Lankans upbeat; set for do-or-die battles
No second chances – now its sudden death. The Lankan team arrived in Sydney after their…
Helmets: Alternative design to head off robberies
With the number of snatch-and-run bank robberies by criminals wearing full-face helmets increasing, manufacturers here have…
Modi’s eventful, whirlwind visit signals bilateral relations in urgent transition
Within the less-than-48 hours that Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi spent on his first official…
The attempted great highway robbery
Sri Lanka’s voters at the January 8 presidential election were not mistaken. They voted “no” to…
Angry CBK wants Defence Secretary removed
It was a heated session of the National Executive Council (NEC) last Monday when former President…
Birding Tours to Mannar with Cinnamon Nature Trails
Cinnamon Nature Trails, the wildlife and adventure tourism division at Cinnamon Hotels and Resorts launched its…
Wheels in motion to save little lives
A baby’s cry disturbs the stillness of a humble home in Godakumbura, Mahagama close to Bulathsinhala.…
“It was like a piece of rubber snapping inside my thigh” – Dinesh Chandimal
A disappointed Dinesh Chandimal returned to Sri Lanka after his little cameo that nearly brought Sri…
CR squeeze through Police;
Rimzi Jamaldeen, the Police fly-half must be kicking his heels! He missed a 45 metre penalty…
News
Modi on the milky way
Visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stirring the traditional pot of milk for a housewarming ceremony to declare open hundreds of houses built at Ariyalai…
UPFA wants constitutional and electoral reforms in one go
The United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) decided last night that…
Bond issue: Probe begins amid growing demand for CB Governor to step down
Govt. seeks to extend law that it once opposed
Wide powers for commission; interim report in two months
CC interest rate ceiling from April 1
Promises of greener pastures for migrant workers with shake up on the cards
New support staff for SL missions abroad to aid expat workers
Their children are in limbo when doctors are transferred
“Outstanding” Polls Chief ensures peaceful process for “Impressive” election: C’wealth observer group
43 Indian fishermen refuse to go back without their boats
Axe on Shasheendra’s Basnayake Nilame post
Helmets: Alternative design to head off robberies
Man, 70, dies of fall off railway platform
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Lankans upbeat; set for do-or-die battles
No second chances – now its sudden death. The Lankan team arrived in Sydney after their Hobart win over Scotland via Melbourne and are now…
Prasad and Channa guide David Peiris to 7 wkts win over Hilton Residencies
Dependable opening batsman Prasad Niroshan and reliable right-arm medium pace…
Radicalised cricket: Finally ‘Chandi’ read the right script
Jayasinghe’s cricket book launched
Rain hampers proceedings as Blues Battle marooned
“It was like a piece of rubber snapping inside my thigh” – Dinesh Chandimal
BHUTAN STUN SRI LANKA
Every Day was a Rainbow Day for Sir Donald Bradman
Trinity-St. Anthony’s washed off
Skipper Jayanga, Hasitha shine in drawn game
In rugby this fight remains forever: The freedom to cheer your side
Philippines beat Sri-Lanka 5-0
CR squeeze through Police;
St. Peter’s defeat rivals St. Joseph’s
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Visas on arrival in India from Apr 14 for Sri Lankan visitors
Sri Lankans visiting India can get visas on arrival from April 14 onwards, the visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Friday.Speaking to Colombo’s…
Primary dealers seek urgent meeting with CB on bond issue
The Central Bank (CB) is yet to respond to a…
Mattala open 24/7
Former SEC official traded in stocks
UDA sorts out certain contractual matters of TATA housing project
Clarity on 15% interest helps some, hurts others
From Mahinda’s “Mahinda Chinthana” to the Maithri-Ranil’s “100 Day Programme”
Central Bank Governor under fire
Modi at chamber event, CB Governor flies to Singapore, LA
CDA to crack down on substandard virgin coconut oil companies
China doesn’t use Sri Lanka to threaten any other country’s security, asserts new Chinese Ambassador
15% interest rate scheme discriminatory
SLIM-Nielsen People’s Awards 2015 announces this year’s nominations
MasterCard offers host of privileges for UK Rugby World Cup 2015
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Editorial
After Modi: Political chips for the fish
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Sri Lanka was hailed as the first bilateral visit by an Indian Head of Government after 27 plus years. This is other than the attendance of Indian Premiers for a SAARC summit. In 2013, the then Indian Premier even boycotted the Commonwealth summit…
Columns
- Political Column
Premier presents 62-page constitutional amendment, but deadlock over deadline
A new crisis within the rainbow coalition, just 66 days old, deepened this week. At issue is a 62-page draft Bill titled the 19th Amendment to the Constitution…
- 5th Column
The importance of being Maithri
My dear Maithri, I know that you are busy these days travelling to London to visit the Queen and then, soon after your return, playing host to Modi.…
- The Economic Analysis
Trade deficit tops US$ 8b in 2014 as import growth wipes out export growth
Last year’s trade deficit increased to as much as US$ 8.3 billion from US$ 7.6 billion in 2013. This 8 per cent increase in last year’s trade deficit…
- Lobby
Modi operandi has House in its spell
Sri Lanka Parliamentarians’ enthusiasm was not dampened by the heavy downpour around the Parliament Complex in Kotte on Friday afternoon, as they welcomed India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
- Focus on Rights
A constitutional curate’s egg
Some weeks ago, this column likened the performance of the Sirisena Presidency and the Wickremesinghe Government to the proverbial curate’s egg in the colloquial meaning of that term;…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Angry CBK wants Defence Secretary removed
It was a heated session of the National Executive Council (NEC) last Monday when former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga picked up a mobile phone to speak to Defence…
- From the sidelines
Modi’s visit, Chinese projects, the baby and the bathwater
The visit of Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, to Sri Lanka brings into focus complex issues that stretch beyond the limits of Indo-Lanka relations. It brings into…
- Sunday Punch
Shoot first, ask later: Lanka trigger happy in Palk Strait
What on earth could possibly have made the normally unflappable, suave Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to blow his lid and tell a Tamil Nadu television station last week…
- THOUGHTS FROM LONDON
Thoughts from London: Looking for sharks and catching sprats
Two months before the presidential election campaign last year reached its crescendo this column raised the issue of stolen national assets and the international effort to bring offenders…
Plus
Lanka’s moment of crystal glory
Richard Boyle uncovers the little known saga of how George Keyt and L.T.P. Manjusri figured in a major international exhibition in 1956 in a medium unfamiliar to them…
Letters
Changes envisaged or the 100 days: Which is paramount? What looms large at the moment appears to be the mismatch between the changes envisaged and the days available…
My friend Vajira is 83 today!
Many are the tributes that have been paid to Vajira the Dancer, both in Sri Lanka and internationally. There is little more that I can add, so, I…
Slavery in our own backyard
Prof. K.D. Paranavitana, well-known historian, takes us back to a murky past during Dutch Ceylon in the 17th and 18th centuries Strange would have seemed the line of…
Magazine
All that’s young and edgy
It has been said time and again that Colombo Fashion Week’s Bright Spark edition is a stepping stone for young fashion designers making their way…
Kinnara 2015
Rotary Club of Battaramulla donates hearing aids
Tips to acing exams
A new take on a classic tale
Birding Tours to Mannar with Cinnamon Nature Trails
‘The Echoes of Legends’
Edna Sugathapala celebrates golden jubilee in art with ‘Veena’
‘Aloko Udapadi’- Light Arose Cinematic capture of great history
Theatrical summer at Wendt
‘Lawrencege Manamalee’ discusses about marriage
‘Nari Burathi’ in Borella
Play House Kotte teaches acting
Pride of the southern coast – The Ranna212 Beach Resort in Tangalle
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Chinese billionaire’s illegal mansion deal falls foul of Australia’s national interest
Colombo’s opposition politicians have been clamoring for investigations of suspicious mega deals of billionaires without a…
Don’t trust your phone, don’t trust your laptop
Railroading India’s railways
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Kinnara 2015
The 2015 edition of ‘Kinnara’ organised by the Hewisi Band of S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia…
Rotary Club of Battaramulla donates hearing aids
Tips to acing exams
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Birding Tours to Mannar with Cinnamon Nature Trails
Cinnamon Nature Trails, the wildlife and adventure tourism division at Cinnamon Hotels and Resorts launched its…
