Patients patience wears thin with doctors’ strike
B.J. Japin, a 70-year-old from Wattala, arrived at the Colombo National Hospital on Thursday to seek…
MAS Holdings retains President’s Trophy
MAS Holdings retained the President’s Trophy with 877 points at the Mercantile Swimming Championship 2015 held…
Less is more as vendors stretch veggies to meet budgets
Vegetable vendors, desperate for sales as steep prices keep customers away, are looking for new ways…
Llong’s Lyon hearted hot spot
Come Thursday, the first Test between Sri Lanka and New Zealand will be on show —…
Spreading the message of Saemaul Undong
A land cutting edge technology, of a capital city that some say rivals New York for…
A Border Village
The war ended one and a half years ago. But as yet there was no change…
Simon Navagaththegma’s play Sudu Saha Kalu Colours at Campus
Late Simon Nawagaththegama’s popular play “Sudu saha Kalu” will be staged at 3.30 pm and 6.45…
Anilana Nilaveli: Ultimate beach experience
Whether you want to Scuba dive in exotic ocean waters or sun-bathe on palm fringed beaches,…
A vision fast disappearing
Recently, I had the opportunity to visit Mustang in Nepal, one of the least known, least…
News
Saving our overseas workers — through protests and diplomatic moves
Consular officials at the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Saudi Arabia will today visit the Sri Lankan female domestic aide who is sentenced to…
President withdraws Rajapaksa’s 500-strong Army security
President Maithripala Sirisena has ordered the immediate withdrawal of an…
Godahewa evading arrest for Hip Hop payment
Lanka denies Maldivian charge of extra luggage checks at BIA
Controversial Lycamobile boss here for Hutch deal
Emergency flights for 400 Lankan pilgrims stranded in India
Millions of cubic metres of sand and stone from Gampaha district
Move to extend leases to revive ailing plantations sector
Parents, teachers, MPs tear apart uniform voucher system
The Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army visits Jaffna
Several new bills in the pipeline for the new year
Sluice gates opened as tanks reach spill level
CEB TUs on the warpath against Govt. plans to ‘outsource’ Lakvijaya
No Santa in the Budget for shoppers and shopkeepers
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Cricket AGM anxiety gathers momentum
The intensity to the run for seats at the forthcoming cricket elections is reaching sky high. Respective parties from both factions are busy trying their…
Witchayanon and Yubol — the best
Witchayanon Chothirunrungren and A. Yubol of Thailand won the Men’s…
Ex-president of Peruvian Football Federation arrested in FIFA scandal
Young hopefuls Jayasundera and Vithanage come good
Dhammika Prasad injured
Right to Information Bill to be gazetted soon
Three athletes qualify for Olympics
Kandy juggernaut at full steam – smash the hapless Cops
Colombo FC wins Dialog Champions League
Low scores – blame the showers
Dharmaraja batch of ’92
Milantha ‘ton’ beats the rain
Windies humbled by 10 wickets in Test warm-up
MAS Holdings retains President’s Trophy
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Craft revival at Shilpa 2015
A craftman carving a traditional mask : This is one such category of individuals the government is targeting in Budget 2016 which emphasised focus on…
IMF looks at best options for Sri Lanka to ease the Balance Of Payment pressure
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is looking at best options…
Listed firms that don’t transact, on CSE / SEC radar
Softlogic keen to buy govt’s LHCL shares
Some 20 job cuts at SCB after VSS
Sri Lankans to get smart e-NIC s soon
Sri Lanka beefs up security at BIA, SriLankan and Mihin
Designing a credit guarantee scheme to promote lending to SME sector in Sri Lanka
Jobs for rural women
Sri Lanka to attract more Russians, Europeans for winter
Budget – 2016- One serious blunder
China funds special hospital for kidney diseases
Western Region Megapolis Project to kick start with smart city concept
Hapless depositors caught in a web of red tape spun by the CSE
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Editorial
Donor in Business Class, Recipient First Class
If Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake can recognize his own Budget proposals when it comes to the final vote on December 19, he could consider himself lucky. Such are the pressures on him from various quarters to cut and chop, and amend, his original suggestions, notwithstanding the fact that the Government…
Columns
- Political Column
After the Budget, alarm bells for President, PM
Despite giving posts and other inducements only half of the UPFA MPs support Sirisena Former President down but not out; possibility of opting for a new Opposition party…
- 5th Column
Beating Mahinda at his own game
My dear Maithri, I thought I must write to you because you are almost completing a year in office and I thought it is my duty to tell…
- The Economic Analysis
Failing to contain fiscal deficit will undermine economy
The most serious deficiency of the 2016 Budget is its failure to contain the fiscal deficit. The inability to contain the fiscal deficit below five per cent of…
- Lobby
Victor and vanquished out of step with the other’s tune
President Maithripala Sirisena took the unprecedented step of addressing Parliament on two successive days this week as the Committee Stage debate of the Budget got under way on…
- Focus on Rights
Dismissing ‘magic formulas’ in restoring judicial integrity
In a major ironical twist unfolding before our eyes, former President Chandrika Kumaratunga has seen fit to wax eloquent on the importance of judicial integrity this week. Addressing…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Ads to the woes of the Police
Worrying about their image in the public eye has become as big a problem for the Police as maintaining law and order. Not surprisingly when some of their…
- Sunday Punch
Argle-bargle over legal eagle as cell ring courts contempt
When a president’s counsel’s cell phone reputedly began to repeatedly sound his favourite ring tone in the Galle High Court on Monday, it was enough to drive the…
- THOUGHTS FROM LONDON
Withering of yahapalanaya as nepotism returns
When people voted for Maithripala Sirisena on January 8, they believed in his campaign promises. They had faith that Sirisena would indeed install clean government and rid the…
Plus
On the stage that she loves!
It was a stage she was all too familiar with and on Thursday, December 3, Kishani Jayasinghe enthralled her audience at the Lionel Wendt performing with her friends…
Hearts and lungs in his hands
Wagging her finger, it was his biology teacher who told him categorically that he would never be a surgeon, for his rat-dissection he confesses was “rubbish” securing him…
Making magic in the museum
My conversation with Sir Roy Strong–who last month delivered a lecture in Colombo on “Shakespeare’s Gardens’ as part of the run-up to the Fairway Galle Literary Festival to…
Are Colombo’s budding artists pushing the envelope?
Situated diagonally across the road from one another, in the heart of Colombo 7 (one of the city’s most up-market postal codes) are two of the capital’s key…
Magazine
IT’s for women too
Gender equality and information technology are widely discussed topics of this generation. Fifteen years into the 21st century, many would like to believe gender equality…
Inspired by all kinds of everything
Artistes flocking together
Asian International comes a buzz with ‘Holly Daze’
Running for a cause
St. Thomas’ College gears up for ‘A Christmas Carol: The Musical’
Bieber hangs on to No. 1 spot
A Border Village
Pegasus Reef Hotel extends sponsorship towards nurturing the arts
Blast Thru’ 2015 with Kings and Anno Domini
‘Ayaskanthaya’ to mark Neth FM 10th anniversary
Comedy Sundays
Dilwale; Bollywood blockbuster for the festive season
Experiencing French cinema at AF Colombo
Comedy play in Colombo
‘Citizenfour’ A journey in search of truth
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Spreading the message of Saemaul Undong
A land cutting edge technology, of a capital city that some say rivals New York for…
Korean naval ship on goodwill visit here
Ethical Hackers Forum to discuss cyber laws
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Artistes flocking together
We meet Sun Bird and Kro out by the pool after breakfast. Simeon Qsyea and Kendra…
Asian International comes a buzz with ‘Holly Daze’
Running for a cause
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Pegasus Reef Hotel extends sponsorship towards nurturing the arts
An exhibition of creative collage creations combing with the photographs by artist Prasad Abu Bakr hold…
