North or south, buses run on bribes: Old-time operators
A new system of issuing private bus permits has run into corruption allegations but the authorities…
Exploring social dynamics
The next time you go for a walk, be wary for you may find a…
Jungle Beach: Celebrates its second birthday
The expert opinion of World Luxury Hotel magazine, which offered this prize accolade to Jungle Beach,…
Nerve injury: Early intervention the key
There is a newborn in the home and the parents are happy and contented. If, however, it…
A heart stopping moment
There are no ‘peaks and valleys’ – only a straight line indicates that in heart activity…
Moors, NCC crush CCC, SLPA by innings
Moors SC and NCC recorded outright wins with a day to spare when they crushed CCC…
Naval officers commissioned at Naval & Maritime Academy in Trinco
Ten Service Entry Candidates from the Executive, Logistic, Electrical, Band Master, Administrative Officer, Health and Shipwright…
EZY Motor Racing to expand operations in five more countries
Sri Lanka’s professional motor racing company, EZY Motor Racing Corporation is to expand its overseas operations…
Dutch support to boost Lankan economy
The Netherlands plans to provide Sri Lanka with technical and specialist knowledge, visiting Netherlands Vice Minister…
News
Shielding the killer and gang rapist
Tangalle Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Sampath Vidanapathirana being shielded by prisons officers as he was being taken in a prisons vehicle after the Colombo High Court…
More taxes on employees
Trade unions are accusing the Government of trying to grab…
Govt. begins repatriation of Afghans
Task Force abolished: New bureau for reconciliation
Crisis over new Tax Chief
Postal rates doubled from August 1
Wheels within wheels as ex-employee takes company to courts
Kandy Secretariat toilets’ stink has authorities thumbing their noses
Kadawatha accident: Death toll rises to three
The long trek for drinking water
Fires destroy Uva forest cover, latest in Dunhinda forest
Death by hacksaw for man who falls from bridge
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Is Thisara contemplating retirement?
By S.R. PathiravithanaIs Lankan all-rounder Thisara Perera who opted out of the Sri Lanka ‘A’ tour of England and Ireland contemplating retirement from international cricket? The left-handed…
Chucking it into the right slot
At the last International Cricket Council meeting in Melbourne where…
Moors, NCC crush CCC, SLPA by innings
Sri Lanka, South Africa cricketers raise funds for worthy cause
St. John’s Nugegoda pulverise Ananda
Anika Seneviratne wins Girls U-12 singles final
Junior spikers in Asian Super Eight
Red hot all star rugby next Saturday
Galle match in the balance
Grand finale on September 19
Anika wins Girls U-12 singles final
Marvan’s term extended, Kalpage faces axe
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Broomstick-wielding Dompe Ayah
Dancers from the Arpeggio Creative Dancing Academy in a comedy skit at the Sunday Times Business Club’s “Evening of Baila” forum held on the Cinnamon…
Lanka’s SOBEs to generate own funds as transformed units
Far from the public eye, in closed door top-level meetings…
Pre-budget meetings with the President
THC issue impacts small shippers
Public warned against links with “dubious” NGO projects
Financial consolidation ensures sectoral stability, say sector experts
Baila: Heartbeat of a nation
Sri Lanka not yet ready for knowledge-driven economic growth
Yacht and houseboat tourism to be promoted in Sri Lanka
Fuel imports decline in May due to refinery maintenance issues, CB says
Lanka’s tough stance on permitting mineral mining for foreign companies
Samarasiri appointed Deputy Governor of the Central Bank
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Editorial
The Public Service Omission
Details contained in the report of the Public Service Commission — the body responsible for the disciplinary conduct of public servants or now known as government servants — are published in this issue on Page 4 today.Set up during the pre-Independence era, today’s Sri Lanka Administrative Service was formerly known…
Columns
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Political Column
Total U-turn: Govt. Commission to probe ‘war crimes’
After resisting for almost five years, the UPFA Government has eventually capitulated to the relentless Western spearheaded international pressure to conduct a domestic inquiry into alleged war crimes…
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5th Column
A gamble that bit off more than it can chew
My Dear Dayasiri, I thought of writing to you when I heard you were in the news again — after a long time. I wrote to you last…
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The Economic Analysis
Can the economy recover from setbacks to achieve economic expectations?
This year’s trade deficit was expected to be much lower than in recent years and the balance of payments was expected to be in a significant surplus. The…
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Focus on Rights
One verdict as against a culture of savagery
The Government’s boast this week that the Colombo High Court’s conviction of a local authority chairman and three of his henchmen for the 2012 Christmas Eve murder of…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Diplomatic rogue to pay back Rs. 45 m A Sri Lankan diplomat who served in a foreign capital has been strongly admonished over allegations of financial misconduct.He was…
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From the sidelines
War crimes issue: “India and Sri Lanka can find an amicable solution”- Dr. Seshadri Chari
India will not see any need to take the issue of alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka to an international forum if Sri Lanka properly addresses the core…
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Sunday Punch
Ranil’s adios to demos, aloe to revolt
Have twenty nine election defeats in a row with another possible disaster in the offing made United National Party leader Ranil Wickremesinghe go off his rocker? Have the…
Plus
The numbers didn’t add up but sketches did
Barbara Sansoni was 11 years old when she met Maria Montessori. Having fled to India after being exiled by Mussolini during WWII, Maria’s school in the Olcott Garden…
Hideaway on stilts in the hills
The owner has beautiful taste in art. Wherever one looks in this bright, airy house there’s a watercolour waiting to catch the eye. This is self-explanatory, for the…
Bandits at prime time… but not only on telly!
Boys will be boys. We see it everywhere, virtually every day. Last week – and over most of the past two months – we have seen it ad…
Leaves and bark on black canvas
The cosy white washed studio is strewn with paint brushes and other trinkets, but the bold black canvases- literally taking up most of the walls and floor stand…
Magazine
Exploring social dynamics
The next time you go for a walk, be wary for you may find a group of people keenly observing you from afar. That’s…
At the intersection of love and violence
A fun alternative to working out
The power of play
Expect the unexpected
Switching things up with the Deanna School of Dancing
‘Koththamalli’ : Dr. Dirty Harry’s magic portion
Margarita Blue at ‘Cross Road’
‘Who Are The Champions’
BDFI 10th Anniversary Celebrations Commence With A Bang
Clarence’s Nostalgic Music
Theatre Festival at the Wendt
The bitter reality of Reality shows
A new play by Neville
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Sri Lanka Medical Association holds Doctors’ Concert
Stepping away from familiar ground of hospitals and operating theatres, Doctors and members of their families…
This is about your brain: Use it or lose it
Pettah Interchange provides a taste of the German subculture
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A fun alternative to working out
It’s 6.30 pm in the heart of Colombo, and the Viharamahadevi Park is already buzzing with…
The power of play
Expect the unexpected
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‘Koththamalli’ : Dr. Dirty Harry’s magic portion
After a lapse of ten years, popular ‘country weda’ Dr. Dirty Harry strikes again. This time…
