The Sunday Times Sri Lanka

‘We are fishermen – we do not see borders’

A baby sleeps peacefully in a cradle made with a saree hung from the roof of…

Waiting to open a new chapter in their lives back home

After 24 years for the first time P. Kugan is returning to his motherland, or at…

The beggar’s wound and the Sports Law

I remember when I was going to school there was a beggar at the eye hospital…

Climbing the ladder and staying there

There is a saying ‘you can’t start the next chapter in your life if you keep…

Presidential security: A blunder most blatant

The arrest of a commando reportedly with a side arm at a political gathering in Angunakolapelessa…

Row-row – eight in a boat

For Sithira Wickramasekara, an ardent rowing enthusiast who had never rowed as a youngster but now…

Money, Money, Money

Shantha Kumara, a resident of Wellampitiya, has been dealing in Sri Lanka’s old coin and currency…

New hopes for GK depositors under fresh CB financial support scheme

Infusing new hope amongst Golden Key (GK) depositors after more than six years of the collapse…

Cruising down the ecology of the Negombo lagoon

Negombo Lagoon is the largest semi-enclosed coastal water body near Colombo, with plenty of natural resources,…

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News

Presidential moves to reduce power

President Maithripala Sirisena, who reduced his wide powers through the 19th Amendment, taking part in physical exercises along with Power and Energy Minister Champika Ranawaka…

Swiss bank exposé: Names of 40 Lankans revealed

Some 40 Sri Lankans stashed away around US$ 50 million…

Sri Lanka rejects demands by Indian fishermen

Elections to 335 local councils on single day; new mixed system

President to select Pera VC from 3 names

Brazil strike scuttles Lankans’ Rotary show travel plans

Three brothers arrested for alleged rape and killing

President Sirisena launches National Energy Conservation Month with 4-km road run

Woman (72), grandson (16) gunned down by man out on bail

Find better place for Kapilavastu relics: Swaminathan to Modi

Worker killed as shop lift cable snaps

Expand existing relations, explore new areas of cooperation: Israeli Envoy

Ranaviru Commemorative Parade in Matara on Tuesday

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Sports

Decision on local TV rights bid put off till end May

By S.R. Pathiravithana

The Sri Lanka Cricket Interim Committee, which was to evaluate local bids for TV rights on Wednesday, has put off the decision for a further…

Jayasundera 92 as the match fizzles out

As expected the second unofficial Test match between Sri Lanka…

Trinity’s Shanogeeth slams record knock of 270

Sachin is building castles but, Malinga is fighting

The beggar’s wound and the Sports Law

Nadal’s reign in Spain, shaken

Climbing the ladder and staying there

Rex Perera bags the plum at the Bridge tournament

Joes down Jayawardenapura MV by 8 wickets

Suggestions for premier league cricket

Bloomfield rocks back to ’64, Mahanama and Dharmasena

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Business Times

Money, Money, Money

Shantha Kumara, a resident of Wellampitiya, has been dealing in Sri Lanka’s old coin and currency business in Fort for the last two years. He…

CID questions SEC officials on Rs. 5 mln Tharunyata Hetak grant

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) recently summoned several officials attached to…

Government continues borrowing spree with controversial T-bond issue hanging like Damocles’ sword

SL-China FTA to allow skilled workers here

Sri Lanka Tourism spells out Rs. 3.4 bln budget for tourism promo

New challenges for CEPA as Sri Lankan professionals turn on the heat

Euromoney to hold global confab in Colombo in September

Precision Lapidaries celebrates 20 years

Asiri Laboratory’s first local lab to receive 15189-2012 accreditation

Commercial Bank – steady start to 2015, 1Q profits up 10%

HNB Group PBT in Q1 2015 tops Rs. 3 bln

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Sunday Times E-Paper

Editorial

Govt. on strike; President faces agonising choice

Political instability is snowballing with the Prime Minister of a minority Government saying ‘Parliament is dead’; a section of the same Government saying election pledges must be fulfilled before an election is held; and the majority Opposition declaring that Parliament must continue till electoral reforms are introduced through the 20th…

Columns

Political Column
Sirisena and Govt. embroiled in disputes and deadlocks

Five months after the historic presidential poll, the presidency and the Government seem to be drifting without direction. With a truncated 19A in his pocket, President Maithripala Sirisena is…
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5th Column
Four musketeers set for showdown

My dear Wimal, Vasu, Dinesh and Udaya, I am writing to congratulate you on your recent work, staging rallies in cities around the country trying to convince people…
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The Economic Analysis
The political economy of change: A trade off between political freedom and economic growth?

Political uncertainties and economic confusion characterised the first four months of this year. Uncertainty of what lies ahead after a parliamentary election will slow down economic growth in…
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Focus on Rights
Lanka’s judiciary and ‘Yahapalanaya’ contradictions

If the issue was not so serious, the more mischievous-minded among us would surely chuckle at the decidedly awkward predicament that the Government has got itself into, on…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Former SriLankan bosses run into thunder storm

The findings of the probe into SriLankan Airlines, the country’s national carrier, will be investigated by two agencies — the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) and the Commission…
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From the sidelines
The geopolitics of diminishing Sri Lanka’s war victory

In a talk at the influential US think tank, the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington on Tuesday, US Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and…
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Sunday Punch
Has Heaven’s malice granted Jayalalithaa’s political prayers?

A sun of hope may have lit the faces of all those who face corruption charges and fear imminent arrest in Lanka, as Tamil Nadu’s former Chief Minister…
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THOUGHTS FROM LONDON
Teaching the Brits a thing or two

During our student days many, many moons ago, we were taught that British colonialism did some good things in what was then Ceylon while many of the unsavoury…
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Clean up op, her mission

Do the ‘right’ thing! Throughout the ceremony to mark the assumption of duty by the new Public Trustee on Wednesday, this is the message that was resonating over…

Don’t destroy Hantana, Kandy’s haven of green

The National Housing Development Authority under the previous government launched a housing project called Hantana Residencies in Hantana, where already exists a housing scheme done by President Premadasa…

It all began for a coterie of Kandyan chiefs’ daughters

“Our Father, by whose servants, our house was built of old…” the lines of the old hymn go. Hillwood College, Kandy, celebrates its 125th anniversary today, Hillwood Sunday.…

2014 Gratiaen shortlist: Socio-political commentary to humour hold sway

“The arts are not like a political election where the winner takes all. The arts are hopefully a true democracy. No one writer creates a literary culture. Several…

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