The Sundaytimes Sri Lanka

Youth to the fore – their name is Tomorrow

Clasping their raised hands, youths from about 160 countries are seen proclaiming their theme of ‘Mainstreaming…

Officials helpless as landslide danger grows

Heavy showers and man-made actions are increasing landslides and rockfalls in the hills but the National…

Indo-Lanka fishing puzzle: Putting the pieces together

Last week’s decision by the Minister of Fisheries to continue ‘fishermen to fishermen dialogues’ in search…

Who cares for Sri Lanka’s main foreign exchange earners?

Some 300,000 Sri Lankan migrant workers left for West Asia and Lankan migrant workers remitted as…

Spotting the Lord of the jungle

The city lights ebbed away one by one as we hit the Puttalam-Anuradhapura road. It was…

‘Senkadagala Rajasinghe’ is in the making

Based on the final film script written by late Dr. Tissa Abeysekara on Sri Wickrema Rajasinghe…

Hitting the road with ‘heart and sole’

Flags and banners fluttered in the morning breeze as the girls in blue were out on…

Five new records, two equaled on day one

Five new records were established and two records equaled on day one of the two day…

Highflying Balooshi helps lift Lankan motocross

Veteran Red Bull motocross champion Mohammed Balooshi recently travelled to Sri Lanka, where he involved himself…

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News

Youth to the fore – their name is Tomorrow

Clasping their raised hands, youths from about 160 countries are seen proclaiming their theme of ‘Mainstreaming youth in the post-2015 development agenda’ as they ended…

More foreign companies get tax holidays

The Government now wants to give attractive tax and other…

PM backs Vietnam in dispute with China; EAM clarifies position

Packer is coming; but has paid only 20 per cent for the land

Officials helpless as landslide danger grows

Fierce hunt for brazen cop killers

Helpless patients left bleeding, told to go home as nurses strike

Engine drivers’ go-slow signals frustration for rail commuters

Come hell or high water, they find new ways to go

Cry halt to jumbo captures, say concerned activists

World Bank funds cancelled: Small hoteliers eat the dust

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Sports

Lions roar in Royal den

By David Stephens

Trinity College’s opening bid to retain the Bradby Shield was tainted by a trail of uncharacteristic errors, but that is unlikely to rob them of…

Padding up for the big things ahead

At the end of the ICC T-20 World Cup in…

Japan score unbeaten century against Sri Lanka

Trinity down St. Thomas’ Matale

Lahiru fights back to take lead

Busy schedule for Lankans leading upto the World Cup

YOU FM to link UK and Lanka at cricket

Each team to have two Under-19 and Under-20 players

Five new records, two equaled on day one

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Business Times

GK depositors say Kotelawala must pull them out of the brink

Disgruntled Golden Key (GK) depositors on Thursday urged President Mahinda Rajapaksa to intervene in persuading former Ceylinco Chief Lalith Kotelawala, the main culprit in the…

EPF resorts to public disclosure

In an apparent public relations exercise, the Employees Provident Fund…

Packer’s casino plans hit by election jitters

Mobitel- Hutch deal to clear a price hurdle

Rapid increase in FDI flows in recent years

Messy Lankan labour laws inhibit growth

Oral treatment for kidney cancer now in SL

CA Sri Lanka to host high-level accounting conference

Credibility of Sri Lankan data questioned due to lack of transparency

SriLankan Airlines starts charter flights to Chongqing, China

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Sunday Times E-Paper

Editorial

Sri Lanka commemorates the birth, enlightenment and passing away of Lord Buddha with Vesak Poya falling next week. More money is now spent on heralding this thrice-blessed event than ever before. The major cities are illuminated with pandals, lanterns and multi-coloured electric bulbs. In northern Jaffna, the Security Forces are…

Columns

Political Column
Weerawansa’s open revolt rattles Govt. as it prepares for elections

Like a roulette wheel, partners in the UPFA Government have gone into a spin over the controversial casino issue. The latest is the National Freedom Front (NFF) led by…
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5th Column
When Wimal waves the wand again

My Dear Wimal, I am writing to you to congratulate you because I heard that you held your own May Day rally last week, instead of joining the…
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The Economic Analysis
Geneva resolution: Human rights and economic impact

Good governance is intrinsically good for the nation and people irrespective of any economic consequences. Nevertheless, if the government fails to ensure law and order and protect human…
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Lobby
Speaker fights odds to make House accessible to public, control unruly MPs

Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa has made several attempts over the past few months to make Parliament more accessible to the public, and also to make the business of the…
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Focus on Rights
Courting the consequences of political hubris

Classical Greek mythology beautifully dramatizes the high price extracted by the goddesses of justice or the three Furies on kings and princes who through extreme hubris, mocked at…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Two faces, two names for mysterious force in EAM

The External Affairs Ministry (EAM)) now has a “Human Rights Division” masquerading as a “Human Rights Taskforce”; or, a “Human Rights Taskforce” masquerading as a “Human Rights Division.”…
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From the sidelines
Dayan and Dayapala on winning the peace

Sri Lanka in a week’s time marks five years since it won the war against the LTTE, and the question inevitably comes up as to how much progress…
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Sunday Punch
Death to paste Queen’s stamp upside down

Oh to be in England! Last month there was a flurry of activity in the British Foreign Office stemming from its present keen obsession with Lanka, declaring that…
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Plus

For the army from the army

The image is simultaneously heart-breaking and heart-warming. A severely-wounded soldier is being helped or literally carried by a brother soldier, just as success is within reach. In the…

Man on Facebook mission

An individual’s quest to make a difference in society, Samaja Sathkara is a Facebook campaign initiated by a young IT enthusiast with a vision to serve the underprivileged.…

Appreciations

T.D. Dharmasiri De Alwis Saluting a friend, comrade and above all a humanitarian Dharmasiri De Alwis, popularly known as “Alla” among friends and in close party circles of…

Letters

Days of the hangman: What Leonard Woolf had to say On reading Kumudini Hettiarachchi’s article ‘Storming Bogambara’ I recall prior to the Superintendent of Prisons taking over the…

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