Nominees keepers, losers weepers as nominations close to win at all costs
Intense election campaigning began with the closing of nominations on Thursday for the two provincial council…
Russia’s Potemkin Olympic Village
MOSCOW – Remember the year 2007? Russia was starting to look like a world power again.…
‘Making history’ around Colombo
One of my favourite things about art is watching people instinctively responding and reacting to it.…
CFW hits the ramp
Krishna Mehta: Cool designer and designs Stepping behind the scenes of Colombo Fashion Week is voluntarily…
Budding looks
Opening the show with her Moroccan tile inspired collection, 24-year-old Academy of Design student Sesha combined…
Dial M for Murder … killer trapped by mobile he used to check on Mel
When well-known journalist and analyst Mel Gunasekera lingered longer than expected with her old St. Bridget’s…
A victorious journey on ‘28-Sri’
Prasanna Jayakody, one of Sri Lanka’s versatile filmmakers last week won the NETPAC Jury (Network for…
Keep tab on discipline and rowdy behaviour from now on
The Sevens kicked off the schools rugby season last week. Having weaned its way from the…
Our tour in the United Arab Emirates against Pakistan
It is always better to play international cricket in neutral venues. Our National Team had an…
News
Cloud over Independence
It was Independence Day but with an international crisis threatening Sri Lanka’s independence, President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the heads of the security forces were in…
SB’s private degrees cause concern
A Gazette notification to allow private institutions to award degrees…
SB’s son Narada secretary of the committee
Indian visa issue: Lanka seeks report for action
Bus driving only for 23-65 year olds
US envoy’s visit: US embassy rejects EAM statement
Nominees keepers, losers weepers as nominations close to win at all costs
Pope agrees to Sri Lanka trip, prays for gift of peace
Rector says he was not contacted; but that’s not so
GL -Rajitha clash in credit sharing over fishermen’s release; poachers carry on
Law makers and law breakers
Kalutara UNP MP will be removed if found guilty
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Lankans abstain at the voting
By S.R. PathiravithanaThe ICC’s controversial Working Paper worked its way into the mainstream as South Africa, one of the three nations that opposed the proposal, changed its…
You cannot serve cricket and mammon
By the time you read this column, in all probabilities…
Shanuka, Nikshy and Minhaj race to magical 1000 runs
A closer look at Davis-Cup 2014
Hameed Al Husseinie storm into home tournament finals
Easy passage for Blue Star
Police, Air Force and Navy win at rugby
Chamil Cooray prevails
Mubarak slams career best 222 as NCC set for the kill
Krrish Colombo ready to launch
Top-ranked players through
Royal power their way through
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Tough action urged against pesticide use in fruits: BT-RCB Poll
Sri Lankans in a new BT-RCB poll this week are urging the Government to bring in stiffer penalties and stronger safeguards against the use of…
Krrish fails another payment deadline; new crisis
The long-delayed Krrish project in Fort has passed yet another…
Lankans seek to dress the Chinese
Hilton stays open; changes earlier plan
Tea: Lifeblood of the nation
JKH hopes casino controversy will fade away
Jetwing Hotels dominates top 25 Sri Lankan hotels list
Central Bank must take responsibility for debacle of finance companies
CB’s ‘rush to merge’ policies
Regional energy summit in Colombo this month
Who are you at work?
Calamander Group set to develop 5 hotels; eyes shopping mall and int’l F&B brand
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Editorial
Political pantomime for PC circus
And so, we are going to see the spectacle of two more Provincial Council elections next month. Campaigning has begun in earnest and in Galle, a ruling party cavalcade has run over innocent road users. The provincial fiefdoms that have been created by the Provincial Council system — even if…
Columns
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Political Column
Geneva process moving to new level despite high cost PR campaign
Though in panic mode over the UN Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva next month, there is at least one issue less for the UPFA Government to worry…
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5th Column
A red-letter day and those who hold sway
My dear Somey sahodaraya and Anura sahodaraya, I thought of writing to you after hearing the shocking news that there has been a leadership change in the Red…
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The Economic Analysis
Alternating economic policy regimes since Independence retarded development
Economic policies that alternated between regimes which were market oriented and ones that had much state control of the economy retarded economic development. Changing economic policies created uncertainties…
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Lobby
Govt. rides rough shod over Opposition hot air
With two Provincial Council elections scheduled for late March, the main opposition United National Party (UNP) began to turn on the heat on the Government in Parliament, staging…
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Focus on Rights
Sri Lanka’s damaged mindset this independence day
As empty rhetoric on freedom and rights pervade the air during routine ‘celebrations’ of Sri Lanka’s Independence, the families of slain journalist Mel Gunesekera and undergraduate Lakruwan Ratnayake…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Pro-Lanka groups seek free rides to Geneva
Pro-Sri Lanka groups in Europe are set to stage a demonstration outside the Palais des Naciones in Geneva when the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) discusses the third…
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From the sidelines
ICEP’s Sri Lankan war crimes project – a set up?
A ‘new’ report by an Australian law and policy advocacy company has given a turbo boost to the western chorus demanding an international war crimes investigation in Sri…
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Sunday Punch
New chauffeur for JVP jalopy
The younger rises when the old doth retire and, like a fond father handing over the keys of his rickety but beloved jalopy that had exhausted its fuel…
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Asoka the Buddhist convert, pilgrim and patron
For Sri Lankans, King Asoka’s name will always be associated with the formal introduction of Buddhism to the island nation. But for historian Professor Nayanjot Lahiri, a keen…
The day we won Winter Gold
The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his own effort and the intoxication of the power and physical balance he derives…
Appreciations
My uncle, the great artist, my teacher and friend STANLEY KIRINDE On Friday, February 13, 2009, I received a phone call from my father around 9 o’clock in…
Letters
Ginger, garlic, goraka, bandakka, watakka in political soup! There is an ancient Chinese curse: “May you live interesting times” and that is exactly what all voters will face…
Magazine
Budding looks
Opening the show with her Moroccan tile inspired collection, 24-year-old Academy of Design student Sesha combined bursts of exotic Mediterranean colours with her use of…
Of laughter and levity
A day to indulge
Waltzing with murder
The universal love of musical steel
Embracing an inclusive spirit
Fox has come to stay
‘Valentines Romance 2014’ at Amaya Hills
Say yes to love
‘RoboCop’ A battle between a man and machine
‘Sneha’ on Hiru
A victorious journey on ‘28-Sri’
Rotterdam film fest, a major support for Lankan cinema
“Kema Lasthi” goes to Badulla
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Jaya the queen can move anywhere
An upstanding citizen of Chennai tells the story of going through old records at the prestigious…
The good doctor
Differently-abled heroes
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Of laughter and levity
Two friends assuming the same false identity, two girls hopelessly infatuated by a name, and one…
A day to indulge
Waltzing with murder
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Funday Times
Caring about Nature
Snake charming, fortune-telling and dancing monkeys amused everyone as “Who Cares About Nature”, the novel concept…