News
With the Yala wildlife area still boiling in the drought, the once proud and majestic elephants are being reduced to skeletal animals desperately searching for…
Higher rainfall received last year drastically reduced the quantity of…
Sports
The Lankan new head coach Marvan Atapattu has indicated that he would prefer to work with a high profile consultant if and when necessary. Atapattu…
A fine knock of 87 by Navod Samarakoon helped Thurstan…
Business Times
Mafias appear to emerge in every nook and cranny in Sri Lanka with the latest entry being the tax consultants’ mafia, causing headaches to the…
The Central Bank (CB) is in talks with three foreign…
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
The result from the Uva Provincial Council election last weekend was the buzz in the country over the past few days, and will continue to be so for some time. The ruling UPFA (United People’s Freedom Alliance) was expected to lose some votes from the emphatic 2009 victory achieved in…
Columns
Despite a turbo charged campaign with lethal weapons from its political armoury, the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) faced a humiliating outcome at the Uva Provincial Council elections.…
My dear Sajith, I thought of writing to you to offer my congratulations when I heard that you have been appointed as the Deputy Leader of the Greens.…
The Treasury’s expectation of bringing down the fiscal deficit to 5.2 per cent of GDP this year and achieving a fiscal deficit of 3.2 per cent of GDP…
As the dust settles on the Uva Provincial Council polls, the decision by the Government to present the Appropriation Bill for next year, almost a month ahead of…
The Rajapaksa administration faced its harshest post-war reality-check administered by the villagers of Uva-Wellassa last week when it lost electoral strongholds in the Badulla District and only scraped…
To many it would seem that the death of Sarath Fernando, former convenor of MONLAR (Movement for National Land and Agricultural Reform) earlier this month dealt a blow…
Greater love has no politician than one who willingly sacrifices his parliamentary seat for the sake of his floundering party; and, having cast his fate to fortune’s winds,…
Plus
The stencil of a smiling child is sandwiched between a photocopy shop and a dilapidated building on Dawson Street, while the alley in Vauxhall Street, dotted with bird…
As October 1 draws near, the world looks forward to a day that paradoxically, celebrates both children and elders. Ceremonies will be held, cakes will be cut and…
He wakes up eagerly and clamours to go to “school”. School is a trishaw ride away from their humble home off the main road, in a hall close…
For two regulars at the Country Roads Concert that has been around for the past 25 years, the time has once again rolled around to pack-up for the…
Magazine
This week the very talented leads of ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ sit down with the Sunday Times to share with us why they auditioned…
Sunday Times 2
BANGALORE: The Special Court’s verdict against former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa in the disproportionate…
Mirror Magazine
Most people shake off a bad dream and go back to sleep but Ashan Jayatilaka knows…
TV Times
Chitral ‘Chity’ Somapala launched his latest music album ‘Singha Boomi’ last week at an event in…
Funday Times
We have today, another Fun Travel piece – featuring this time, Kurunegala, an ancient kingdom of…