Alarm over rising seas but villagers keep returning to risky shore
For Shanthi of the Sri Dharmaarama Road fishing village in Ratmalana and Kamala Fernando of Ransigamawella…
Heavy rain in south-west, drought-hit areas receive little: Met. Dept.
Heavy rains, sometimes accompanied by strong winds, lashed many parts of the country including Colombo, Gampaha,…
President daubs green on FCA portrait
Wamey inney Premadasa. Dakuney Inney Ranil or on the left is (Sajith Ranasinghe) Premadasa and on…
Can any Indian Guru Google Modi’s mind?
Despite the comforting assurances dished out liberally like holy ash by the new Indian Guru in…
From Fashion Week ramp to exciting world stage
It was a select gathering invited to sit back on the couches that lay scattered around…
Maqsood, Alam script thrilling win for Pakistan
Sohaib Maqsood and Fawad Alam slammed match winning knocks to script Pakistan’s thrilling four wicket win…
Sunset on a truly gifted Test great
Call me cynical or slightly reality-challenged. But for the life of me I could not see…
A Bollywood treat
The lively beats of the Dhol and tunes from the Bollywood silver screen took the audience…
Naranjo sees future in Lankan surfing
Top international surfer and Red bull athlete Diego Naranjo predicted that Sri Lanka’s surfing landscape would…
News
New sunrise: Eastern women join Army
One of the first eastern Tamil women recruits to the Army being given a warm kiss by her mother after the passing out parade at…
Drug war: Deal with UN
A shift in narcotics trafficking patterns from land-based routes across…
President off to US
Fishing dispute: Minister rejects Swamy’s call for temporary permits
Wigneswaran seeks Treasury approval for CM’s fund
Embilipitiya Mill: Huge deal like waste paper
12-member team plans grand National Day show in President’s hometown
Rice for beer: Free hand for breweries
Keeping it within the family, turning the House into an heirloom
Drought-hit residents spare a thought for desperate animals
Witness protection Bill finally coming
India for non-interference , China moots Lanka’s geopolitical importance
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SLC crisis defused for time being
By S.R. PathiravithanaThe SLC conundrum that erupted into a major administrative controversy last week, took a positive turn when its President Jayantha Dharmadasa decided to indefinitely postpone…
Maqsood, Alam script thrilling win for Pakistan
Sohaib Maqsood and Fawad Alam slammed match winning knocks to…
Lion City here they come!
Sunday Sports Guide
Textured Jersey take on Brandix in Super League
Feud and fireworks behind the farewell
A closer look at the physical aspects of rugby
Electrifying momentum to US-Open
SSC, NCC battle for supremacy in final showdown
Lankan footballers off to Seychelles
St. Joseph’s 90’s Sports Fiesta today
Large numbers of entries expected for Golf tourney
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Coconut land for housing?
With large scale development across the country, many coconut estates are up for grabs and partitioned into small blocks mostly for housing purposes as this…
Post-CHOGM: New supplementary estimates to cover spending
The government is grappling with overspending for Commonwealth Heads of…
SL-China trade pact under negotiations
Construction work upto 90 metres of 350 metre ‘Lotus Tower’ completed
Lanka Walltiles enters Oman, eyes the Gulf
Japanese investment trickles in Sri Lankan stocks, other projects
When the buck stops…
Asia’s rise: Undoubted but not unimpeded
Multi Finance’s hybrid car promotion
Hayleys group donates Reverse Osmosis plant for CKD affected villages in North Central region
Transworks prime property becomes money spinner for the government
Nothing is free, even a packet of rice which used to be!!!
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Editorial
Targetted sanctions;the new weapons of war
Sanctions are the necessary middle ground between war and words, said Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary-General. Today, sanctions are widely used as a political tool to impose the will of some countries upon others, without the commitment of troops or military hardware. The United States takes the lead. Its list…
Columns
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Political Column
US probes monitoring MP’s huge deals with PR firms
Revelations in the Sunday Times in the past two weeks have prompted a review of mandatory information forwarded to the US Department of Justice by public relations (PR)…
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5th Column
Come on, common candidate!
My Dear Common Candidate, I thought I must write to you — whoever you are — because everyone is searching high and low for you these days. Despite…
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The Economic Analysis
Achieving a trade surplus in 2020: A challenging task
An important objective of the Government is to achieve a trade surplus by 2020. This key objective, according to Treasury Secretary P.B. Jayasundera, is to be achieved through…
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Lobby
Govt. plays Peeping Tom with its proposed eNIC
“People have been surfeited with sweetmeats and their digestion has been ruined: bitter medicines, sharp truths, are therefore necessary,” wrote Russian writer Mikhail Lermontov in his acclaimed book,…
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Focus on Rights
The slow evolution of a constitutional monstrosity
A mere two years before a doomed United National Party administration staggering under accumulated burdens of long drawn out rule was destined to fall, opposition parliamentarian Mahinda Rajapaksa…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
President daubs green on FCA portrait
Wamey inney Premadasa. Dakuney Inney Ranil or on the left is (Sajith Ranasinghe) Premadasa and on the right is Ranil (Wickremesinghe), guffawed President Mahinda Rajapaksa last Tuesday. It was…
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From the sidelines
Asia’s regional tensions surface at defence seminar
The presentation by Dr Subramanian Swamy, chairman of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Committee on Strategic Action at the Defence Seminar 2014 this week brought no surprises in relation…
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Sunday Punch
Can any Indian Guru Google Modi’s mind?
Despite the comforting assurances dished out liberally like holy ash by the new Indian Guru in town Subramanian Swamy to Lanka’s guardian deities of the divine benevolence radiating…
Plus
Never a dull moment; on or off the stage
Namel Weeramuni lives atop his little theatre. Amid the clutter of small shops and heavy traffic in Borella, the building which houses the Punchi has always stood out,…
Be a part of the laughter and tears of Vagina Monologues
The first time they were here, almost a decade ago, India-based theatre company Poor Box Productions performed the Vagina Monologues to a curious, unsure audience, leaving them enlightened…
On the trail of the greatest crime writer
Agatha Christie’s bust isn’t that big. But everyone on the English Riviera will tell you where to find it. The bronze bust is on Cary Green near the…
Sunset on a truly gifted Test great
Call me cynical or slightly reality-challenged. But for the life of me I could not see what the great big fuss was all about. The leadership turned up…
Magazine
From Fashion Week ramp to exciting world stage
It was a select gathering invited to sit back on the couches that lay scattered around the Colombo Hilton’s Grand Ballroom as four young ladies…
Matchmaking Lankan style!
Beating the school holiday blues
Searching for the good life
A new dawn for Gaming
Surfs Up
‘High on Heels’ Girls’ on Tuesdays with DJ Missy Flame
Mahinda Society brings ‘Mathaka Yamaya’
Sing -a-long with Annesley in Kurunegala
IFF COLOMBO ANNOUNCES ‘FILMS FOR CHILDREN’
Black Box festival brings young talents in Theatre
Danga Malla comes to Borella
Ceylon Theatres offers its cinemas for IFFC
‘Adaraneeya Kathawak’ completes shooting
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Peacocks’ tragic dance of death on expressway
Huge warning boards recently erected at the Matara end of the Southern Expressway carry an unusual…
Ananda Guruge: Chronicler of the Buddhist revival
Commonwealth Countries League elects new president
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Beating the school holiday blues
To beat the holiday blues we’ve put together a list of things you could be doing…
Searching for the good life
A new dawn for Gaming
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‘High on Heels’ Girls’ on Tuesdays with DJ Missy Flame
The Popular Ladies Night is back on every Tuesday Night at Colombo’s most exciting rooftop bar…
