Sharp drop in turnout at PC polls
A low voter turnout was the highlight of yesterday’s polls for the Southern and Western Provincial…
Lanka see some support in face of Sevens fire
Once a year, rugby Sevens fans from across the world gather in Hong Kong for a…
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Sharing the ageless truth of an ancient tale
“Daniel”, a new play by a new playwright, Angelo Pereira which goes on the boards at…
Centara: Base for unexplored jungle at door step
Passikudah Bay in the Batticaloa District is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the…
Murmurings of discontent against SF grow louder
Former army commander Sarath Fonseka’s Democratic Party (DP) was hit by a string of resignations on…
NPC CM’s directives put on hold after Chief Secretary moves Supreme Court
The administrative instructions sent out by Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran have been put on…
Free and fair WPC, SPC elections sans incidents amidst apparent voter apathy
Elections to the Western and Southern Provincial Councils took off to a slow start and picked…
Sexual assaults on foreign women on the rise as tourist numbers increase
Recent cases of harassment and rape of foreign women have raised concerns regarding the safety of…
News
Sharp drop in turnout at PC polls
A low voter turnout was the highlight of yesterday’s polls for the Southern and Western Provincial Councils. Whilst the average polling for most districts was…
CEB in blackout crisis
A severe financial crisis caused by drought and inadequate low-cost…
No civic rights, but Fonseka votes
Govt. slow in resuming dual citizenship
Monks break up US-sponsored seminar for journalists
Major outflow at stock market, but Geneva connection ruled out
Briton dies of heart attack after motor accident
US company to build multibillion rupee oil pipeline here
Staff of reputed auction house allegedly assault customer
Know your enemy – it’s not Facebook, it’s you
Tempers heat up over burnt transformer
Weeping and wailing as 10 men indicted for murdering a three-wheeler driver
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Hapless Lankans fall to Wales
By Naushad Amit in Kowloon, Hong KongAfter being booed and jeered, Sri Lanka eventually won the hearts of thousands of rugby fans yesterday despite losing their group games against Kenya, Fiji…
S. Thomas’, Science seeking to extend winning run
The second round matches of the Singer U20 Schools Rugby…
Highlight of men’s ‘Team-Tennis’
Second half burst gives Trinity win over Joes
35th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2014
Lions must devour the Kiwis or else lay down and die
Old Boys ‘of the school of our fathers’ end tour with nail-biting win
Royal scared Isipathana but Lady Luck was not with them
Sumedha’s 45 give St. Sylvester’s victory over Vidyartha
Old Royalists fall short by eight runs
School cricket stuck in Chittagong chaos
Will it be another Maroons stalemate?
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Sri Lanka’s first houseboat in the Bentota waters
The Jetwing Group, always looking for innovative ideas to steer its tourism segment, has come up with another first – houseboat tourism. The company has…
Cheated Touchwood depositors meet on Wednesday
Adding to troubled forestry firm Touchwood’s woes, Sri Lankan expatriates…
100 year-old Gafoor building reconstruction underway
Geneva resolution “counter-productive”, says Ceylon Chamber
Have bell; no ding dong!
Shareholder woes over AGM meetings
Sea Street jewellers asked to open shops at army-built Gold Centre
National minimum wage problematic for certain sectors : EFC
Plight of ordinary Lankan depositors
Lankan insurance industry slated to undergo similar consolidation to that of finance sector
Kalhari Group to expand operations throughout Sri Lanka
Business organisations should be encouraged to have CSR policies, says JASTECA President
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Editorial
Geneva vote: Govt. in the dock
“Illegal”; “totally reject”; “biased”; “double standards” – these stock phrases have been the refrain from Government voices these past weeks leading to the vote on the resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN’s Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions in Geneva last Thursday. And post-vote, we have heard a learned professor…
Columns
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Political Column
What went wrong in Geneva, diplomatic blunders must be rectified
That the third United States resolution, this time calling for an international investigation into alleged war crimes, would sail through last Thursday’s sessions of the UN Human Rights…
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5th Column
Raring to return from retirement
My Dear Satellite, I heard that you had been quite busy over the past few days, writing letters to Mahinda maama and then releasing those letters to the…
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The Economic Analysis
Economic growth destabilising long-run growth momentum
Last Sunday’s column pointed out that sustaining the growth momentum of around 7.5 per cent was difficult as the economic strategy was detrimental to longer-term economic growth. Much…
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Focus on Rights
The ides of March and a reality check for Sri Lanka
Surely the members of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) would not have thought, even in their most nightmarish dreams, that a resolution by the United Nations…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Ukraine: Sri Lanka’s abstention diplomacy
The request came despite the standoff between Washington and Colombo over the United States moving a resolution last Thursday at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva over…
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From the sidelines
UNHRC, Sri Lanka and the importance of India
After the adoption of the US/UK-led resolution against Sri Lanka in a highly fraught session at the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday, it’s difficult to avoid the…
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Sunday Punch
India takes the wind out of US sails but leaves Lanka puffed
Though India took the wind out of puffed US sails set to charter a new turbulent course for Lanka by abstaining from voting in the US-sponsored resolution on…
Plus
Once it was David’s ‘big garden with lots of animals’
He looked deeply into the eyes of one and stood in admiration before another whom he had seen as a tiny baby. Not only was David Weinman re-tracing…
Letters
Misuse of public property for polls: Can we stop it? Often opposition parties accuse the ruling party or parties of misusing public property for election-related activities Article 28…
Appreciations
Fr. Joe De Mel A towering Man of God – with a towering heart of gold A gentleman par excellence – Fr. Joe was proud of the…
A houseful of art
I’m wary of sweeping, absolute statements but here’s one that I can unhesitatingly stand by: The Sapumal Foundation is a must for art lovers. The first impression is…
Magazine
Lankan team does country proud at int’l mediation tournament
A young Sri Lankan team did the country proud at the InterNational Academy of Dispute Resolution’s Law School Mediation Tournament held in Chicago USA in…
Pirates have landed at Odel
Sharing the ageless truth of an ancient tale
Unravelling
Passion for pizza
A simple structure for profound ideas
Soul Rhythm: Gateway College presents its annual concert
Dance to the tune of Gypsies at Austasia
‘Sannaliyane’: Fund raiser
‘New Chapter’ concert in Colombo
Cinnamon Nature Trails hosts ‘All about Sperm Whales’
Ranidu to Perform at Ultra Music Festival 2014
French films on men fall into prey
‘Hunuwataye Kathawa’ at CBS
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MH370 debris breakthrough in new area
PERTH, Australia, March 29 (AFP) – Searchers scoured a new area of the Indian Ocean for…
UN watchdog urges Obama to review deadly drone policy
Singapore uplifts English language learning facilities in Jaffna
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Unravelling
“Kill me. Please!” The woman who appeared in front of the car screeched. She sounded like…
Passion for pizza
A simple structure for profound ideas
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Dance to the tune of Gypsies at Austasia
Gypsies will come alive at the Austasia International Sports and Leisure Centre in, Thalawathugoda on Saturday,…
‘Sannaliyane’: Fund raiser
‘New Chapter’ concert in Colombo
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Galle Music Festival – Children’s Day
The children’s day of the Galle Music Festival was a huge success with over 3000 girls…