Sticks and stones broke cricket’s bonesWitnesses tell of fright as clash ignited
Sri Lanka, a land of cricket enthusiasts, in times past bore defeat or celebrated victory in…
Five die in tank riddled with pits
Five people, including four from one family, were drowned while bathing in the Kirama Warapitiya tank…
President continues ‘cold war’ with UPFA to isolate Rajapaksa
Former President becomes key issue in polls campaign, while Sirisena appoints loyalists as electoral organisers UNF…
Updating to Windows 10 on July 29, yes or no?
Sri Lankans join an estimated 1 billion people from virtually every country of the world and…
Zesta partners AOD in developing tea packaging
Watawala Tea Ceylon (WTC) has extended an opportunity to the students of the Academy of Design…
‘Seeing’ a new country
Chatting over post-dinner drinks and an enthralling performance by performers of the traditional martial arts –…
A rare ‘feast’ of beautiful vagrants
Her ears confirmed what her eyes had beheld from the tank-bund in Chilaw, even as frantic…
Waltzing back to schooldays
It was a time to go down memory lane to their carefree schooldays when the Past…
Tailor-made for the power woman
A new label for the power woman- Radisi debuted with a fashion show launch at its…
News
Paste and waste: Rs. 75 m to remove these
The Elections Commission has given the Police Rs. 75 million to recruit people to help in the removal of posters and cutouts. The posters are…
Top politicos behind 2,000 liquor dealers
The Financial Crimes Investigation Department (FCID) is probing some 2,000…
Legal action against election law violators, campaign relatively peaceful
Nearly 60,000 postal vote applications rejected
Coal crisis looms over multibillion tender row
French giant to search for oil in Lanka’s east
Bus conductor allegedly assaults commuter for demanding correct balance
Another life lost in road accident
Promises made in January Budget only partly fulfilled, say farmers, pensioners
NTC loses its way with costly GPS for busesoBy Aanya Wipulasena
Sticks and stones broke cricket’s bonesWitnesses tell of fright as clash ignited
Deeds and misdeeds: 6,000 owners fall flat in condominiums
Galewala: Shocked residents recall principal turned ISIS member
Muslim groups here condemn ISIS and violence in the name of Islam
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Lankans to try out new combination
Literally it’s a dead rubber. After nine long years, a completely new look Pakistani team walked all over the Lankans and stomped them to a…
BMICH turned into an aisle to the future
Friday night was never meant to be forgotten for some,…
One new Sri Lanka record, one meet record on day two
Nor-Lanka create huge upset
SOZZLED TO GLORY
The Rt. Royal Ashy Cader defied the laws of gravity
Is Malinga an over-the-hill icon?
Looking back on the accomplishments
Status quo of Davis-Cup?
SLBA mess emits big stink
Pawns and Kings battle it out at Waskaduwa
Zone ‘C’ remain unbeaten and favourites after three wins
Schools Netball Championship gets underway
Royal patronage for track and field
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Special Commission to investigate GK collapse, says President
By Bandula SirimannaThe beginning of the end of the Golden Key (GK) depositors’ tearful saga dawned at the BMICH in Colombo on Friday with the launch of…
Husein Esufally, new Deputy Chairman at Janashakthi Insurance
In a rare move for family-controlled companies, Janashakthi Insurance this…
EPF/ETF to be managed by new entity
Presidential Commission to probe stock market irregularities
Beijing gets Tea Board office
Access interested in more property business
Commercial Bank rated the strongest bank in Sri Lanka by Fitch
Former SEC chief Godahewa emerges as a UPFA supporter
Germany’s largest travel agency head to visit Sri Lanka
SLPA to hire consultant for East Terminal
2015 General Elections and the Economy: Some targets to be set for future MPs
President, PM to address corporate chiefs at Economic Summit, just days before Aug. 17 poll
Asians, incentive travel: Cash cows for MICE tourismBy Sunimalee Dias
Life and work in an ever-demanding world
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Editorial
Affronts to the electoral process
In most born-again democracies — countries which have escaped from the grip of long totalitarian rule –in Eastern Europe a few decades ago, some in Africa and more recently in West Asia, voters at their first elections would display their index finger to show the indelible ink painted on it…
Columns
- Political Column
President continues ‘cold war’ with UPFA to isolate Rajapaksa
Former President becomes key issue in polls campaign, while Sirisena appoints loyalists as electoral organisers UNF proposes State Assembly comprising civil society activists instead of CC; JVP convention…
- 5th Column
Green and grin: Say ‘Paraw’My dear Green Man,
I thought I must write to you to find out how you are faring as you go about the business of campaigning for next month’s elections. I am…
- The Economic Analysis
Daunting economic problems facing new government
Whoever forms the next government would have to face daunting economic problems. However, most of the 21 political parties that are vying to form a government may not…
- Focus on Rights
Measuring the Maturity of the Sri Lankan electorate
If Sri Lanka’s political and legal history since independence demonstrates one fact, it is the fundamental dishonesty of those whom we elect to serve us. Even the rare…
- Sunday Punch
Drummers line up for rajapaksakariya at UPFA’s Election Perehera in August
The tried and tested bevy of drummers lined up to do their Rajakariya, or feudal duties, this year at the Rajapaksa perehera have already started beating their drums…
- THOUGHTS FROM LONDON
Bombing crusade as solution to ISIS crisis
Unlike the Bourbons of France who learnt nothing and forgot nothing, British Prime Minister David Cameron has learnt a lot which he strives to forget hoping others will…
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Remembering the thinker and tinkerer
Deepal Sooriyaarachchi, Chairman of the panel of judges of the Ray Award remembers first spying Ray Wijewardene across the room with a sense of nostalgia. Sooriyaarachchi was delivering…
‘Seeing’ a new country
Chatting over post-dinner drinks and an enthralling performance by performers of the traditional martial arts – Agampora – at the Cinnamon Bey at Beruwela on Monday night, Nigel…
Letters to the Editor
Not cricket, not civil, not nice… I know someone who, when Sri Lanka plays India, always supports India. I know someone else who, when Sri Lanka plays Australia,…
Air Force shapes animal care culture
A wet nose pokes out from behind red metal mesh. The magi board stuck on the doorframe tells us the curious white Pomeranian peeking out at visitors is…
Magazine
On the streets that you know
It’s night time, maybe it’s even raining. A tuk tuk tattooed “kolamba putha” whizzes toward the build up of traffic which is no surprise for…
New sounds from Salvage
Tailor-made for the power woman
Changing shape of art Founders of Monai speak to the Mirror Magazine about their love for stark geometric designs
Growing following of metalheads
Catch ‘Funk in your Trunk’ in Trinco
The Luxe Ghost
‘A love like this’ blooms
Two Lankans instated in ‘Songwriters Hall Of Fame’
Sebs 1983 batch celebrates 50 years
‘Day Out for Dads by Kiss FM
‘Funny Money’ completes 50
Comedy play in Pannala
Janakaraliya goes to Chilaw
‘Kadulla’, a landmark play back on Rupavahini
‘BOMMU’at OZO Kandy: Coolest hangout Spot in Kandy
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Dream degree to make TV, film professionals
Sri Lanka’s first degree programme in film and television, touching the hi-tech and digital dimensions, is…
Sirisena blunder may have given Rajapaksa a return ticket
Senake Bandaranayake: Scholar, art critic and institution builder
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Changing shape of art Founders of Monai speak to the Mirror Magazine about their love for stark geometric designs
Are you into geometrical shapes and monochrome with splashes of colour? If you are, Monai is…
Growing following of metalheads
Catch ‘Funk in your Trunk’ in Trinco
More Mirror Magazine >>TV Times
‘A love like this’ blooms
Veteran filmmaker Chandran Rutnam’s newest play “May Wage Adarayak” (A love like this) is now being…
