Hit by floods, now by official apathy
More than a week after devastating floods affected thousands of people in the suburbs of Colombo,…
Little coordination, no deterrent laws main reasons for landslide tragedies
The landslide at Aranayake in the Kegalle District killing 37 people and trapping hundreds of families…
Mechanics flooded with motor cycles that had gone under
Motor mechanics are kept busy with a large number of motor cycles affected by the recent…
School Cricket format likely to be revamped
The Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association (SLSCA) is seriously contemplating on revamping its Under-19 Division I…
In Meethotamulla, the suffering just gets worse
The Meethotamulla garbage dump, long an ecological problem and eyesore in Colombo, has caused more misery…
Fighting the toxic sludge
While floodwaters have receded in many areas, the people of Meethotamulla in Kolonnawa continue to face…
Lampkin on the mythical trail of Sita
In spite of the dampening weather pattern in Sri Lanka, which led to devastating floods and…
Money down the babbling brook by the banks of the Diyawanna
It’s the sacred temple where a people’s sovereignty lies enshrined. The supreme edifice of a secular…
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Oh floody, oblada, life goes on
The once-flooded streets are now filled with bags of clothes, television sets, electrical appliances and other items that were under several feet of water and…
China gets huge projects in Polonnaruwa District
Several multimillion dollar development projects in the Polonnaruwa district are…
PMO blames Museum Director for damage to A’pura Buddha statue at Temple Trees
Helitours to acquire two civilian passenger aircraft
Orders to evacuate people from landslide-prone areas
Fire at BIA
And once again, veggie prices are on the rise
Vulnerable children the focus of care agencies
Court of Appeal summons CMC Commissioner, CMO for alleged contempt of court
Vesak lights up Colombo
Japanese largesse for Sri Lanka
Rs 7m WHO grant for Health clinics for flood victims
Work resumes on new Kachchativu church as ‘weather clears’
Vehicle importers claim tax calculations irrational
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Dropped catches leave Lankans facing uphill task
Two dropped catches and positive batting saw England consolidating on the second day of their second Test against Sri Lanka at lunch at the Riverside…
School Cricket format likely to be revamped
The Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association (SLSCA) is seriously contemplating…
A word of caution — Isipathana should not underestimate this opposition
Wanasinghe elected SLSHA President
Schoolchildren’s sports tours to be regularised soon
University Flag Football tournament in June
All Island Schools Athletics in Matara in October
Platypus has more questions than answers
Are TMOs really needed?
Flair of addictive Red-Clay Tennis
Only one more step for the much awaited announcement
New leader as Yohan dethrones Pawan
Six airmen and women honoured
Rupee for your thought
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Future of tourism
A young staff member from a hotel in Jaffna lights an oil lamp at a stall at the ‘Sancharaka Udawa’ (tourism trade fair) at the…
Sri Lanka’s Agency for Development gets off the ground soon
The much-awaited Sri Lanka’s Agency for Development is to be…
NITF steps in to rescue disaster victims from cash and property ruin
CB plans to launch Panda bonds
CB comes under barrage of criticism over failing finance companies
KMPG to assist NSB in SriLankan Airlines restructure
Pains of labour in the Post-Civil War Development in Jaffna
Innovative Sri Lanka
Edoardo Giuntoli appointed as GM of AVANI Kalutara Resort and Anantara Kalutara Resort
Land Ministry to digitise land bank
Ceylon Shipping Corp secures full-term Certificates for “MV. Ceylon Breeze” from DNV GL
Sri Lanka implements 2-pronged strategy for economic prosperity and innovation
UNDP to develop ‘outcome document’ for their development planning for the 2030 agenda
‘Politicians should, stay away from complex policy-making’: Leave that to the experts- Harsha
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Editorial
After the deluge — and before the next
There was a sense of deja vu to see the President (who is also the Minister of Environment) and all the Government leaders conferring on what must be done to mitigate the effects of another flood. Only days earlier the Disaster Management Minister was giving interviews to the media how…
Columns
- Political Column
Alleged war crimes: PM announces probe will be domestic, no foreign judges
Decision conveyed to senior Army officers, details soon, but TNA unhappy Geneva Resolution watered down Armed services to return more private lands to civilians, high-powered Office of Missing Persons…
- 5th Column
A watery end
My dear Nazeer, I thought I must write to you even though, this time last week if someone asked me who ‘Nazeer Ahamed’ was, I would have said,…
- The Economic Analysis
Population increase poses serious economic and social challenges
The increase in Sri Lanka’s population to 25 million by 2042 and 25.8 million by 2062 poses serious economic and social challenges. Even at present with a population…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
President, PM to review Defence Secretary’s directive
President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will have a one-on-one meeting next week, when both are in the country, to discuss a Ministry of Defence directive…
- Focus on Rights
An angry call for a selective deluge
Exasperated by the peccadilloes of the ‘yahapalanaya’ (good governance) administration in pulling back on its promises to punish the corrupt in the South and bring justice to those…
- Sunday Punch
Money down the babbling brook by the banks of the Diyawanna
It’s the sacred temple where a people’s sovereignty lies enshrined. The supreme edifice of a secular democratic state. The gilded pagoda from whence the people’s power emanates. The…
- Podi Hamuduruwo Gangaramaya
Disaster and joy, realities in life
People wish to live happily without fear and sadness. Not only for us but it is natural for any country to undergo difficulties, privations and hardship. Buddhism teaches…
- Podi Hamuduruwo Gangaramaya
Disaster and joy, realities in life
People wish to live happily without fear and sadness. Not only for us but it is natural for any country to undergo difficulties, privations and hardship. Buddhism teaches…
- Thoughts from London
This mad, mad world of yahapalanaya
Would you believe it! Would anybody with a thinking process still in working order believe it? Well you better believe it my friend. Did you not know that…
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Ceylon Navy’s prized ‘catch’
“Do you know how an Italian Navy ship surrendered to the CRNVR?” It was around the middle 1970s. I was collecting first-hand accounts of incidents involving the Ceylon…
Hundred years on, vivid are the memories
Dorothie Anne Ebell celebrated her 100th birthday on May 23 in the same manner in which she has lived her life – sustained by her family and her…
Flooded with kindness and filled with resolve…
One woman’s tragedy is sometimes another woman’s opportunity – opportunity of the best sort. The sort that allows a woman to feel unbridled compassion, anguish and empathy for…
Think of the children
‘Oba yuwathiyak wana dina mama pas godak pamani. Duwe! Eya paganna!’ wrote popular journalist Premakeerthi de Alwis in a note to his daughter Surangi when she was young…
Magazine
Folk and fusion in Galle
It was a mixed bag of entertainment as the Galle Music Festival, now in its seventh edition, unfolded this year on May 14 at the…
A modern retelling of a sacred tale
Everest Trek blogSummit success for Lankan Everest team
Gearing up for the big day
Ranura’s take on Spanish covers
Michael Buble to get throat surgery
Hindi Cinema and Bharatha Gee Vindana
‘French Rendezvous’ : French Spring Festival
‘Kaerakena Keliya’, a play for unity
Black and white photographic beauty for French Spring Festival
Fr. Tillekeratne, new director Social Communication Centre
Sociopolitical hell recreated on stage
‘Si Raja’ uncovers the history of Sigiriya
Landmark Guide on the ButterfliesOf Sri Lanka
A new dawn in the East – Sunrise by Jetwing, opens
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What Armitage is doing in Sri Lanka
Like a moth to a flame, this brave young officer of the United States Navy was…
When the UN comes under heavy fire
Queen Srimala in Ban’s Vesak message: She embodied women empowerment
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Ranura’s take on Spanish covers
You may have heard Enrique Iglesias- singing Bailando countless times, but one might be surprised to…
Michael Buble to get throat surgery
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A modern retelling of a sacred tale
When most people imagine a ballet, they would picture a classical performance such as the Swan…
Everest Trek blogSummit success for Lankan Everest team
Gearing up for the big day
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Asian International School Vesak programme
Little kids of Asian International School, participated in a Vesak programme at Sri Baudharama Temple on…