The Sunday Times Sri Lanka

Cricket’s survival: Think out of the box

In the past few weeks we were looking at cricket’s crystal ball striving to visualiae as…

Now it all leads to the Royal-Isipathana clash

The schools rugby league is leading to a standoff between arch rivals Royal and Isipathana. There…

St. Joseph’s prevail in a thriller against S. Thomas’

St. Joseph’s prevailed in thriller by just two points against S. Thomas’ with a 27 points…

Hounds to humans ratio rises, with rabies risk

The dog population has risen to one animal for every 6.7 humans, and a rise in…

President pledges dissolution if 20A not approved

A major blow to the Government’s controversial anti-corruption drive came this week.A key mechanism of this…

Southwest monsoon to bring relief from heat and humidity

Meteorology Department (Met) officials say that temperatures should decrease but humidity will remain fairly high at…

CSE to revamp listing rules this year

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) is currently in consultations with the industry to carry out a…

A taste of what it was!

“It’s the Galle Road feeling,” Upali Katunayake intones about Lankan politics and life a good 80…

SAARC kudos for ‘Motor Bicycle’

Sri Lankan film ‘Motor Bicycle’ debut direction of Sameera Rangana Naotunna won the main awards at…

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News

Glyphosate ban mired in confusion

By Namini Wijedasa and Joshua Surendraraj

Two ministers contradict each other after President orders total ban

With most experts claiming that glyphosate is one of the root causes of the devastating kidney disease epidemic which has caused more than 20,000 deaths…

When our ancestors turned heads

Think of famous Egyptian royalty such as Cleopatra or Nefertiti…

Schoolgirl (13) sexually abused in Jaffna

‘Flu’ claims 8 including 6 pregnant women; Lanka on AH1N1 alert

Smiling and singing in the rain

Hambantota port loan: China defends hike in interest rate

Rupee going down, prices of imported items up

Alleged war crimes: Domestic probe after talks with all

Speed guns return to nab errant motorists

All’s not well at Negombo Hospital

Hospital debacle was coming, says official

Hounds to humans ratio rises, with rabies risk

Pakistan Army Chief here on invitation of SL Army Commander

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Sports

Cricket’s survival: Think out of the box

In the past few weeks we were looking at cricket’s crystal ball striving to visualiae as to what could bring about a solution to this…

A new name in French Open Czech Republic’s Lucie Safarova

French-Open Roland Garros is an event where every match from…

Now it all leads to the Royal-Isipathana clash

Even St. Peter’s could not block the Royal charge

Jonty Rhodes here to teach the finer points of fielding

Training course on Electronic scoring

We hope for unadulterated cricket in Sri Lanka

Charith, Bryan and Kevin gain podium finishes in Bangalore

Bloomfield felicitation dinner

Amila bags 6 for 1 as EWIS sink Union Assurance in final

Deepthi’s plan is to make Sri Lanka the best netball team in Asia

‘Yaare tea’ the traditional way

Staff member S. Nallendran prepares a cup of tea the traditional way at the lobby of the Heritance Tea Factory at Nuwara Eliya. The hotel…

Slow death for aging Lanka Salusala

Sri Lanka’s state owned handloom textile wholesale and retail giant…

Pioneering Cinnamon study reveals eight different Sri Lankan travellers

CSE to revamp listing rules this year

Chinese business delegations flow into SL, the latest from Beijing

Asian Aviation and Hospitality forum in Colombo explores in-flight service enhancement strategies

CWE struggles to pay millions of rupee dues of suppliers

Mercmarine to bring in latest engine simulator to Sri Lanka

SL employers urge government not to legalise mandatory wage increase for workers

Microimage opts for ASEAN region expansion in broadcast – CEO

Encouraging results from BT profiles on needy entrepreneurs

Terrorism, ISIS unlikely to impact global travel

Sri Lanka Tourism to launch Rs.200 million new brand building strategy

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Sunday Times E-Paper

Editorial

Govt. fights shy of transparency

Lawyers assigned to check documents related to mega projects undertaken in recent years by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) have stumbled upon a curious detail. They have found that the interest rate on a Chinese loan to build the first phase of the Hambantota Port was significantly increased, seemingly…

Columns

Political Column
President pledges dissolution if 20A not approved

A major blow to the Government’s controversial anti-corruption drive came this week.A key mechanism of this drive, probes by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption…
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5th Column
Fifty shades of Green

My dear Green Man, I thought I must write to you because you seem to be the target of a lot of people these days: There is Comrade…
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The Economic Analysis
Maintaining core economic development in a turbulent political environment crucial

The first half of the year has been one of political change, instability, uncertainty and confusion. This state of affairs is likely to prevail till after the parliamentary…
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Lobby
MS walks tightrope for Yahapalanaya within a House divided

It’s now obvious that the Government installed by President Maithripala Sirisena to take forward his “yahapalana” programme is going off the track. On Wednesday, a special session of…
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Focus on Rights
Are we being cast in a Mad Hatter’s tea party?

If the minority government of the United National Party was not so arrogant in its unshakeable conviction that each and every action taken by it is unreservedly right,…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Milan Expo: Quake-hit Nepal better than Lanka

Lankans in Italy and those who had travelled to Milan for the ongoing Expo were disappointed over the Sri Lankan stall. They found the stall had little to…
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From the sidelines
Human Rights Council – precedents set could come back to haunt us, says Kohona

The upcoming visit to Sri Lanka of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances could be ‘the thin end of a large wedge,’ leading critics of…
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Sunday Punch
Take good care, Mr. President: Don’t play dice with the Fates

‘There with the blessings of the Triple Gem go I’, seems to be the guiding policy of this unassuming people’s President of Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena as he makes…
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THOUGHTS FROM LONDON
Verbal challenges that go up in smoke

This, one must see. It may not be the greatest show on earth. It might even turn out to be a comic circus act. But it would be…
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Colourful history of a historian

It’s the late 1960s. On most Fridays, Michael Roberts would make his way towards Colombo from Peradeniya, recording equipment balanced at his feet and his bag filled with…

Nature’s dazzle

A radiant Visna Fernando was crowned Derana Goya Miss Sri Lanka for Miss Earth 2015 in a spectacular show on June 3. Although the weather proved gloomy by…

Effort of 50 years on view

For anyone to be a prolific writer in today’s context while being a professional in another field is not at all easy. And to complete 50 years as…

Childhood memories of my father

My eyes open early in the morning to the sound of singing. The singer is my father, Martin Wickramasinghe. Even as I turn my head to look at…

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