Laggala station weapons: Monk spots guns while taking bath at temple
Three sniffer dogs who were let loose last afternoon from the Wallewala Sandagala Temple premises in…
Photo focus: Pity the cracker maker
No festivity -whether religious, national or private- is complete without the lighting of firecrackers. The Sinhala…
Drink-driving blitz for Avurudu nets 1,324 culprits
More than half those stopped on the roads by police for being under the influence of…
Charlatan cantered its way to win the inaugural Kunigal Stud Magic Million Race
In what could be termed as a repeat of the last held Governor’s Cup race in…
Hopes and expectations in the New Year and beyond
The Sinhala and Tamil New Year celebrations last week was a time of enjoyment when economic…
A top-5 finish is a possibility
Unfortunate to run into the mighty Isipathana side in their opening match, Chalindu Wijesinghe’s Dharmaraja side…
Little Angels Montessori celebrated the Sinhala and Tamil New Year
Students of Little Angels AMI Montessori School celebrated the Sinhala and Tamil New Year at the…
Say goodbye to smelly and sweaty shirts with new stain and water-resistant fabrics
Very soon the shirt you wear won’t need a wash for a long time while also…
Restoring for posterity the home of a Sinhala scholar of yore
Far away from the salubrious climes of Kandawala, Katana, close to Negombo and what was his…
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Hot news: Why you are at fever level
A change in the wind direction over the Indian Ocean, the lack of cloud cover, rising ocean temperatures and the position of the sun directly…
VAT price bomb after May Day
Low and middle income groups will be worst hit by…
Mittal’s 65,000 steel houses under fire from Lankan experts
Lankan chefs in mid-air soup; SriLankan flight recalled to Singapore
Sri Lanka hopeful of IMF bailout facility within two weeks
World Central Banks devise safety net against hackers
Sampur project powers on despite protests
Laggala station weapons: Monk spots guns while taking bath at temple
Alarming rise in diabetes: Act right now to prevent, treat and beat it
Some crossings to be removed to prevent pedestrian deaths
Taking part in oil anointing ceremony
China urged to closely assess Lanka’s equity-swap proposal
Probe company where former Ministry advisor was employed, Ranawaka tells FCID
Garbage in Kolonnawa off to Puttalam in three months
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Malinga leaps into another controversy
By S.R. PathiravithanaOnce again is it a case of fast bowler Lasith Malinga testing the resolution of Sri Lanka or him trying to match the haughty Sri…
Charlatan cantered its way to win the inaugural Kunigal Stud Magic Million Race
In what could be termed as a repeat of the…
IRB and ARFU sanctions will be their top priorities
Sri Lanka Women bag Gold at inaugural South Asian Cager tourney
Helitha and Dilani adjudged Most Outstanding TT players
Colours Awards at Sri Sangamitta Girls School Matale
Travel Trade SC opens their innings with Carrom
The daunting task facing Sanath
Referee! Let the game flow why not?
Tennis and unable countries
Eshan makes his mark in local Karting
American Football gradually catching up
Udayanga wins Lions swimming open
FFSL injects a score of Soccer coaches into the system
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Avurudu ‘kade’
Hemas Group CEO Steven Enderby and Group Director Abbas Esufally (right, inside) play ‘kade mudalali’ with happy youngsters at Avurudu celebrations held recently at Hemas…
Development Bill to remove obstacles to growth, new tax incentives
The government will regulate and properly plan development activities in…
Sri Lanka, in an unusual move, promotes visitors to China
Sri Lankan team in Washington for IMF talks
Troubled Entrust sued by a client, others to follow
Poverty in Rural Agriculture: Case for niche marketing
Voting rights to migrant workers
To go or not to go? Govt. politicians provide contrasting views on West Asian labour migration policy
AIA offers more facilities to clients
Police inquiry into BT journalist’s complaint against Harry J
More French firms to invest in Sri Lanka, says French envoy
SLT says seeks new investments amidst high operating profit, lower post-tax profit
Sri Lanka’s GDP in 2016-17 seen at 5.3%, World Bank says
‘Boom’ led to ‘substantial’ increase in household appliances, vehicles – Nielsen
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Editorial
The economic heat is on
The heat is indeed unbearable, but the suffering multitude will know that, at least by Vesak next month, the weather will be kinder. Whether the people will be able to look with similar anticipation on the economic front is doubtful. Many know, with the ending of the Avurudu season, hard…
Columns
- Political Column
Economic focus on IMF, political focus on May Day rally
Govt. negotiators in Washington to press for enhanced bailout of US$ 3 billion, but even then more taxes and price hikes Wide criticism of Cabinet obesity with number…
- 5th Column
Bad moon rising
My dear Maithri, I thought I must write to you to see how you were faring this New Year. After all, unlike in the past, because of ‘Yahapaalanaya’…
- The Economic Analysis
Hopes and expectations in the New Year and beyond
The Sinhala and Tamil New Year celebrations last week was a time of enjoyment when economic difficulties and hardships are forgotten. Economic problems were hardly in the minds…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Japan gives rare G7 honour to Sirisena; meeting with Obama likely
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s decision to invite President Maithripala Sirisena as a guest at the G7 summit next month is a singular honour for Sri Lanka and…
- Focus on Rights
What is sauce for the goose is not sauce for the gander?
There is a view taken by some who are engaged in the process of constitutional reform that a new or radically revised constitutional document for Sri Lanka will…
- Sunday Punch
With rabies, avoid stray dogs; with malaria, avoid all Indians
No one has the foggiest as to what the Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) to be signed by Sri Lanka and India really is for the simple…
- Thoughts from London
Trying to cleanse the Augean Stables
April, wrote the poet T.S. Eliot in “The Wasteland”, is the cruellest month. Early this month a leading German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung dropped a bombshell by publishing the…
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Restoring for posterity the home of a Sinhala scholar of yore
Far away from the salubrious climes of Kandawala, Katana, close to Negombo and what was his ancestral home set amidst groves of coconut palms, is a tiny plot…
How to catch a croc the humane way
Trussed up tightly, it was dragged here and there and hammered mercilessly on the head with an axe. This was after its insides had been torn asunder, on…
Horses and hats and the races are on
Horse racing is one of the many attractions that draws people to Nuwara Eliya’s cool climes come April and this year with the Royal Turf Club experiencing a…
Pearls for a President
The mystery surrounding the living gem of the sea, the pearl, has long captured the interest of merchants, the imagination of poets and attention of historians. The existing…
Magazine
Giving ink to the dying wild
Firi Rahman who has extended his passion for wildlife to create awareness of endangered species through his art that tell a story talks to Minushi…
Jams my mother made
Go black and white with KiO
US 7th Fleet band performs in Sri Lanka
A couple aiming for stardom
‘Aluth Horek Onee’ in Colombo and Galle, Hunt for new thief goes down south
French romantic drama in cinema
“Sudu saha Kalu” Recreating Nawagaththegama’s theatrical expertise
‘Ki & Ka’ A marriage challenged by gender roles
‘Premaya nam’ becomes Official Selection at Palm Beach IFF
Jetwing Jaffna: Splendour of North
Cinnamon TBCasia: mega destination promotionwith SriLankan
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Sirimavo Bandaranaike: A leader in her own right
On 21 July, 1960 Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the first woman Prime Minister of Ceylon (now Sri…
Her strength was her ability to overcome challenges
A century to Mrs B, the woman who took Sri Lanka to the world!
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US 7th Fleet band performs in Sri Lanka
Recently the USS Blue Ridge arrived in the island along with the 7th Fleet Band. The…
TV Times
A couple aiming for stardom
Rajitha Dissanayake’s latest play ‘SiriwardanePawla’ (SiriwardaneFamily), revolving around a young man who tries to become a…
‘Aluth Horek Onee’ in Colombo and Galle, Hunt for new thief goes down south
French romantic drama in cinema
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The Crows, the Koel and the Snail
The Snail glided along the branch of a tree on a warm April morning. Perched at…