Govt. keeps blowing hot and cold on key issues
Paradoxical enough, it was a chance foray last week for External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris into…
Palestine: A taste of apartheid and colonialism
Travelling in a lead escort vehicle driven by a police officer can be thrilling for a…
Life wasn’t always on the fast track
The sleek, black Maserati stays parked outside the building while its owner attends an informal family…
Maalu Maalu Resort brings Gold to Passekudah
‘Culinary Art Competition 2013’ held from August 2 to 5 at the BMICH had some very…
Cambrians up with a impressive performance
St. Peter’s, Trinity, Royal Colombo, St. Anthony’s Katugastota, Prince of Wales’, St. Joseph’s, Isipathana and D.S.…
Intra party violence takes the lead in polls race
Election law violations and misuse of state resources are on the rise, say polls monitoring groups…
Musharraf: The culture of impunity collapses
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf did not anticipate the doomed homecoming that exposed him…
DFCC collects several metals at the bestweb.lk awards 2013
www.DFCC.lk secured Gold for the Best Corporate, Banking and Insurance website and the Silver award for…
CCC School of Cricket Celebrates Anniversary
The CCC School of Cricket, one of the country’s premier cricket coaching schools, celebrated its 15th…
News
No sacrifice but goats keep coming
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Fishermen out of their depth as the catch goes abegging
An estimated 20 tons of fish caught daily in the…
Huge pleasure garden, pleasure park in Colombo
Housebreak at scribe’s home leaves one dead and 4 cops hospitalised
Chinese lightning expresses on Indian tracks in Lanka
Shiyam murder: Ex-DIG’s wife grilled again
Tough austerity measures, more taxes and cuts on subsidies
Hikkaduwa PS chairman cleared of corruption charges
Special housing loans for troops, state employees
National Heritage Ministry gazettes 170 ancient monuments
Guidelines issued to achieve uniformity in performing stomach operations
Death Certificates for missing persons extended for 2 more years
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Four-day cricket to the fore: SLC’s new game plan
By S.R. PathiravithanaSri Lanka Cricket has decided to bring the longer version of the game into focus once again from next year. According to senior SLC personnel,…
From top of cricket mountain, now we see the entire valley
In this tiny island nation of 20 million people there…
Sirisoma takes early lead
Old Boy’s quad finals today
Malinga pulls out of Zimbabwe tour
ECB ‘welcome’ Lehmann punishment
The unveiling of the first scoreboard in the Eastern Province
Kanthan rule at the baseline continues
It was not Muttiah all the way
Cambrians up with a impressive performance
Inaugural Colombo-Karachi Regatta on August 31
US Open and ‘video’ espionage
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Govt.-doctors’ messages on milk confusing, poll shows
Most Sri Lankans drink milk and believe the government and sections of the medical profession are responsible for confusing signals on the consumption of milk,…
The Raux Brothers lifestyle stores make a home for inspiration and interaction
Raux Brother’s the nation’s niche specialty boutique stores for handcrafted…
Shangri-La Hotel project at a standstill
People’s Leasing seeks $50 mln from ME banks
CSE, SEC entice firms to go public
NSB US dollar bond on roadshow within the next few weeks
All-electric Nissan Leaf hits Lankan roads
Building global competitiveness answer to our economic problems
Food for thought on food safety
Concept of a free port
Nation Lanka Finance aims for profit of Rs. 200 mln in 2014 and Rs. 400 mln in 2015
Drive in bill payment scheme
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Editorial
Welcome Ms. Pillay
Today’s arrival in Sri Lanka of the Geneva-based UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) bears testimony to the stark reality that the modern world is framed in such a way that countries that dare stand up to the economically and militarily more powerful Western nations, especially the US, are…
Columns
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5th Column
To stay or go?
My Dear Manmohan, I know you would have received an official invitation from GL, our international postman whose job these days is to fly around the world delivering…
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Political Column
Govt. keeps blowing hot and cold on key issues
Paradoxical enough, it was a chance foray last week for External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris into the realm of Indo-Sri Lanka bilateral relations. Though within his purview, tagged “top…
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The Economic Analysis
Reducing government expenditure essential to decrease budget deficit
Last week we pointed out that the fiscal imbalance required a two-pronged strategy of increasing revenue and reducing expenditure. The foremost challenge in this strategy is to restrain…
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Lobby
Govt. rinses its mouths of Weliweriya, Opposition dutifully swallows it
By the time Parliament took up the Opposition initiated adjournment motion debate on the Rathupaswela incident last Wednesday, the dust had more or less settled on the issue,…
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Focus on Rights
The twin evils of militarisation and dictatorship
President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s announcement this week that ‘I am no dictator’ (see Daily Mirror, August 21st 2013) may gladden the hearts of his eager sycophants but will do…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
President talks of ghost stories
It is not only intra-party clashes and the campaigning for polls that President Mahinda Rajapaksa has to cope with. The man known for his unparalleled enthusiasm for public…
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From the sidelines
Don’t rock the boat, just confiscate the trawler
It almost seemed as if External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris went to New Delhi with the CHOGM invitation in one hand, and a warning in the other. On…
Plus
Back to Pera, where it all began
When well-known dramatist Jayalath Manorathna went to Peradeniya University to accept a Doctorate in Literature (D. Litt) that was conferred on him recently, he was returning to the…
Come, see the unseen
April 4, 1977. Stefan D’Silva still remembers the day he left Sri Lanka aged 21 for what he imagined to be greener pastures. Time and experience has made…
Letters to the editor
The dark truth of Kandy City: It’s time to light it up I wish to draw the attention of Kandy’s municipal authorities and the Road Development Authority to…
Appreciations
My Loku Amma, the guiding light in my life | Prajapathy Angunawela Prajapathy Angunawela, my Loku Amma, was 94 years old on May 10, this year. The last of…
Magazine
Lifting up young designers
Regular shoppers at Glitz have another reason to visit the popular retail store. Niro and Nelo, the designer label created under LIFT (Lanka Institute of…
Conquering the majestic Mount Whitney
Marrying technology and tradition
B.L.O.T : Making the mundane fascinating
Mankind under assault in latest blockbuster – Pacific Rim
On a mission to inspire
Bombay Velvet Brings Lanka locations to limelight
Janakaraliya gifts a Theatre Arts Centre to Rajarata
Melody of ‘Butterfly Symphony’
Controversy ridden ‘Madras Café’ at Liberty Lite
Sampath celebrates 30 years of excellence
Maalu Maalu Resort brings Gold to Passekudah
Double B at Kingsbury
Cinnamon Bey Beruwala in community enhancement project
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History
This article is part of a continuing series on the ‘Mahavamsa,’ the recorded chronicle of Sri…
Kids’ World
This week in History
More Funday Times >>Education
APIIT introduces degree in applied IT
APIIT – Sri Lanka School of Computing introduces British Internal degree in Applied Information Technology. Already…
How to select a globally recognized university?
Australia, the No 1 study destination for Sri Lankan students
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On Syria, Obama says no rush toward costly interventions
BEIRUT (Reuters) – President Barack Obama called the apparent gassing of hundreds of Syrian civilians a…
Guardian partners with New York Times on Snowden files due to British ‘pressure’
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The success behind the award winning website dfcc.lk
DFCC’s corporate website www.DFCC.lk secured Gold for the Best Corporate, Banking and Insurance website and the…