Just 6 years on and Sigiriya museum already gone to the monkeys
Run down and desolate, it is pleading for attention. The state-of-the-art Sigiriya Museum and Information Centre,…
Belated festivities or public nuisance
Despite a week having passed since the dawning of the national new year and vesak being…
Probe into corruption allegations continues
The Financial Crime Investigation Division (FCID) and the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption…
A way with dogs
When Major comes into the room, everybody ignores him – not a look or a word…
Working day and night to spread the light
Vesak, the festival which marks the Birth, Enlightenment and the Passing Away of Lord Buddha sees…
One-way traffic at Havelock Park; ‘Thora’ copped
Royal College lads stole the show by recording a staggering win over S. Thomas’ College with…
100-day revolution: Mandate of the people must be upheld by those elected
1948 agenda At the time of attaining independence from Britain in 1948, the main topics in…
Avurudu celebrations at Wiz Kidz Montessori.
Avurudu celebrations at Wiz Kidz Montessori. Pix by M. A. Pushpa Kumara…
Ashan the super fox thrives on passion
The hills of Diyatalawa came alive for the 23rd time to the tune of screaming engines…
News
Humanitarian crisis in Nepal
Sri Lanka’s main passport office at Punchi Borella in Colombo went into emergency mode last night to issue scores of rapid deployment soldiers new passports…
UPFA insists on dilution of 19A
The United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) has proposed changes to…
Lanka’s disaster-response team flies to quake-hit Nepal; death toll tops 1,200
UPFA splits for May Day: Two rallies
Kerry here Saturday; will open Vesak pandal
Asylum-seeker returns with shattered dreams
Just 6 years on and Sigiriya museum already gone to the monkeys
Research vessel’s crew ‘harboured’ for 18 months
Lanka frantic to win back billion-rupee EU catch
Belated festivities or public nuisance
End of war does not necessarily bring peace- CBK
Toothless NBRO challenged by new landslide
Port City company says it has required government approvals
Electoral Reforms: Minor, Minority Parties major stumbling block to consensus
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Dudes and Dons of cricket
Through the travails of life down the order in the annals of our little nation, we have had many kings with strong-character — like Walagamba…
Sachin still ahead in main competition
After a week’s off, which resulted in votes being counted…
One-way traffic at Havelock Park; ‘Thora’ copped
A slight knock-on and a hard tackle
Now rugby faces sanctions
Quarter-finalists found on day one
Cricket membership seeks meeting with Sports Minister
IPL 08: A fight among equals
Is Sri Lanka strong enough to take on the ICC?
FED-CUP 2015 women’s team championships
British School Colombo clinch U-13 SCA TYCDIEP cricket title
Historic win for Vidura shuttlers
Najeebdeen gifts football kits to his Alma Mater
Yasodara youngsters chess champs
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Chinese firms still call the shots?
On Friday, some public parking bays in Kollupitiya near Hotel Renuka were occupied by vehicles from the CHNT Electric company as a promotion got underway.…
Richmond College Galle emerge champions in the Tokyo Cement All Island Schools Quiz – Season 2
Richmond College, Galle, emerged the champions in Sri Lanka’s prestigious…
Fresh Interpol alert to arrest former CIFL chairman
Global tea promo gets cabinet nod
Prolonged debate over duty free vehicle permits for SL expat workers
CB Governor returns to his desk
100 days over but who is in charge?
100-day revolution: Mandate of the people must be upheld by those elected
Agriculture a key component of Government policy
Restrictive trading in India market forces Sri Lankan chocolate exporter to eye other countries
Yaha Palanaya or (Subha) Yasa Palanaya
Sri Lanka gets high tech to reduce water revenue losses
Lankaputhra Development Bank loans for SMEs in North Central Province
Sri Lanka persuades new global companies to tap oil and gas resources
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Editorial
If you are ‘Honourable’, put country before self
The spectacle in Parliament earlier this week speaks for itself. It reminds us of a postprandial speech made by the late Lakshman Kadirgamar at a UK-SL Friendship Society dinner, before he turned from lawyer to lawmaker. He said that in Britain, Members of Parliament were not referred to as ‘the…
Columns
- Political Column
Vital week for Sirisena: Will he make or break the SLFP?
Weeks of political uncertainty that thrust Sri Lanka on the road to instability are to end for good or for the worse next week. The good is if the…
- 5th Column
Basil’s beeline into political babel
My dear Basil, I thought I must write to you at first to welcome your return but then I realised I would have to send this letter to…
- The Economic Analysis
Policies for boosting industrial and agricultural exports
Sri Lanka’s export growth has been unimpressive. The Institute of Policy Studies, (IPS) in its State of the Economy Report 2014 states: “Despite higher GDP growth in recent…
- Lobby
Mayday! Mayday! For 19A as MS rallies the UPFA
One final attempt will be made by Parliament, in the coming two days, to pass the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, after two previous attempts failed due to…
- Focus on Rights
Presidential powers and the craving to be slaves
It appears that the President of Sri Lanka likes vivid imagery. Not so long ago, he compared the members of his party to crabs dancing in a boiling…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
The Kandyan Kingdom descends on CIABOC
The “Kingdom of Kandy”-or so it would seem-descended upon the Commission Investigating Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) on Thursday when former Defence Secretary, Gotabaya Rajapaksa went there…
- From the sidelines
Nihal Fernando: the legend will live on
“Traveller, there is no path. You have to find your own.” The line on the frontispiece of Nihal Fernando’s book, “Sri Lanka – a Personal Odyssey,” is typical…
- Sunday Punch
The Opposition’s midnight feast
Greater hypocrisy hath no men than this, that men lay themselves down on the plush red carpeted floor in the Well of Parliament and have a rollicking good…
- THOUGHTS FROM LONDON
Hundred days of palanaya, never mind yaha
So 100 days have come and gone. There are of course those who will say aye but not yet gone as the soothsayer told Caesar. The day is…
Plus
Red, the colour of his childhood
As the colourful, slogan-shouting and flag-waving May Day processions take to the streets on Friday, in the minds of the older generation would be created the image of…
Letters
Mr. President, focus on pledges, not party politics On January 8, some 6.2 million people voted for Maithripala Sirisena the common candidate in the belief that he would…
Of frogs in the well and the selfish gene
What a noble beast man is. Sometimes, such as when he protests on behalf of his fellow human beings: Demanding that their dignity, their honour, be safeguarded! Especially…
Where faith flutters high
Walk into ‘Deepaduttara’ on Baseline Road, Dematagoda, and what greets the eye is a group of five women seated in front of their sewing machines totally absorbed in…
Magazine
A way with dogs
When Major comes into the room, everybody ignores him – not a look or a word or even a surreptitious pat. We’re all following Melissa…
Magic of music that will resound in the hills
Charming creations
Anthuriams
The Wailers live in Colombo
Prasanna sees future with ‘Vision’
Frederick Koch in ‘Family Awards’
‘Kotakalisankaraya’ goes on the board
New Office bearers for Tele Makers’ Guild
Sugath returns with ‘V.I.P. Sundara Banda’
Amagi Lagoon Resort: Haven by the lagoon
Award of Excellence to Ocean Hotel from Booking.com
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British voters heading for a Disunited Kingdom
GLOUCESTER, England, (Reuters) – Like millions of other British voters, Karl Wakeman supported Margaret Thatcher’s Conservatives…
WHO celebrates World Health Day
Intellectual Discourse on ‘New Year Festivities and our Culture’
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Charming creations
Melanie Balasuriya’s first customer was herself. “I was going through my boho phase,” she remembers, laughing…
Anthuriams
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The Wailers live in Colombo
Popular Jamaican reggae band ‘The Wailers’ will come alive in Sri Lanka as a part of…
Prasanna sees future with ‘Vision’
Frederick Koch in ‘Family Awards’
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Avurudu celebrations at Little Angels Montessori
Avurudu celebrations at Little Angels Montessori. Pix by M. A. Pushpa Kumara…