Major domestic Cricket overhaul
Sri Lanka Cricket will revive the aborted Provincial Cricket Tournament in place of the Zonal Cricket…
Power failures deal blackout blow to Govt.
Special ministerial committee grills CEB; evidence emerges that little or no maintenance work carried out Sirisena…
The 19th convention of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
The 19th convention of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress was held in Ampara yesterday. Here President …
Another power failure: CEB must switch to hi-tech professionalism
Experts are scrambling to determine how three electricity blackouts occurred within six months and the answers…
Norochcholai plant shut down with grid failure
The Lakvijaya coal power plant in Norochcholai had experienced technical faults that aggravated the recent countrywide…
No one cares for safety
By their appalling disregard for road rules and lack of common sense Sri Lankans are needlessly…
Seeing a shared humanity wherever she goes
When documenting a bumper crop of captive bred pandas in China, photojournalist Ami Vitale carefully donned…
Colombo Port City work to resume soon
The Government this week announced that work at the controversial Colombo Port City will resume shortly.…
Regus educates commercial real estate agents on flexi-working concepts
Regus Sri Lanka, local operation of the global workplace provider Regus, organised a seminar targeting commercial…
News
This was ground zero
This was the main scene of the power failure which dealt a blackout blow to the Government this week. Ceylon Electricity Board engineers and Swiss-trained…
US$ 101m hack-in heist: Interpol hunts for Shalika Foundation chief
An international alert is underway to arrest a key director…
Who will win the battle of the builders — Mittal or locals?
Technical issues ground Air Force’s Helitours flights
Power crisis: German experts coming; short-term solution in two weeks
Public servants given cash but no vehicle
UNP MP allegedly assaults spectator
Dinesh hits out at USAID seminar on constitutionalism
Ragging brings academic activity at Kelaniya campus to a halt
Curses turn to blessings
2 victims identified, DNA tests on three corpses while police interrogate suspects
Dinesh hits out at USAID seminar on constitutionalism
Ragging brings academic activity at Kelaniya campus to a halt
Ex-monk in trouble after posting nude pics of woman who broke off their affair
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Kohli magic works for India in crucial game against Pakistan
KOLKATA, March 19 (Reuters) – Virat Kohli helped India survive a top-order collapse and beat Pakistan by six wickets in a tight game on Saturday…
Mahinda hold Richmond to a draw
In a great come back Mahinda College did well to…
Lankans will look for a win against the West Indies
Hapuhinna’s 65 not out sees the Thomians through
Major domestic Cricket overhaul
Arjuna’s team triumphs over All Stars
Bangladesh’s Arafat and Taskin suspended from bowling in international Cricket
Tame draw on the cards
Kingswood take first innings lead over Dharmaraja
Trinity overpower St. Anthony’s in one-sided game
St Anne’s defeats Maliyadeva after seven years
Pawan leads but Thambawita closing in
Roshan’s theory of cleaner Cricket
‘Stars of tomorrow’ showcase
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Colombo Port City work to resume soon
The Government this week announced that work at the controversial Colombo Port City will resume shortly. Seen here are some tourists walking past the site…
Suspect NGO was expecting two foreign remittances, local bank says
A Sri Lankan non-governmental organisation (NGO), at the centre of…
Deadlock on tea plantations
Government mulls removing Cess on all items except tourism
15 % interest deposit rate for some senior citizens
Forensic auditors, lawyers examine ‘Entrust’ files
Call for a ‘Commission to Address Economic Development Grievances’
Deadly blow to entrepreneurship – Comment
Capital Gains Tax (CGT)- Tax on the tree that bears fruits
Urgent need to re-assess, prepare blueprint of country’s renewable energy resources
Hemas Hospitals takes out full re- accreditation with Australian Council Health Standards International
Indian currency swap will help but not totally salvage Sri Lanka’s forex crisis, Moody’s says
Bahrain ready to engage in Sri Lanka’s economy, top visiting official says
Dell introduces data centre solutions to support enterprises
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Editorial
Darkness at noon
A fortnight ago, we mentioned in this space how farmers accustomed to a fertilizer subsidy would resist its withdrawal even if it came packaged differently. Similarly, this country, now accustomed to uninterrupted power supply, considered a privilege in countries in this part of the world, went ballistic this week when…
Columns
- Political Column
Power failures deal blackout blow to Govt.
Special ministerial committee grills CEB; evidence emerges that little or no maintenance work carried out Sirisena furious, as President’s House loses power, walks out complaining of embarrassment if…
- 5th Column
Caught on the leg side
My Dear Arjuna, Thilanga, Lasith and Angelo, I thought I should be writing to you this week because it was twenty years ago this week – on the…
- The Economic Analysis
Can we improve our external finances this year?
Everyone knows that the external finances of the country are in dire straits. The depletion of foreign reserves has been owing to the large trade deficits coupled with…
- Focus on Rights
A run-away government and the president’s ‘Pirivena’ mandate
There is more than a trace of Grimm’s Fairy Tales in the lofty disdain with which the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe coalition leadership lectures to Sri Lankans on its inherited economic…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Eelam groups make plea for Lee
Sri Lanka is in the middle of a raging controversy at the UN over the world body’s suspension of the media credentials of a US journalist, Matthew Lee…
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Seeing a shared humanity wherever she goes
When documenting a bumper crop of captive bred pandas in China, photojournalist Ami Vitale carefully donned a panda suit soaked in panda urine to take her pictures. Bred…
Appreciations
Chandra Ranaraja She leaves behind footsteps in the sands of time It is difficult to believe that Chandra Ranaraja is no more. She passed away as peacefully as…
Letters
Enough is enough! Our leadership must have the courage to repress populism In recent times I have been reading a great deal about Sinhala Buddhist Culture and the…
A life-sustaining collaboration
Do not release even a drop of rainwater to the sea without first utilising it” –King Parakramabahu’s wisdom of old highlights the importance of water conservation. Anyone who…
Magazine
Sketching and stitching from morn till night
The more complicated the design the more she loves it, says the mother of young seamstress Thushani Rodrigo whose hearing impairment hasn’t hindered her love…
Stigmata unleashes metal at its finest
SBC wins Interschool Drama Comp
Encouraging volunteerism
For the love of the ‘Blues’
Vacation packing for a fashionista
Eagles won’t play live again
‘Socrates’ back in town
‘It’s not in the Stars’
OTSC celebrates 60 years at the Battle of the Blues
‘The Eagle’ has landed for good
‘Pulse 16’: Musical extravaganza of Wesley College
New farewell song for Fr. Bonnie
Theatrical display of religious piety
A brotherly blend of Bharatham and Kandyan
‘The Tempest’ in cinema
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Gamini Dissanayake — a politician with a vision
When Theodore Roosevelt once remarked, “The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency”…
Those who live by the Dhamma will be protected by it
Did sex with extinct species help humans spread?
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Encouraging volunteerism
Looking to make a difference ? There are many youth volunteer groups out there that could…
For the love of the ‘Blues’
Vacation packing for a fashionista
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‘Socrates’ back in town
The second public performance of Nimal Ekanayake’s theatrical production ‘Socrates’ based on the life of a…
