Norochcholai: Never ending problems in pipeline
The first unit of the Chinese-built coal power plant in Norochcholai started malfunctioning a few weeks…
Uva goes to vote – Precursor to bigger elections to come
Food, household goods and cash are being scattered around the Uva Province as campaigning for the…
Munneswaram festival sans animal sacrifice
The annual festival at the Munneswaram Badrakaliamman Kovil, Chilaw, ended peacefully on Sep 10, following a…
Goodbye Abe, hello Xi Jinping
Thousands of schoolchildren in traditional costumes welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Sri Lanka last…
Sri Lanka Army to produce its own steel needs
The Sri Lanka Army recently began its own manufacture of barrack equipment, machinery tools and all…
Finding paradise between the lagoon and sea
Having had the wonderful experience of camping on a mountain, now we thought it was time…
A dazzling mix of choral styles
This month the Cantabile School of Singing will return to the stage after a two year…
Lankans given another chance with AYG 2017
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has granted Sri Lanka a second chance to prove its…
Durrand emerges World Youth Scrabble Champion
Jack Durrand of United Kingdom emerged champion at the 10th World Youth Scrabble Championship (WYSC) by…
News
China’s power and tower
Chinese workers working on a pylon tower in Norochcholai: Despite the Chinese-built Norochcholai coal power plant being blighted by regular shut downs due to various…
Canada slams door on Govt. officials
Two senior Sri Lankan Government officials nominated to attend an…
Deportation of refugees resumes; UNHCR says ‘stop’
President Xi’s visit: 20 mega deals in 23 hours
Political granite row in Customs
Mission heads to carry responsibility for DPL bags
Ensure 2005-2013 Presidential Commissions’ findings tabled in House: JVP to Speaker
School dengue checks reveal high risk levels
Ace swindler and accomplices in custody
Problems at design stage, technological and administrative issues causes of Unit 1 failure
Norochcholai: Never ending problems in pipeline
Uva goes to vote – Precursor to bigger elections to come
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With World Cup in mind, Lankan cricketers will begin training from this week
By S.R. PathiravithanaAfter their successful series against Pakistan the Lankan cricketers will go back into training early from this week in preparation for the hectic programme head…
Gauntlett, Cruz prevail to clinch single and doubles crowns
Sam Gauntlett of Hong Kong and Monica Therese Cruz of…
Old Royalists Cricket today
Royal to take part in Schools tournament
Mercantile Div ‘A’ cricket from Sep 20
Three teams grab honours on day two
Iran crush Japan to clinch title for the seventh time
Interim committee rumour haunts SLC
Sri Lanka takes on Singapore in finals today
The beggar’s wound
‘Fearless’ Croatian takes it all!
Brew the Lankan rugby ‘tea’ for the next elevation
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New land restriction laws for foreigners jolt Lankan companies
By Bandula SirimannaSri Lankan companies have been thrown into disarray and confusion over a new Land (Restrictions on Alienation) Bill presented in parliament this week which affects…
Treasury bails out crisis-hit development lottery
The Treasury has bailed out the development lottery after a…
Unthinkable: ODEL without Otara: Otara without ODEL
Calamander to bring in another F&B franchise by 1Q next year
Touchwood investors, creditors to meet liquidator on Oct 3
Poverty free Sri Lanka by 2015 – is it a dream or a reality?
Black money politics and finance companies
HNB finances Softlogic’s strategic investment in ODEL
Worldchefs to select most sustainable restaurant in the world in 2015
Study tour for SL farmers on intensive vegetable production and marketing in Israel
SL- Seychelles to enter trade pact, access to African continent
Sri Lanka Army to produce its own steel needs
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Editorial
How indebted is Sri Lanka to China?
China’s President Xi Jinping arrives next week and unlike the hurried arrangements for the Japanese Prime Minister over the long weekend just past, the Mahinda Rajapaksa Government will spare no pains to make President Xi feel ‘at home’. China’s role in modern Sri Lanka is not without controversy. The secrecy,…
Columns
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Political Column
MR seeks talks with Modi, as TNA sets January 1 deadline
Both for the UPFA Government and some major Opposition parties, it appears to be transition time. What it portends with a presidential election round the corner remains a…
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5th Column
Unite the party into a powerful force
My Dear Sajith, I thought I must write to you to congratulate you because we were all told by the Green Man that you would be given “priority”…
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The Economic Analysis
Puzzles and paradoxes of the Sri Lankan economy
Many aspects of the Sri Lankan economy are confusing even to economists. Unravelling these puzzles and paradoxes of economic statistics is more interesting than enlightening. Are there new…
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Lobby
MPs go ‘MIA’ as millions in public funds revealed to suffer similar fate
With less than two weeks to go for the Uva Provincial Council elections, the two days of Parliamentary sittings this week saw poor attendance by most legislators, as…
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Focus on Rights
Acknowledging our ‘politically precarious’ plight
The ‘Focus on Rights’ column on the Uva provincial polls being more of a battlefield than an election (Sunday Times, August 31st 2014) has been responded to by…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
No privacy for Lankan holidaymakers: Big Brother to be informed
The news will no doubt shock unsuspecting Sri Lankans, particularly those who love being domestic tourists. The management of tourist resorts countrywide is now required to report to…
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From the sidelines
Marga/CHA to Sandra Beidas: ‘Remove war crime charges, revisit IHL’
An NGO submission to the OHCHR investigation on Sri Lanka (OISL) presented in Geneva on Monday has demanded that war crimes charges relating to indiscriminate artillery fire, driving…
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Sunday Punch
Cry wolf and raise Uva polls alarm
As the countdown begins for the provincial polls to be held in Uva, doubts mount whether the alleged rising toll of violence will incline the election commissioner to…
Plus
Taking the Dhamma to the Dalits
It is well known that in 1891, Anagarika Dharmapala initiated the first revival of Buddhism in India, the land of its birth where most of the people who…
Letters
Back to basics: Cricket telecast and product advertising Channel operators and advertising agencies need to learn a few lessons on viewer preferences and adverse psychological effects on their…
First the big bang and black holes, now all this bubble business
These days, I’ve been thinking a lot about Robert Frost’s insightful poem Fire and Ice. I have quoted this marvellous offering from a master’s pen so often that…
Back to the estate as doctors
He hopes to become an Obstetrician & Gynaecologist and she a Paediatrician. Having achieved the ‘peak’ of securing the MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) against all…
Magazine
Finding paradise between the lagoon and sea
Having had the wonderful experience of camping on a mountain, now we thought it was time to get our feet wet. Our country is blessed…
Shoes and bags; make a statement!
Dancing with elan and passion
Quirky and colourful offerings at Whatever Studio By Duvindi Illankoon
Finding time for others
A dazzling mix of choral styles
Cinematic revival of Buddhist revivalist
‘Silk’ and ‘At Last Project’ comes alive at IOG
Astrid Brook sings at Mount Lavinia Terrace
‘Sing & Swing’ with Rukshan and Sohan
Jims Jazz Projekt at ‘Curve’
‘I Will Tell Film Festival’ boosts Lankan cinema
A story of three kids and three robbers
SLF Digital Film Academy focuses on Japanese cinema
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Britain’s split on a cliff
GLASGOW, Sept 13, 2014 (AFP) – Five days ahead of Scotland’s independence referendum the race remained…
Pope decries piecemeal WW III
Yesterday’s vision and today’s reality
More Sunday Times 2 >>Mirror Magazine
Quirky and colourful offerings at Whatever Studio By Duvindi Illankoon
At the ‘Whatever Studio’ you could find a bottle of olive oil next to an exquisitely…
Finding time for others
A dazzling mix of choral styles
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Cinematic revival of Buddhist revivalist
‘Anagarika Dharmapala Srimathano’, a film based on the life story of Sri Lankan Buddhist revivalist and…
‘Silk’ and ‘At Last Project’ comes alive at IOG
Astrid Brook sings at Mount Lavinia Terrace
More TV Times >>Funday Times
Meet Atu – the acrobatic Barn Swallow!
The bird migration season has started and Bighu – the Bee-eater has already arrived. This week,…