50 northern undergrads’ Jaffna-Colombo ‘cyclathon’ raises funds for heart surgery
Flagged off after seeking blessings from the Nallur Kovil in Jaffna, around 50 undergrads of Jaffna…
Raging seas and broken promises
Over the past few weeks, sea erosion at Ratmalana displaced several hundred families in the area.They…
Fancy petting a python? Snuggling up to a sand boa?
Visitors to the National Zoological Gardens in Dehiwela will be able to handle selected reptiles and…
Army provides relief to drought-hit Jaffna
Army troops serving in different areas of the Jaffna peninsula have started a programme to provide…
Waruna and Emdad steal the show at karting
The Speed Drome Karting Centre in Battaramulla hosted its first ever last weekend as Waruna Ranatunga…
Central Bank usurps Cabinet powers in bid to change US policy
The UPFA Government’s saga of hiring more PR agencies in the United States to lobby and…
Sri Lanka’s 10 rupee notes no more
Sri Lanka’s 10 rupee notes are going out of circulation following the Central Bank’s (CB) decision…
Five Sri Lankan women awarded prestigious schols
Five young Sri Lankan women were recognised as national winners under the prestigious Jane M. Klausman…
News
They come like a spring to the desert
With some 1.8 million people in 14 districts suffering from one of Sri Lanka’s worst ever drought, bottles of drinking water and barrels to fill…
Questions over huge coal deal
Ministers this week deferred a Cabinet paper to procure coal…
Estate workers told: Eat rice flour items, not roti
Wide powers for new National Transport Commission
Fishing crisis: Talks on August 29, but conflicting claims on release of boats
Heaven’s scorching eye ignores prayers for rain
CMC targets cinemas for proper ventilation and cleanliness
Strident call for stringent control of medical clinics
Private buses run riot on the road
Veddas’ votes are hunted, but they want to hunt too
Freebies galore as candidates cosy up to voters
Potato farmers mashed by imports
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Colombo FC defeat Cops to regain momentum
Colombo FC, last year’s table leaders who suffered a surprise loss against minnows Super Sun last week in the Dialog Champions League 2014, bounced back…
Local referees did the honours on Day 1 at Koggala
The Carlton Super Sevens reflected over the skies near the…
Seniors prove why they are indispensable
Madura, Ashan, Ishan put Navy on top
Army Para Sports from August 20
Sayer to captain Trinity
47th Saints Quadrangular on August 23 and 24
WTA & ATP ‘call the shots’
Lanka Plate carrom final today
Rimzan, Farshad advance to quarters
Petes meet Zahira in soccer final
Cricket cold war Blood on the dance floor
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Sri Lanka’s 10 rupee notes no more
Sri Lanka’s 10 rupee notes are going out of circulation following the Central Bank’s (CB) decision to stop printing this lower denomination currency replacing it…
LAUGFS mulling LPG storage terminal,pharma factory on the cards
LAUGFS Holdings is to invest in a LPG storage terminal…
Sri Lanka’s business-like army moves into dairy farming
More rice imports to meet shortage
CB to allow above-normal investments in banks
Global tea promotion to get state “fast-tracking” push
Why Sri Lanka should allow the exchange rate to strengthen
When a national crisis needs support
Japan commends Sri Lankan Lal De Alwis’ promotion of bilateral ties
Impressive performance from HDFC Bank as branch expansion takes shape
CB considers JKH request to retain NTB stake above minimum 10% threshold
Sri Lanka’s poultry industry survives amidst a dip in demand
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Editorial
Plunder and squander of public funds
Financial Regulations were referred to as the ‘Bible’ of the public service while Administrative Regulations were no less hallowed. Today, unbeknown to the citizenry, key members of the ruling administration are making a mockery of both. Vital processes are being overruled and overridden, often by persons who have neither legal…
Columns
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Political Column
Central Bank usurps Cabinet powers in bid to change US policy
The UPFA Government’s saga of hiring more PR agencies in the United States to lobby and win over President Barrack Obama’s administration continues. Paradoxically, this is whilst being…
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5th Column
Mahela: Cricketer and Gentleman
My Dear Mahela, I thought I must write to you when I learnt that you had announced your retirement from Test cricket and that you are playing your…
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The Economic Analysis
Critical constraints to achieving higher economic growth
Macroeconomic imbalances of fiscal and trade deficits, foreign debt, an anti-export bias, uncertainty in economic policies and educational inadequacies are critical constraints hampering a higher rate of economic…
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Focus on Rights
Indifference to the plight of the desperate
When a country or a people are starved of basic compassion, profit alone cannot ensure stability. Equally, toleration of savagery in one form can only breed greater savagery…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Namal’s pro-poor mega project comes before Parliament
Hambantota District Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa will present a Bill to incorporate The Parents Foundation. The objectives of the Foundation are seven fold. They are: To assist relevant authorities…
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From the sidelines
Will Uva reflect people’s growing frustration with mainstream politics?
The Uva provincial council election set to take place next month is the last of the nine provincial elections the UPFA coalition holds in its second term. There…
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Sunday Punch
Will Kerry shake a leg to GL’s baila?
The man in charge of America’s foreign affairs, US Secretary of State John Kerry was on Tuesday slipped an invite to visit Lanka by Foreign Minister G. L.…
Plus
Whatmore on a mission to give more to Sri Lanka
It’s a sunny Wednesday morning, just the way Dav Whatmore likes it. As we walk past the Galle Face Green towards his apartment, heads turn and people smile.…
The death of walking
Friedrich Nietzsche, in an essay titled ‘On Truth and Lie in an Extra-Moral Sense,’ reflects on the question ‘What then, is truth?’ He argues that what we call…
Familiar sounds but different
The thing about big glamorous shows is that although the lights glitter and the music soars, there’s almost always something missing. It’s either that touch of graceful confidence,…
The dead poet’s deader society
He was a funny enough sitcom actor to start off with. As a wacky alien from a weird culture, his 70-80s show with the long-forgotten Pam Dawber was…
Magazine
Beauty before Basketball
With her radiant smile and charismatic personality, the slim, tall Chulakshi Ranathunga was crowned Siyatha Lux Miss World Sri Lanka 2014 at the grand pageant…
On slippery ground
Young trends in this show with a difference
In search of an identity
Winning the rat race
A man of many faces
Malith’s maiden competes at Montreal
IFFC announces Master Class Series
‘Maname’ at Punchi Theatre
‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ A battle for domination
One of Asia’s popular TV dramas “Boys over Flowers”
Audience push for a novel theatre experience
Thrilling theatrical experience for children
Mount Lavinia Hotel featured in Amazing Race All-Stars (2014) Season
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Modi: India must build defences so none dares cast ‘evil eye’
MUMBAI, Aug 16, 2014 (AFP) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that India must build…
Imran, cleric vow more protests to oust Sharif
No victors or vanquished in brutal Gaza conflict
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In search of an identity
Thisuri Wanniarachchi who recently launched her second novel shares with Shaveen Jeewandara the insights that gave…
Winning the rat race
A man of many faces
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Malith’s maiden competes at Montreal
A rare opportunity to be in the competition section of one of world renowned Film Festivals Malith…
IFFC announces Master Class Series
‘Maname’ at Punchi Theatre
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The hill city of Kandy
The city of Kandy is called the “hill city” and the cultural centre of Sri Lanka.…