The Sunday Times Sri Lanka

Malinga: From magic to madness

Sometimes the system creates individuals who are very unique in many ways. Then the ultimate product…

Ports crisis entering stormier seas

The dispute between trade unions and Sri Lanka Port Authority (SLPA) Chairman Dhammika Ranatunga is likely…

Activists take bull by the horns to stop cruel hackery races

Animal Rights Activists last week said their campaign against hackery races with bulls during this April…

The Floating Market has sunk, vendors and UDA agree

Many of the nearly 100 stalls in Colombo’s Floating Market were closed while sellers at others…

New Year celebrations at Nest Montessori

New Year celebrations at Nest Montessori School, Nawala held on April 7, 2016. Pix by Indika…

Riding towards their goal

On paper, cycling 1400 km around the entire coastal belt of Sri Lanka, over 10 days,…

‘Caught’ and then a hug for 7-foot croc!

He lifts it up like a baby, lovingly and tenderly, not carrying it by its ‘arms’…

A clever ambiguous movie that takes on Colombo society

Rehan Mudannayake is a gifted filmmaker. His short film “Elephant” (script by Ashok Ferrey, Sheela Lal,…

Letters

Traffic terror in Nuwara Eliya: Police in the cold On April 16, a group of us…

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News

Crocodile fears and cheers

Warning signs have sprung up, warning people at Boralesgamuwa and Diyawannawa exercise tracks built recently. But Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera shows no signs of fear…

Move to rush back export earnings

The Government, in a dramatic late night move, has frozen…

CPC will supply fuel until Lankan is privatised

New CB ruling silent on ‘service’ exports

Heroin raid: Lanka police team up with Maldives police

Vehicle import duties dominate Govt’s tax drive

Accident victim’s body exhumed for 2nd postmortem

Minister wrings SLT ears amid calls for removal of chairman

Dons in dialogue to deal with ragging and sexual violence in univesities

Renovation at the Galle Face Green

Govt. to empower Coastguard, Navy and Fisheries Dept. officials

D.B. Nihalsingha will be remembered with gratitude: President

Special monitoring to oversee construction of houses in NE: Ministry

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Sports

Ethics issue looms as Sumathipala walks into ICC

By S.R. Pathiravithana

With the Sumathipala-Dharmadasa coalition cricket administration seemingly in a huge quagmire, SLC President Thilanga Sumathipala has taken a unilateral decision to attend the next ICC…

Royal avoid a major hiccup before the Bradby First Leg

Royal, prior to the first leg of the Bradby Shield,…

ICC to discuss multi-format points system

Rugby’s contradictions and confusions

Walkovers as never before in FA Cup history

Aussies invite Lanka for T-20 series in February

40 teams in Kurunegala district Division III tourney

A draw, but Colombo enters finals

Alcazaba blazes to victory at Nuwara Eliya

Malinga: From magic to madness

Port City work resumes

With the all-clear signal given to the once-controversial Colombo Port City to resume, work has begun at the site. Pic by Indika Handuwala…

Sri Lanka needs long term plan and political will to implement it

A long term plan with clear guidelines and the political…

Entrust owes Rs. 9 bln to clients

15% interest finally for senior citizens

Most Sri Lankans prefer national carrier to be managed by the state – RCB poll

IMF bailout facility instills confidence of donor agencies on Sri Lanka, says IMF Deputy Director

Five day week: SL private sector wants it, unions oppose it, workers unsure

Understanding knotty economic issues

Sri Lanka’s 2015 consumption boom which fuelled an economic crisis, unlikely to continue this year

Slovenia keen to increase trade with Sri Lanka, visiting envoy says

People’s Bank pensioners allege fraudulent happenings at the bank

Too much ‘bonding’ at CB auctions: Greater transparency urged

Culprits at large, mafia still powerful to thwart action, good governance activist says

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Sunday Times E-Paper

Editorial

Our Political Editor deals on this page with the state of confusion within the National Government on the issue of the Value Added Tax (VAT) and like the VAT itself, the confusion has been passed on to the people. Such confusion has become the hallmark of the UNP-SLFP coalition Government.…

Columns

Political Column
Sirisena faces May Day test of strength, growing challenge from pro-Rajapaksa ‘JO’

Despite threats of disciplinary action, dissidents go full steam; President asks why UNP going soft on former leaders Polonnaruwa VAT bombshell reverberates at crucial talks with IMF in Washington; major…
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5th Column
The joy of victory

My Dear new IGP, I am writing to congratulate you on your new appointment. You must be a relieved man after getting the top job in the Police…
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The Economic Analysis
Will the IMF facility be a turning point in the economy?

The IMF Extended Fund Facility (EFF) of US$ 1.5 billion with an agreement on an economic program supported by the IMF is now imminent. This could be a…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Police chief: Secret ballot and one spoilt vote

Even if Speaker Karu Jayasuriya cautioned members of the Constitutional Council regarding media leaks about their deliberations when they met last Monday to select a new Police Chief,…
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Focus on Rights
Taking back the space of legitimate public dissent

The regular posturing by the so-called Rajapaksa-led Joint Opposition calling for the upholding of democratic rights in Sri Lanka must be treated with the rightful contempt that it…
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Sunday Punch
New testament to make MPs angels will demand a quantum leap of faith

A new testament of the faith to be hopefully observed by those deified mortals who dwell in the pantheon of the people’s sovereignty was handed out to them…
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Thoughts from London
So VAT’s the trouble with y’palana economics

At the risk of being labelled anti-nationalist snowed under worse epithets one is constrained to admit that the great British dramatist and poet Willie Shakespeare had anticipated Sri…
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Riding towards their goal

On paper, cycling 1400 km around the entire coastal belt of Sri Lanka, over 10 days, seems a monstrous task but not impossible. It is only when you…

The wizard who waved his camera to create magic

Paying tribute to a great artiste is an easy task. But it’s not so easy when he happens to be a dear friend. That is my dilemma in…

More than about the arts

Halfway through our interview Graham Sheffield, British Council’s Director of Arts, remembers a speech he has to write. He needs to work on a lecture he will deliver…

All the world is awhirl, in dervish meditation

“Everything is whirling.” The first time that Ahmad Dede Pattisahusiwa heard his master the Grandsheikh Sultan Muhammad Nazim al Haqqani an-Naqshbandi say these words, he did not understand…

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