Who goes there?
Midnight at Kanatte! As the brilliant half-moon glides behind a bank of clouds in the sky…
Seeing the old city with new eyes
It’s 9 a.m. on a Friday and the Old Dutch Hospital is barely stirring. Standing at…
What a reservoir of talent!
Rarely does a school play in Colombo live up to the best professional standards known to…
Recovering a missing cellphone is almost a lost cause
A lady residing at Wellawatte was devastated after she realised that her phone she left on…
TNA victory ride on Tiger trail
Elated that the party of their choice had won, a youth group in a Jaffna church…
All-conquering Medhira thirsts for more success
Over the space of just two weeks, Medhira Samarasinghe showed people all the finest qualities of…
International Day of Peace 2013: Invest in Schools and Teachers
St. John’s Bosco College, Kaluaggala, 35 km from Colombo, became the first School Peace Ambassador with…
MLH to introduce countrywide mobile vehicle repair service
Hiring and identifying professionals for vehicle maintenance in a proper manner become a daunting task in…
A necessary evil that is a law unto itself
School vans have become an integral part of attending school itself, but unfortunately, most fail to…
News
Flag blessing at Dalada Maligawa
The flags of Sri Lanka Army’s 37 regiment were brought in a solemn procession yesterday to the Sri Dalada Maligawa for special blessings.…
TNA wants President in Jaffna for CM oaths
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) which swept the Northern Provincial…
Indians throw away 30 % of their catch
Mammoth delegation, Twitter fiasco, infighting mar President’s UN visit
Cabinet gives green card to Packer; tax jackpot
Southern UNPers want Sajith as chief ministerial candidate
Lanka gears up for CHOGM welcome
20 min to BIA: Katunayake highway ready next month
41 Tamil Nadu fishermen released on AG’s instructions
Missing 7-year-old girl found dead in ditch
Touchwood in another dodgy move, appoints new chairman
Unprecedented voter-buying strategies observed at PC polls: CaFFE report
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Coach quandary: From Whatmore to what’s next
It was a different era in cricket in Sri Lanka, yet the same blue skies hovered over the island, though the evening shadows were just…
Simon Taufel to coach Lankan umpires
The ICC’s umpires coach Simon Taufel has been invited by…
Abeysinghe’s rule of the pool
Kalu warns Sri Lanka ‘A’ – “Don’t let your guard down”
Priyamal wrecks DSS to give St. Joseph’s a thrilling win
Sunday Sports Guide
Zahira sports gala today
IRB steps up anti-Doping campaign
Rugby Tri-nation in Sri Lanka next month
Dialog Champions League 2013
Halambage and Hettiarachchi win openers
Roads less travelled
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Two heads of Touchwood resign amidst attempts to resurrect the firm
Two heads of Touchwood Investments, the troubled forestry management company have tendered their resignations on Friday in the wake of attempts by new investors to…
High level probe into contract of specially-designed brooches for CHOGM first ladies
A high level government probe is now underway into the…
JKH shops for foreign funds for Beira casino-related project
Motorists bemused by Southern Expressway speed limits, rules
CSE on a merry chase to pin stock firm for inquiry
Second Intake for CA Sri Lanka’s BSc. Degree in Applied Accounting commences
Central Bank hits back on ‘unfair’ Finance Co. mishandling claims
Courage, guts and gumption
Chelliah Loganathan – a colossus in the Lankan banking sector (General Manager – Bank of Ceylon from 1953 to1969)
Labour-hit plantations mul out- grower system model
ST Business Club discusses impact of CHOGM 2013
Lankan women’s groups dismayed by restrictive rule for female migrant workers
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Editorial
PC polls: Bitter-sweet outcome for Govt.
“Two States; Two Parties” exclaimed a wag punning on yesteryear’s famous quote of a famous man, Dr. Colvin R. De Silva – “One Language; Two States/Two Languages; One State” to describe the North-South divide of the time. What the wag was referring to, of course, was the overwhelming electoral victories in…
Columns
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5th Column
Talking statues and flouting statutes
As Paradise was preparing for its next international summit in more than thirty-five years, its statues were having a conference of their own. They had been summoned by…
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Political Column
Northern verdict: Crucial factor for next presidential poll
Trouncing of UPFA in NP raises major new issues for the Rajapaksa regime UNP and JVP suffer more setbacks; main opposition party must urgently put its house in…
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The Economic Analysis
Prerequisites for attracting foreign direct Investment
Despite the importance of foreign direct investment (FDI) for sustained economic development discussed last week, the country has failed to attract an adequate amount of the right type…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Sinhala speaking Russian PM looks for Syria’s smoking-gun
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who was in the news last week over the breakthrough agreement with the US on the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons, was a…
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From the sidelines
Pillay’s update: Has Sri Lanka become an imperial guinea-pig?
Wednesday’s oral update on Sri Lanka by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay to the 24th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva seems…
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Who goes there?
Midnight at Kanatte! As the brilliant half-moon glides behind a bank of clouds in the sky over Borella, we are walking deep into the ‘Land of the Dead’…
Seeing the old city with new eyes
It’s 9 a.m. on a Friday and the Old Dutch Hospital is barely stirring. Standing at the entrance, the World Trade Centre towers at his back, Mark Forbes…
20th Century AD back in the saddle again
Once a household name in Sri Lanka, known for their fine selection and presentation of good music, 20th Century AD led by Peter de Almeida, is now back…
A chance to survive and thrive
It was a poignant moment as Sri Lanka’s first ever collared fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) was released to the Sri Jayawardenapura Sanctuary last week. The fishing cat was…
Magazine
What’s the buzz?
Come this Friday, theatre-goers will find the cast of Jesus Christ Superstar is packed full of exciting, fresh new talent. Open auditions brought in performers…
Biryani adds spice to those good ole hot dogs
Twenty years and the Flame is still bright
Hair saga: From the Greeks to present day
Winning streak
A round with the winners | A first for Visakha Vidyalaya
Paper takes flight
CIS emerge winners of SLMUN
Bringing out their voices
When The Saints go marching in……
Oktoberfest at Amaya Hills
Red Bull BC One All Stars Tour in Sri Lanka
The First Super Star of Sri Lankan Music
Colombo Oktoberfest 2013 The best of Bavaria
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Kids’s world
Win! Win! Win! Super books from Vijitha Yapa Bookshop
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International Business Management at APIIT
The BA (Hons) degree in International Business Management offered by APIIT as an internal degree from…
Live-Study-Work in Australia!
ANC partners with University of Albany – The State University of New York (SUNY), USA
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Samata Sarana : Scent of selfless love from former rubbish dump
It’s hard to believe that the solid five-storeyed building on Mutwal’s Aluthmawatha rose from a rubbish…
Bin Laden’s death one big lie: Obama, the NSA and the ‘pathetic’ American media
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Pan Asia Bank gives a human face to credit cards with the lowest interest of 19.75%
Pan Asia Bank has redefined the local credit card arena with the introduction of MasterCard Black…