Colonial Coat of Arms restored
The Archaeological Department’s Southern Province Chief Conservationist K.Y.Gamini Saman goes through the finishing touches to the…
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Cricket through the eyes of a working legend
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CIFL ran like a Ponzi scheme, CB audit in 2011says
The Central Bank, in a 2011 July on-site audit of the accounts and affairs of crisis-hit…
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“Ladies and gentlemen! Silence, please. You are charged with the following indictments.” Ten strangers are at a…
Madagascar massacre Sri Lankan pride
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Colonial Coat of Arms restored
The Archaeological Department’s Southern Province Chief Conservationist K.Y.Gamini Saman goes through the finishing touches to the restoration of the Coat of Arms of England at…
Road to CHOGM and beyond
It was November 2007 at Kampala in Uganda where the…
Logistic company imports Benzes thru’ official agent
Concern over Afghan, Pakistani refugees here
Hi-tech safety measures for CHOGM flights
NPC fisheries minister berates TN poaching in Lankan waters
Cost of Airport Expressway: Rs. 1.8 b per km
Early morning horror as villagers wake up to chemical fumes
Noise nuisance: Checks show every other vehicle is a polluter
Modern tech to optimise train movement
Law and disorder
Sri Lanka’s Spiny Eel has slipped away, maybe forever
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Sri Lanka Cricket claims the Rs. 3.2 b debt is not its concern
Sri Lankan Cricket claims that the whopping Rs.3.2 billion that it owes the government is not its concern. SLC treasurer Nuski Mohammed speaking to the…
Cricket through the eyes of a working legend
There needn’t be any beating around the bush. Sri Lanka’s…
Trinity beat STC at hockey
SLCB book place in Dilmah Challenge Trophy finals
NTB emerge double wicket champs
Ananda home for tea – outclass Maliyadeva
Thoras fly high at Beira Lake
Faf du Plessis fined for ICC Code of Conduct breach
Sports Breakfast Show on Nov.16
Schools cricket to get Rs 15million bonanza
Geoff Marsh crash costs SLC Rs. 15 million
The big scam
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King of the Road!
Elephants were part of the festivities associated with the unofficial opening this week of the Katunayake Expressway which takes just 20 minutes to reach either…
Uproar over super-rich tax plan
A ‘super-rich tax’ proposal being considered for inclusion in next…
Rs. 50bn raised, another Rs. 10bn debentures investments in the pipeline
Krrish square saga plods on
CIFL revival with Rs.1 bln capital infusion
SLIC Managing Director and top managers to be removed
CIFL ran like a Ponzi scheme, CB audit in 2011says
CIFL-When the chicken flew the coop
Bad news: No more ‘playing’ truant for Lankan schoolchildren
SLT connects CHOGM 2013
Vipula’s ‘Pointers to Enlightenment’ book launch on Tuesday
Kollupitiya’s Liberty Plaza opens Liberty Arcade with novel features
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Editorial
The celluloid politics of Tamil Nadu
In all likelihood, the Indian Prime Minister is now unlikely to attend next month’s CHOGM in Sri Lanka. It is clear that he has had to yield to domestic political compulsions, but it might not be a case of performing Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark, really. So much then…
Columns
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Political Column
Casino dispute turns tables on Govt; splits within UPFA
A vast majority of Sri Lankans are usually unaware of the power games in the higher echelons of the UPFA Government. Sometimes they glean such issues by reading…
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5th Column
Man up Manmohan!
My Dear Manmohan, I thought I must write to you when I heard that you were still to decide whether or not you would be attending the Commonwealth…
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The Economic Analysis
On an unsustainable economic growth path
Despite the high economic growth achieved in the last few years, it is becoming increasingly evident that the growth strategy adopted is unsustainable. Economic growth is declining and…
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Lobby
Speaker aborts live House telecast after Mangala spat
When Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa spoke at the inaugural trial run of the country’s first live telecast of Parliamentary debates, he was hopeful that uncensored public access to see…
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Focus on Rights
So now we know the truth about eu gsp plus
This week, the Government of Sri Lanka admitted for the first time, the financial losses that the country has been subjected to as a result of losing the…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Mangala’s cigar delays case
A distraught mother, carrying her infant in hand, approached UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake and parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayake, when they were at the Matara courts last Monday. They…
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From the sidelines
India, as usual
On Wednesday Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh witnessed the signing of a landmark agreement in Beijing with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, aimed at easing tensions in a long-disputed…
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Sunday Punch
Tamil Nad war drums for Singh’s song
Spare a thought this Sunday morn for the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as he fidgets in his office like a blushing debutant invited for her first dance,…
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“The lake is only a short hike into the forest, I can show you!” the ranger said. And so we went from the little town of Deniyaya to…
Appreciations
Anula Gopallawa Kapuwatta She personified the noble Kandyan tradition An aristocratic Kandyan lady Amila Kapuwatte was one of the few deeply engrossed in the Kandyan social ethos. She…
Letters
All’s fine with beautifying Colombo, but spare the trees There is much paving taking place around the city of Colombo. No doubt when it is all completed, Colombo…
Step into this room, and step back in time
The men sit around the table in solemn conference but they don’t mind when the caretaker W.A Samson interrupts to put a bucket on the table. On rainy…
Magazine
Young activist on a mission
Women’s empowerment was never just a catchphrase for Birendra Siriwardhana. The 15-year- old grew up literally in its embrace. His mum Shivani Siriwardhana, an almost…
Palm Beach excels
The spirit of Christmas at Jetwing Hotels, Negombo
Barista Lavazza locations celebrate multi culture
‘Poppy Malak’ for War heroes
‘Ihirunu Kiri’ with a super cast
Documentary on ‘Magic Realism and After’ at ICC
Sumathi Awards to felicitate tele-talents
OTSC Oktoberfest
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Bringing a classic tale to life
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The end of King Vimaladharmasuriya
King Vimaladharmasuriya was suffering from a severe fever. No treatment seemed to answer. In May 1604,…
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Sri Lanka Cricket claims the Rs. 3.2 b debt is not its concern
Sri Lankan Cricket claims that the whopping Rs.3.2 billion that it owes the government is not…
Cricket through the eyes of a working legend
Trinity beat STC at hockey
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The US government has defended its use of drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and other countries…
Pakistan accused of drone collusion
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King of the Road!
Elephants were part of the festivities associated with the unofficial opening this week of the Katunayake…