The saltie that terrorised Rawatawatte
A resident of Dharmaratne Avenue in Rawatawatte, Moratuwa, was returning home after his night shift around…
A Royal toast
On September 9, Queen Elizabeth II became the longest-reigning sovereign in history. To celebrate this momentous…
On the road to extinction
The plight of the Sri Lankan leopard was highlighted after an animal was knocked and killed…
Yasoda, Dilshan, Sangeeth put Moors SC in box seat
Yasoda Lanka along with Dilshan Ranasinghe and Sangeeth Cooray guided Moors SC to a strong position…
Sri Lanka in hunt for its ‘Rikishi’
A contact sport, considered as modern martial arts in its originative country Japan, Sumo has now…
Vox populi Vox dei : What’s next?
The people of Sri Lanka have spoken. An election, hailed widely by observers from around the…
Holistic view needs to be considered for development path
Institutions of good governance The foundation of good governance for the development effort is provided by…
Sri Lanka wins bid to host PATA World Congress in 2017
The global travel industry’s top body Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has picked Sri Lanka to…
The story of Ceylonta
‘Lipton Ceylonta’ the flagship tea brand of Unilever Sri Lanka was re-launched recently to bring back…
News
Night traffic in the Megapolis
With the slashing of fuel prices in January, vehicle imports having doubled during the past seven months and more fatal accidents almost every day,…
The scandal of the missing millions
Sri Lanka has paid out massive amounts to American lobbyists,…
UNHRC report: No names but strong indictments
CEPA talks during Ranil-Modi summit
Megapolis Authority to be set up
Formula coming, oil price reduction soon: Minister
Ministry subjects and functions to be worked out within a week
Ministry secretaries: No change in extension policy
Fences don’t work for elephants, say villagers but minister wants more in short term
Excessive speed, recklessness, disregard for road rules claim 60 lives this month
Truck crashes into van killing three-year-old
Electrocuted construction worker falls to his death
The saltie that terrorised Rawatawatte
Deportees from Kuwait and Saudi on the rise
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Yasoda, Dilshan, Sangeeth put Moors SC in box seat
Yasoda Lanka along with Dilshan Ranasinghe and Sangeeth Cooray guided Moors SC to a strong position against SSC on day two helping the side post…
Unstoppables unstoppable
The Unstoppables emerged champions at the Chartered Accountants’ Day/Night 7-a-side…
Royal promotes Assistant Coach Suranga to take charge of First XI team
Sri Lanka in hunt for its ‘Rikishi’
Vijaya Open Hockey 7s next weekend in Matale
To be or not to be
Enter Jerome: The travails of an interim coach
New York’s survival challenge
Anuradha, Madumali emerge top boxers of the meet
WHAT ’S THE ISSUE
Sappers 4×4 Gympo on September 20
Sagara and Adeesha guide Vallibel Finance
How India won a Test Series in Sri Lanka after 22 years
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Business Times
Veteran Sri Lankan industrialist felicitated
Retiring Ceylon Biscuits (CBL) Chairman Micky Wickramasinghe flanked by former Treasury Secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundera, new CBL Chairman Ramya Wickramasinghe and Group Managing Director, CBL…
John takes tourism by the horns
Sri Lanka’s new tourism minister is planning on whipping those…
BOI gets tough with bribe-demanding officials
Taxi app PickMe rings up Rs. 150 mln in private funding
Heavy taxes could send local casinos reeling
Holistic view needs to be considered for development path
Treasury and the Public Service – Comment
Commercial Bank receives FinanceAsia Best Bank Country Award 2015
Common terminal for Mastercard, Diners payments soon in SL
UDA assures investors it will repay Rs. 10 bln debentures
NDBIB arranges Rs. 1 bln for Resus Energy Group
MillenniumIT wins top Microsoft award at Florida event
New entrance for Cinnamon Grand Oak Room patrons
A management journal that should engage the SL business sector
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Editorial
Vital role for PM in India
“Irreversible excellence” was how then Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar referred to Sri Lanka’s relations with India. Centuries old ties between the two neighbours cemented by the links to Gautama Buddha and Buddhism have had its up and downs in more recent years, none so devastatingly severe than India’s active involvement…
Columns
- Political Column
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- 5th Column
Yahapalanaya a la Maithri
My dear Maithri, I thought I must write to you because you must be quite a relaxed man these days having sworn in dozens of ministers last week.…
- The Economic Analysis
A plea for planning and a Vision 2020: Tough economic challenges
The need for planning and a holistic vision for the country’s development was the key message of Dr. Lloyd Fernando’s comprehensive paper provocatively titled “5-Point Plan and the…
- Focus on Rights
The President, Attorney General and the law
The start of Sri Lanka’s new Government this week could not have been more inauspicious by the stretch of even the most optimistic imagination. In conflict with the…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
White House meeting for Sirisena: Ask Corea without hiring PR firms
With Sri Lanka strengthening its political and diplomatic relations with the United States after a long hiatus, there are rumours that the Government is trying to pull off…
- Sunday Punch
Chandrika is right! The Nation is perplexed over ministerial choice
The SLFP’s patron saint, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, was spot on when she assessed the mood of the nation and, posting a message on her Facebook account on Thursday,…
- THOUGHTS FROM LONDON
Meddle, muddle and mess up Middle East
Even kids acquainted with the English alphabet know that the letter C follows B. It seems that in English politics the same is true with Cameron seemingly anxious…
Plus
Revving up to hit the fast lane
When Rajive Wisidagama and Kelasha Withanapathirana were invited to try their hand at taking a pro-kart for a spin, things didn’t end too well. The tyres screeched, rubber…
Letters to the Editor
Weed out the rot that has taken root within the rice industry We are today experiencing a crisis situation in the paddy/rice ‘industry’, on which millions depend for…
Striking a memorable note
In the run up to Les Mis, the Sunday Times asked Soundarie David, Music Director of Soul Sounds, Ishan de Lanerolle of the De Lanerolle Brothers, and Eshantha…
The music’s the thing
Surein de S. Wijeyeratne knows musical theatre can be difficult to pull off – he just isn’t certain the rest of us realise quite how much. Performers, amateur…
Magazine
Shutterbug
Thank you for your contributions to the Shutterbug page on ‘Bright’. Please send in your own photographs for this month’s theme ‘Serene’ by September 28…
Bringing back the nostalgia of Woodstock 1969
‘I’ll keep writing and sharing my poetry’
They were young and had something to say
Hitting the right chord with his own guitars
“These years”
Maisie Williams accepts Guinness World Record on behalf of Game of Thrones
A gust of wind, the draw of a string the kite fest begins
Justin Bieber’s triumphant return
‘Celebration with Golden Chimes’
‘Marians Unplugged’:
‘Sing-along with Annesley’
Sri Lankan dancing in the States
A birth of a dance
Celebrating Independent Cinema in the Peninsula
‘Hunuwataya’ in Borella
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Crisis in Tamil society and challenges before Tamil politics
Temphatic support for the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) – which swept the polls in the Tamil…
Necessary migrants
Vox populi Vox dei : What’s next?
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Shutterbug
Thank you for your contributions to the Shutterbug page on ‘Bright’. Please send in your own…
“These years”
Maisie Williams accepts Guinness World Record on behalf of Game of Thrones
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‘Celebration with Golden Chimes’
‘Sing along with Golden Chimes’, a concert to celebrate its 45 years of music was a…
‘Marians Unplugged’:
‘Sing-along with Annesley’
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The death of General Constantine De Saa
Once the mercenary armies fled, the Portuguese had to fight alone. Suddenly, a heavy shower came…