UPFA, NDF all set for do-or-die battle on Jan. 8
Sirisena and common front leaders sign agreements outlining reforms package for first one hundred days Large…
Flooding brings heartbreak for students sitting O/L
Flooding in five districts has caused severe problems for more than 5000 people, including hapless schoolchildren…
Vital outing for Lankans today
Today’s match – a day game is vital for the Lankans. If they are to keep…
Hark the carols!
It’s the season to be jolly….you know where we’re going with this. The Christmas season has…
Biking to raise awareness
When Eugene Selvin (24) and Dhanushka Perera (32) met as work colleagues, they found they had…
Digging deep into a monastery on the mountain
A small stupa lies at the very top of the rocky surface we’re scrambling up. It…
Bollywood comes to Colombo!
It was a wildly enthusiastic audience that welcomed Bollywood songstress Sunidhi Chauhan for her concert in…
Rugby in mud-larkers paradise
Two mud-raked venues, Welisara and Ratmalana, reminded me of a Denzel Washington quote. “You pray for…
Kandy confident, but are mindful of the cops
In recent times, the Police match merely served as an aperitif for the oft-crowned Kandy SC.…
News
Govt. bikes at Sirisena rally
Some of the motorbikes given by the Government at a bargain price to public servants were significantly seen at a motorcycle parade held before the…
Bird flu in Kerala: Lanka on alert
With the outbreak of bird flu or avian influenza in…
Political diplomats recalled for polls work
Oil politics shatters CPC plans
BT-RCB survey on ‘expectations of the people’ from upcoming poll
US embassy denies bribe charge
Another controversy over coal shipment: Why from Russian port?
BASL gets tough with Mayor and CMC
Lanka airlifts drinking water to Maldives facing severe shortage
Online payment for motor revenue licences in three provinces
Pope’s visit: Advance teams arrive to assess security situation
JR’s sandalwood tree at Botanical Gardens survives attack
Death fall for man who climbed roof to repair leak
Schools slide under ministry’s corruption radar with ‘donations’
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Vital outing for Lankans today
By S.R. PathiravithanaToday’s match – a day game is vital for the Lankans. If they are to keep their nose ahead of the Englishmen, they have to…
Sanga: The rock of our age
He is the rock of Sri Lankan cricket. The word…
National Baseball C’ships today
Sunshine and tea party
We intend reversing the status quo says Ranjith Rodrigo
TTSC swimming today
Dialog Axiata bestowed football partner award from FIFA
More ‘Laugfs’ for Ananda
Old Bens AGM
SriLankan flies high in Bangalore
Magic-portion of 1% to win
Manjula leads Old Antonians to victory
Yohan sets wet weekend ablaze
NO WAY!
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Infrastructure, rule of law emerge as top issues among working/urban class, BT-RCB poll shows
Voters in urban and semi-rural Sri Lanka, not unexpectedly, think differently as voting patterns emerged for the upcoming January 8 presidential poll a joint poll…
Pre-election travel advisories unlikely to impact on tourist arrivals
Sri Lanka’s tourism industry is unfazed by some countries alerting…
Troubled Colombo bourse may see state intervention
Presidential election to cost staggering Rs.10.5 billion
Dutch writer/publisher on a mission to promote Sri Lankan tourism and investments
Chilly in Colombo, warm in Nuwara Eliya
CA Sri Lanka’s 50th Annual Report Awards Competition receives record number of registrations
AVIC International Astoria Luxury Condominium officially launched
Thursday Good Market now open until 11 p.m.
US: How to book the cheapest airline flight
ASUS Fonepad 7 launched in Lankan market
SL security providers hold AGM
Arpico Insurance raising funds thro’ IPO
Sensitive political climate? “Sri Lanka has seen progress and no politician can ignore this reality,” says foreign investor
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Editorial
This crucial election, make it “genuine”
Tomorrow, Monday December 8, the Elections Commissioner will accept nominations for a virtual mid-term Presidential election scheduled for a month hence. The country will then see more of the same or more of the same. The UN Universal Declaration on Human Rights states; “The will of the people shall be…
Columns
- Political Column
UPFA, NDF all set for do-or-die battle on Jan. 8
Sirisena and common front leaders sign agreements outlining reforms package for first one hundred days Large number of dummy candidates with ulterior motives for presidential poll Rajapaksa confident,…
- 5th Column
Buddies, bloom and beyond
My Dear Sajith and Navin, I thought of writing to both of you after seeing Navin return to the Green camp after a few years on the Blue…
- The Economic Analysis
Is the economy an election issue? Do economic policies matter?
Despite the economy being a peripheral issue in the current presidential election campaign, the leader who is elected would fashion future economic policies and there could be significant…
- Focus on Rights
Continuing the fight beyond the presidential election
As in the case of the entrance to the Underworld in Dante’s Inferno, the practice of the law in Sri Lanka should ideally have a warning sign stating…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
A hole in this politico’s bucket of tears
There are tears, fears and cheers for politicians as the campaign for the January 8 presidential election goes on amid seasonal festivity. A Minister from an area that provides…
- From the sidelines
Maithri must retain some powers to give meaning to the vote
The opposition’s joint election platform took some semblance of a shape during the week with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding by opposition’s ‘common candidate’ Maithripala Sirisena…
- Sunday Punch
What kinda rock do you use, Navin?
Wonder what kind of supple granite material, malleable to the touch Navin Dissanayake uses to engrave his solemn promises to the nation? Certainly it cannot be a chip…
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Digging deep into a monastery on the mountain
A small stupa lies at the very top of the rocky surface we’re scrambling up. It sits unhindered by the verdant forest growth around it with a bird’s…
Keep smiling, all you happy wooed voters!
Tomorrow is Nominations Day. Several political parties will finally make up their minds, and conclusively throw their respective candidates’ hats into the ring. Even if the poor, long-suffering…
Letters
The IGP is the sole authority when it comes to conduct of police officers It was surprising to note that there is a conflict between the Inspector General…
Appreciations
The “tall man” who was our leader and mentor Prof. Jagath Wickramasinghe Justin Wimalasiri Wickramasinghe was born in Matara on 16.03.1939 and passed away on November 6, 2014…
Magazine
Hark the carols!
It’s the season to be jolly….you know where we’re going with this. The Christmas season has begun which can only mean one thing-carols, carols everywhere!…
Have a green Christmas
NISA begins with blood donation campaign
For the love of music and travel
Biking to raise awareness
Every time we love, it’s Christmas
‘Tribute to Clarence’ in Aussie
‘Sing -along Negombo 2014’
‘Sing Gloria’
An Amazing Night
Cinema on children burdened with education pressure
The Pioneer of cinema literature
a daughter’s search for true identity
A Theatre for whole family
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Is this the world’s oldest case of Cancer?
It is the disease that is now responsible for one in four deaths in the Western…
What do dictators like to eat?
Will the first aliens we find be robots?
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For the love of music and travel
The Mirror Magazine catches up with the Choir Director of the Jesus College Choir (JCC)…
Biking to raise awareness
Every time we love, it’s Christmas
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‘Tribute to Clarence’ in Aussie
Lankaika Perera and Chanaka Perera of Golden Chimes were in action at the ‘Tribute to Clarence…
‘Sing -along Negombo 2014’
‘Sing Gloria’
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Town Pigeon and Country Pigeon
A pigeon flew off from the back of a truck when the tarpaulin was taken off…