News
In the aftermath of the ground roller tragedy which killed a student at Ananda College, a mother is seen taking her children home as did…
Government has granted a generous 25-year corporate tax holiday to…
Sports
Is this cricket’s Armageddon? According to the Book of Revelation, Armageddon is the site of gathering of armies for a battle during the end times.…
Akila Lakshan of Royal College Panadura clearly indicated what he…
Business Times
A cycle repair man watches a movie on a portable CD player while at work on a pavement at Dharmapala Mawatha, Colombo. Pic by Athula…
Battling in a difficult financial and negative net-worth situation, the…
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
Foreign policy is an extension of domestic policy and concerned with the protection of fundamental national interests. It is globally accepted that the only way to achieve this objective is through a dedicated, educated, well trained, professional Foreign Service with a ‘sprinkling’ of the great and the good from outside…
Columns
Rejection of informal Government overtures to Opposition political parties to forge a common front has forced the ruling UPFA into a panic driven dual track diplomatic initiative to…
My Dear Mangala, I thought I must write to you because you seem to be in the news once again even if it is for all the wrong…
“There’s a tide in the affairs of men, when taken at the flood can lead on to good fortune”. This Shakespearean introspection on humanity is as applicable to…
A step in the right direction that Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa took last December, to make parliamentary proceedings more accessible to the public, by allowing live telecast of proceedings…
In the wake of the untimely demise of Justice S. Sriskandarajah, President of Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal this week, it may be opportune to look at the…
Diverting an aircraft on a scheduled flight from one country to yet another is an exclusive privilege enjoyed by Heads of State or Government. However, in Sri Lanka…
The exclusion of intellectuals and their input in the making of public policy — foreign policy in particular — and the consequences thereof, was a recurring theme at…
Even as Lanka readies to celebrate 66 years of independence from the British Raj in nine days’ time, it is clear that 400 years and more of foreign…
Plus
She stands in the state-of-the-art ‘examination suite’ with a comfortable bed in a muted red close by and goes into the minutest detail about how they are attempting…
“When we first heard the war was over, we believed a line could be drawn between the mistakes of the past and the promise of the future. One…
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again . . . I came upon it suddenly; the approach masked by the unnatural growth of a vast shrub…
Magazine
The France of 1944 is grim. World War II is claiming victims by the thousands. But it has been four years since Hitler’s army marched…
Sunday Times 2
NEW DELHI – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who has been in office since 2004, recently…
Mirror Magazine
They met as contemporaries at St Joseph’s College over a common ground of Shakespearean verse. One,…
TV Times
‘Channel One Six’ is the latest Television Channel to hit the Sri Lankan air. Channel One…
Funday Times
Sri Lanka Girl Guides commemorated World AIDS DAY by holding an art competition and an exhibition,…