Two more elephants rescued, one badly injured
An injured elephant was rescued by Wildlife Department officials from the residence of a politico, as…
‘Monkeying’with the monkeys
Monkeysare threatening to become a nuisance to tourists visiting the Sacred City of Anuradhapura. Tourists, including…
‘Let us correct failures and move ahead’
The 67th anniversary of Sri Lanka’s Independence was celebrated with less pomp and pageantry with President…
A goldmine of veggies
Although in the rest of the country vegetable prices are escalating beyond reach, the formerly landmine-ridden…
Navy smash Air Force
Navy SC recorded a smashing 40 points (5 goals and 1 try) to 20 (2 goals…
Two froggy sisters make news
The Kandyan Dwarf Toad, dubbed the world’s rarest toad, has become a more select amphibian with…
British arrogance and ignorance live on
Hardly had the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government taken its seat when the two western powers mainly responsible for…
Undergraduate activists’ deaths an accident or staged?
A little more than two-and-a-half-years have gone since two ill-fated undergraduate activists of the Inter-University Students’…
Fishing around in Chilaw
Driving past lush paddy fields and bountiful coconut plantations, glimpsing stately walauwas, our ‘All In A…
News
Colombo Port City caught in political waves
Despite a continuing storm and conflicting reports on the huge Chinese-funded Colombo Port City project, work on it was proceeding apace behind barbed wire barricades…
Worldwide hunt for assets of UPFA leadersWeliamuna joins Mangala to meet World Bank’s StAR unit to recover plundered wealth
Measures to trace the foreign assets of top politicians and…
2,100 files missing: Ravi goes to CID
Govt. to extend controversial detention law by 2 more years
Bypassing Cabinet, Rajapaksa paid Rs. 1.39b to US firms and middleman
New Govt.’s mini-budget passed with a two-thirds majority
Shelton Wanasinghe passes away
Police dig into illicit treasure hunt within luxury meditation centre
Amended Mansion Tax targets bigger, pricier properties
Two more elephants rescued, one badly injured
Roundworm kills Kalpitiya’s kilo-pera as planters watch helplessly
‘Monkeying’with the monkeys
Govt. set to revive US$ 6 billion worth of shelved BoI projects
Ceremonial sitting of SC to welcome new Chief Justice K. Sripavan
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Right Royal humble pie
By M. Shamil AmitSt. Peter’s recorded a thrilling eight-wicket win over Royal in their Under-19 Inter-School cricket encounter concluded at Bambalapitiya yesterday. Royal batting duo Naveen Vidanapathirana and…
BRC crush Kalutara TC by innings
BRC recorded a crushing innings and 46 runs over Kalutara…
Portugal’s Machado emerge champion
Dhammika Prasad injured — will miss World Cup
Lankans being lionized to lambast Kiwis at World Cup opener
Moors SC, Army SC qualify to all four finals
ICC clears Saeed Ajmal and Sohag Gazi
World Cup warm-ups in Australia to be telecast
Navy smash Air Force
Disciplinary Committee disciplines Navy rugby officials
Ragama CC in first innings win over Tamil Union
Navin’s six and hidden bouncers
Men’s ‘Futures’ Tennis at Gymkhana
Whistles, referees and acceptable behaviour
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Hybrid car owners protest over tax
Several importers of hybrid cars, whose vehicles are lying in the Colombo and Hambantota ports, met in Maharagama this week to protest over an increased…
Public confidence in new regime seen waning, opinion polls show
Inordinate delays in either filing action or prosecuting key figures…
Confusion over 15% interest for senior citizens’ deposits
SriLankan to post approx. US$130 m loss FY 2014/15
Rs. 2.5 Bn tea promo funds move to Treasury
SEC – bringing sanity into the market
Stumbling thro’ crises
Preserving “free health” under Sri Lanka’s privatisation policy
IPS conducts workshop to support Sri Lanka’s Low Carbon Technology Renovation and Climate Technology Centre Network
Good governance should be in all companies, not only listed ones
Comments from the BT email surveys – Comments from the BT email surveys:
An analysis of the two RCB surveys – special report
Culprits of the former administration yet to be punished – special report
People still strongly in support of the Government, but confidence level slipping – special report
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Editorial
New Govt. reshaping foreign policy
Hardly has the country finished celebrating its 67th year of Independence from the yoke of four centuries of foreign rule, than her Foreign Minister jets off to Britain and then the United States of America, brief in hand, to plead the country’s case to be treated as a respectable member…
Columns
- Political Column
Rs. 172 billion Chinese Port City project still in stormy seas
Mangala contradicts Senaratne, says Cabinet did not decide to go ahead with the huge controversial project PM and FM tell China’s special envoy decision will be taken after…
- 5th Column
Justice: Just his own undoing
My dear Mohan, I thought I must write to you because I am as confused as you are. They tell me that you have been removed from office,…
- The Economic Analysis
Interim budget’s new thrusts in fiscal policy
Five features of the Interim Budget are new thrusts in fiscal policy. There is clear reversal of regressive taxation, elimination of wasteful and ostentatious public spending, imposition of…
- Lobby
Rocky honeymoon for marriage of political convenience
A month after the landmark Jan. 8 election that put the UNP in office, the uneasy arrangement of working with an Opposition which has more members in Parliament…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
National carrier rapped for safety lapses
Civil Aviation Director General H.M.C. Nimalasiri has rapped the country’s national carrier, SriLankan Airlines, over what he calls its pilots deactivating “certain functional and vital flight instruments/engines” in…
- From the sidelines
Following a foreign policy of the ‘middle path’- the challenges ahead
President Maithripala Sirisena in his Independence Day address to the nation on Wednesday said “We make a clear commitment towards following a foreign policy of the middle path,…
- Sunday Punch
Phantom of the Supreme Court
It is in his pathetic attempt to portray himself as the victim of injustice a man terribly wronged; it is in his audacious bid to raise himself to…
- THOUGHTS FROM LONDON
British arrogance and ignorance live on
Hardly had the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government taken its seat when the two western powers mainly responsible for the resolution at the UNHRC most critical of Sri Lanka sent their…
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Fishing around in Chilaw
Driving past lush paddy fields and bountiful coconut plantations, glimpsing stately walauwas, our ‘All In A Day’ travel series takes us to Chilaw, some 79 kilometres from Colombo.…
Letters
The fall of a president through greed and the rise of a humane leader The demise of the Executive Presidency of Mahinda Rajapaksa was due to excessive greed…
Rescue of the Republic from regimentry of the jackboot?
National Independence Day has come and gone, yet again, with the traditional fanfare one associates with our island-nation’s Independence Days of bygone eras. But amidst the customary celebrations…
The convent girl who’s taken up the SLMA mantle
In a ‘rare’ class is Professor Aurelia Jennifer Perera — the 8th of the fairer sex among 118 Presidents of the prestigious Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) and…
Magazine
Making waves on a paper boat
Interaction is the key word of Moving Out, a residency theatre performance that works with locals where-ever they go. Duvindi Illankoon was on board to…
Dancing to the rhythms of The Past
Get that red carpet look
Witty and compassionate themes run deep
‘Open Mic Night- January’
Wedding Exhibition at Hilton
Sandun holds photographic show Down Under
Roy a Valentine’s special
French comedy in town
‘Ulath Ekai Pilath Ekai’ kicks off
Prasanna enters Bollywood with ‘Minefield’
Film on greatest religious icon
‘THE PAST’ : A dance that brings back the past
Pranzo at Waters Edge goes authentic Italian
CCH: Best Small and Spa hotel in Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka seeks US-UN backing for domestic probe of war crimes charges
UNITED NATIONS, (IPS) – Sri Lanka’s newly-installed government, which has pledged to set up its own…
War on terror shouldn’t justify torture: UN Rights Chief
Dr. Padmani Mendis wins Leadership in Rehabilitation Award
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Get that red carpet look
Whether your Valentine’s Day plans include a date with that special someone or a girl’s night…
Witty and compassionate themes run deep
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‘Open Mic Night- January’
Special Edition of the ‘Open Mic Night’ show will come alive that is yet to come…
Wedding Exhibition at Hilton
Sandun holds photographic show Down Under
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Independence Memorial Museum
In the basement of the Independence Memorial Monument is a Museum that rekindles the memories of…