the Mount
‘Sweet Inspirations’; Three sisters in concert
French Spring Festival brings Classical Jazz Concert to Cinnamon Lakeside
‘Miles of a Dream’ A French film from Lanka
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Education
At least 12,000 undergrads still without hostel facilities
At least 12,000 more undergraduates require hostel facilities, as issues over accommodation within universities continues. The…
Meetings, shows, public address systems banned near exam centres
Students spoon-fed can’t think for themselves: Foreign experts
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Who let bombs out in Buddha Gaya?
Home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde’s observation that anybody – from the Indian Mujahideen to local terror…
Brazilian student who sold her virginity for $780,000 insists she is a ‘victim’
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Intensity is the key to the play
The Workshop Players present ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ by Tennessee Williams in celebration of the 60th…