An eco-tourism dream
When the world’s most popular travel rating site TripAdvisor put out a list of the 10…
Sampur Coal Power Project – Economic investment or sinister move
India is already having problems with a shortage of coal to run their own coal power…
Tea pluckers of an alien nature
A foreign couple wearing the traditional clothes of a tea plucker picks leaves near the Heritance…
Exquisite Jungle Beach marks first anniversary
Jungle Beach Kuchchaveli the unique luxury beach resort of Uga Escapes celebrated its first year in…
Flying Fish: Fins clipped before flight
The uproar caused over the screening of the film Igilena Maluwo (Flying Fish) at the recently…
Time for Mathews to follow sleepwalking and reach for the stars
Only our sleepwalking cricketers seem to excel at rarefied heights. The other lot has once again…
Three-wheelers: Indispensable death traps
Despite 800,000 three-wheelers or ‘tuk-tuks’ operating in the country, of which about 300,000 operate within the…
‘I’m not a politician, I only wish to serve my suffering people’
He may have made a career out of music, had his mother not pushed him to…
Stamford netballers hit in Sigiriya
The Under 17 netball team of Stamford High School, England, who are on a tour of…
News
Hello, hello, can you hear me
In a ringing coincidence, a protesting nurse takes a telephone call while she and her colleagues were staging a picket and token strike outside the…
Colombo opened up for casinos
Gazette notification allows gaming centres outside restricted zone The Government…
UPFA vows to restore Jaffna’s glory
Copycat ‘White Van’ in police net
No counsel retained by us, say five suspects in murder case | Businessman Mohamed Shyam’s killing
SC puts off FR case against CJ 44 till July 25
Appeal Court judgment nullifying PSC proceedings against CJ 43
COPE report to House on Tuesday
Authorities throw the book at each other for term-test mess
Jealous undergrad missing after botched knifing incident
A good catch for the brave-hearted
SL hooked on substandard Indian drugs from blacklisted manufacturers
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Sanga’s super Saturday
By S.R. PathiravithanaAnyone who opted to stay off the R. Premadasa Stadium last afternoon may have been wondering why they were so unlucky. Indeed it was a…
Who sent whom to the market?
There are two Sinhala colloquial phrases which I think came…
Ragama CC dominate second day’s proceedings
Suranga lifts Subagya to victory
ABA Women’s Layton Cup Boxing
Galaxy of international artistes at Carlton Sevens
Amali leads MAS Holdings to shuttle glory
Inter-club carrom from August 17
Etisalat Golf on July 26 and 27
Mendis to lead Lankan teens against India
Sunday Sports Guide
Every journey begins today–Andre Agassi
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Sampur Coal Power Project – Economic investment or sinister move
By H.D.N.C. Pathirana, former Deputy Director - Geological Survey, Sri LankaIndia is already having problems with a shortage of coal to run their own coal power plants. It is intriguing why they have gone to…
Tea pluckers of an alien nature
A foreign couple wearing the traditional clothes of a tea…
Hoteliers slash rates to lure Lankans
Probe continues amidst claim that official is under threat
LAUGFS mulling to go into healthcare
Sri Lankan hotels pull brakes on price
Luxury car market grows with young, wealthy buyers
Are students trained to pass exams or be creative – university don
Old rich, new rich and incoming rich
SLIC to divest some of its LIOC shares
99X Technology, a SL Top 15 ‘Great Place to Work’ : Study
Guardian Group reports Rs.2.29 bln profit in last fiscal year
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Editorial
Let’s go beyond the ethnic issue
It was during a week like this, 30 years ago (July 23, 1983), that this country experienced a game-changer; a watershed in its modern history. This was the July 1983 riots triggered from the ambush and killing of 13 soldiers, including a young officer at Thinnaveli in Jaffna by the Liberation…
Columns
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5th Column
Bringing in Justice
My Dear Wigneswaran, I thought I should write to you when I heard that you would be contesting for the Chief Ministerial post in the North in the…
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Political Column
Five make-or-break months for Rajapaksa regime
National Collective gets support from Mahanayakes for abolition of PCs but world pressure forces Govt. to go ahead with polls Cracks within UPFA widen while UNP patches up…
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The Economic Analysis
External finances and fiscal consolidation: What’s the real position?
The divergent assessments of the current economic situation are confusing. The Central Bank’s assessment of the current state of the economy, especially two key economic indicators, the level…
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Focus on Rights
Not this good earth
Four years after the war in the North and East ended, Sri Lankans are very quickly losing rights not only relating to personal life and liberty but also…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Sajith, Karu may patch up with Ranil
Moves seem to be afoot in the opposition United National Party (UNP) to thaw fractured relations between party leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and his two erstwhile deputies Sajith Premadasa…
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From the sidelines
Wigneswaran ups the ante in Chief Minister stakes
With the electoral race launched in three provinces, two developments within minority political formations during the past week point to significant undercurrents. Firstly, there were ripples caused by…
Plus
Your ‘Bubble Baby’ is 3 years old!
Flanked by his ‘Thaththa’ and ‘Amma’, he walks in unfazed by the small crowd of people in the large room. Clambering onto a chair all on his own,…
Space to ‘say’ something not so beautiful
As the opening of Chandraguptha Thenuwara’s latest exhibition draws near, he seems to relish the thought of putting his viewers to work. “When you enter the exhibition you…
Letters to the editor
If Westerners can turn to vegetarianism, why can’t Sri Lankans? According to a recent radio programme, it was announced that a vegetarian week was held in Britain to…
Appreciations
She taught us the true meaning of love Rene Roberta Jayasekera Losing a parent is sad, losing both within a short time, heartbreaking. Parents are the rock on…
Magazine
A little slice of heaven
It’s a Thursday and Elinor Galapitage has been up since 5 a.m. baking cakes to bring to the Good Food Market in Battaramulla. Working together,…
Does social media make us anti-social?
Playing the digital age for laughs
‘There is Something I have to Tell You’: A Gratiaen Prize reading
The volunteering experience
Explosive performances
A place for local talent
Remembering Cory Monteith: The best of Finn Hudson
‘Punsanda Paaya’ shines bright
Golden journey of Desmond
Kumar launches ‘The Bonsoir Diaries’
Fishing on a ‘Flying Fish’ End of French Spring
‘Amdon’ a wholesome humour on Sunday
Sarathchandra goes on the board
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Education
Arts grads lack English hence least employable, less paid
Students following the Arts stream in higher education have the lowest employability rate ranging around 30%,…
3rd Convocation of Uva Wellessa Graduates
42 National Schools sans Principals: Education Min. calls for applications
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Israel, Palestinians lay groundwork for peace talks
AMMAN (Reuters) – Israel and the Palestinians have laid the groundwork for resuming peace talks after…
Wait goes on for Britain’s ‘Waity Katie’
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It took just one tiny cut!
Less pain, less infection, faster recovery and no scars: This was the result of a Single…