Shocker: Brazen attack on traffic policeman by politico’s goons
A traffic policeman assigned to the Southern Expressway was attacked by goons of a local politician…
Malinga, Sanga magic works for Lanka
Kumar Sangakkara added a missing feather to his much decorated hat with a century at Lord’s…
Call to enforce school van laws after innocent’s death
Eight-year-old Tharindu Dilhara Jayakody was a cheerful kid. He was always eager to go to school…
Sit-ins and sit-downs give Govt. headaches
More than a thousand principals and teachers took to the streets demanding that the government take…
Shedding more light on a sacred site
A heavily pregnant Queen Mahamaya was on her way to her parental home from the palace…
Long walk to camaraderie
The simple pleasures of life had passed him by for far too long. A practising family…
Soulful sounds
The Seniors of the Methodist College Choir are in agreement from the start that their upcoming…
CA Sri Lanka hosts Asia and Pacific Accountants Board Meeting
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) recently hosted the Board Meeting…
Novices get baptism on tricky Kanway track
The Kaijie Speed Championships jointly conducted by the Sri Lanka Motorcycle Club, Negombo MSC and Nuwara…
News
High prices spoil Good Market
Organically-grown vegetables and other produce, natural food, non-toxic home and garden products are part of The Good Market at the Race Course. But with vegetable…
Customs take over vehicle valuation, prices soar
In a bid to curb a major tax fraud, the…
No plans to pull Lankans out of Ukraine
Flour price up by Rs. 1
President going to Bolivia
Four-floor ministry building to be sold to private company
C’wealth adjusts programmes to cope with Canadian cut
“We don’t want Deyata Kirula’
JMO calls for Govt. Analyst’s report into hospital employee’s death
After 22 years, suspects own up to crime
Wet weather sends dengue figures up
All 5 accused identified at parade, though Victoria failed to point out a single
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Malinga, Sanga magic works for Lanka
Channaka de Silva reporting from Lord’sKumar Sangakkara added a missing feather to his much decorated hat with a century at Lord’s as Sri Lanka pulled off a heart-stopping seven-run victory…
Living under the Indian tree: The droplets and the bombshell
Living under a huge tree has its advantages and distinct…
34th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2014
HNB emerge champs for second successive year
Royal in hard fought win over St. Peter’s
Pre-quarter finalists found
HNB beat Commercial Bank 4-0
Trinity drub Science
Rajans in easy win over Mahanama
Jehan, Aminda guide Joes to fourth win
Army and MAS dominate proceedings
34th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2014
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Ringtones becomes lucrative business for middlemen at the expense of song producers
By Bandula SirimannaThe new category of ringtone agency companies are earning millions of rupees by selling popular songs to mobile companies to convert it as ringtones in…
Positive action called for on Sri Lanka’s national question
India’s newly elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi has clearly indicated…
No word from Krrish on final payment, says Minister
PB: Too valuable to be dropped
Vehicle assembly plants for Maruti Suzuki India and Land Rover Defenders stalled
Touchwood office opens while Mahogany plantation trees chopped
Sri Lanka under the Modi radar
Touchwood opens new office tomorrow amidst controversy of cutting trees in some properties
Central Bank further relaxes foreign exchange controls
Ringtones focus of copyright laws
Sri Lanka’s largest aquaculture project in Chilaw
Only 5% of SL’s rainforest left
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Editorial
The mini SAARC summit
Much has been said over the week since India’s new Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi pulled a rabbit out of the hat and invited the leaders of all South Asian nations for his swearing-in ceremony last Monday. The move has been widely hailed as ground-breaking; a new beginning in good…
Columns
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Political Column
Govt. wrong-footed at Modi meeting
The message was delivered last Tuesday, the very first day he was in office as the fifteenth Prime Minister of India. Premier Narendra Modi asked President Mahinda Rajapaksa for…
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5th Column
Modi Chinthanaya for a stable India
My Dear Narendra Modi, I didn’t think I would have to write to you so soon after sending you a letter a few weeks ago but I think…
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The Economic Analysis
Modi’s challenging task of resolving India’s daunting economic problems
India’s economic problems are enormous. Any expectation that Narendra Modi could resolve them quickly is wishful thinking. Yet the massive political victory and Modi’s economic achievements in Gujarat…
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Focus on Rights
Looking beyond the political polemic
A particularly cynical colleague of mine, incidentally a practising Buddhist who is enormously scornful of cultural traditions which he maintains has twisted the essence of Buddhism, has long…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Wigneswaran ends courtship with media
Northern Provincial Chief Minister Canagasabapathy Visuwalingam Wigneswaran is a man of many parts. He was once a lawyer, then a magistrate and retired later as a Supreme Court…
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From the sidelines
Brand Modi and the execution of a PR coup
Narendra Modi’s swearing in ceremony was probably the part of the Indian Lok Sabha election that became most visible to the outside world, with the inevitable attention it…
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Sunday Punch
SAARC Heads cheer as Indians sing glory to the new crowned king
In no uncertain terms and without a blush for seeming impudent, India laid claim to the region’s sole superpower status this Monday by rolling out the red carpet…
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Shedding more light on a sacred site
A heavily pregnant Queen Mahamaya was on her way to her parental home from the palace of her husband King Suddodhana at Tilaurakot-Kapilavastu. The palanquin bearing her had…
Letters
Return Cosmo to its members I left Sri Lanka in the mid-1980s not because of any ethnic problem but because of the openings that were available for Tamils…
Appreciations
Rev. W.G. Wickremasinghe All wanted to send their children to Trinity when he was principal My first meeting with Rev. Dr. WGW was when I ventured in to…
Doing it ‘our way’ with toll gates
Dr. Janaka Wijesundara remembers the marshy lands, the paddy fields and the incredibly dusty and uneven planes of the terrain he was presented with. “You couldn’t imagine building…
Magazine
Long walk to camaraderie
The simple pleasures of life had passed him by for far too long. A practising family physician based in Melbourne, Dr. Sanjiva Wijesinha is a…
The power of dance
Jith teams up with Holy Family Convent for “You Got It Pussy Cat”
Soulful sounds
Yashan comes out with ‘Synthpop’ song- ‘I Want It’
Rocking the Red Bradby Way at Le Garage
‘Thala Mala Pipila’ in Borella
‘Clique’…, out for a better evening
‘The Grand Kandyan’ ready to break into the skyline in Kandy
Sunday Lunch with a twist at Cinnamon Lakeside
Courtyard awarded tripadvisor certificate of excellence
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Foreign policy: A new vision for India
NEW DELHI – India’s Bharatiya Janata Party, led by Narendra Modi, has stormed into office, winning…
Book on the life and works of T. B. Jayah
25 years after the fatwa: Rushdie’s fight for free speech
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The power of dance
Pradeep Gunarathna is drenched in sweat but he doesn’t seem to notice. He flies gracefully through…
Jith teams up with Holy Family Convent for “You Got It Pussy Cat”
Soulful sounds
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Yashan comes out with ‘Synthpop’ song- ‘I Want It’
One of the finest hip hop, R&B & pop artistes in the local music scene, Yashan…
Rocking the Red Bradby Way at Le Garage
‘Thala Mala Pipila’ in Borella
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“Drama with the British Council”
The annual young learner drama performance by the members of the British Council Young Learner Drama Club…