The Sunday Times Sri Lanka

Will’s will and Lankan challenges

Simple Simon says — in Sri Lanka, cricket is king. Cricket gives you the ticket to…

Rape of wetland leads to floody hell

The residents of Joy Lanka Watta, a housing scheme in Kohilawatta on the outskirts of Colombo,…

Negombo’s endemic natural resources vital for its development: Residents

Government officials and residents of Negombo say that if the proposed development of their city under…

Melioidosis: A deadly bug hiding under another identity

It is a bug which is a ‘great mimic’ that can very easily lead doctors up…

37 hospitals to reopen after deal with doctors

Thirty-seven rural hospitals that were closed because of a lack of doctors, are soon to reopen…

Lessons from Londolozi

Blue-eyed and with golden-brown hair, Donovan Joseph Heyneke, should more aptly be ‘sighted’ on the pages…

Operationalising the hub

The word “hub” is often in use these days with reference to Sri Lanka, from the…

Lively Presentation by Author

Arefa Tehsin, the author of ‘Wild in the Backyard’ and other wildlife stories conducted an interesting…

Where fashions bloomed

Making a fashion statement that hasn’t been made in Sri Lanka before. This is what internationally…

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News

A harvest dream gone with the floods

One of the worst disasters in the three-week flood and landslide havoc is seen in this picture of Saliyawewa paddy fields in the Puttalam…

Disaster at Disaster Management Centre

Billions of rupees worth of equipment to effectively cope with…

To ease traffic, light rail services and passenger boats

Flood havoc: Alternative land to resettle 6,000 families

Lanka faces Zika threat, strict airport monitoring essential

Bidding suspended as storm brews over Chunnakam wind power plants

JO’s No-Confidence against Ravi K.: Debate, vote on Wednesday

Officialdom replaces damaged statue now in museum following restoration

Assault on Meepura editor : Two arrested

Coal to LNG: CEB Unions say act wisely

US Army personnel at on-going clean-up efforts

Lanka Hospital Directors werepaid Rs 13.68m for 19 meetings in 2015

Two key personnel desert drug authority

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Sports

Tri-series involving Zimbabwe and West Indies later this year

By S.R. Pathiravithana

DRS protocols will be presented to the ICC Chief Executives by end of June

After much deliberation the FTP tour to Zimbabwe will take place in September following the Sri Lanka’s series against Australia. The tour will see the…

Will’s will and Lankan challenges

Simple Simon says — in Sri Lanka, cricket is king.…

Asalanka makes it two-in-a-row

SL’s 100-year-old National Sport needs a spike in longterm planning

Isipathana, S. Thomas’ and Science win

Final selections on June 7 and 8

National Sepaktakraw finals today at Darley Road

Maheswaran re-elected KDHA President for 7th consecutive year

Aabid becomes the U-15 Scrabble champion at the ASCI in Malaysia

Junior Netball Nationals finals in Galle today

Vibrant discussion on ETCA

From left: (STBC President) Amal Fernando, Gamini Nanda Gunawardana, Asoka Abeygunawardana and Harsha De Silva enjoying a light moment. Pic by Anuraddha Bandara…

Decision to re-appoint Arjuna lies in President’s hands

Will the Central Bank (CB) Governor Arjuna Mahendran be re-appointed…

15 % deposit interest for senior citizens blocked

Sri Lanka to streamline debt management

At least 75,000 families affected, 91 missing in Sri Lanka’s worst floods last month

Denmark and Malaysia are good examples of innovation for Sri Lanka to emulate

Malaysia’s Khazanah eyes investment in Lanka Hospitals

CBA marks 46 years of business

Commercial Bank secures Chinese loan

40 colonial buildings in Fort to be redeveloped, PM says

Labour Ministry to lead ILO’s “Future of Work” Initiative in Sri Lanka

A ticket to ride in the Megapolis

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Editorial

Back to the old days and old ways

The opening of the Shangri-La Hambantota Resort this week was a grand affair attended by President Maithripala Sirisena, several ministers and other VIPs. A notable absentee was Mahinda Rajapaksa, the former President, who was instrumental in securing investment for Sri Lanka from the renowned Hong Kong listed group. It did…

Columns

Political Column
Corruption probes: President mindful of impact of grilling public officials

Widespread concern over delays and failures to act against alleged plunderers but Sirisena concerned about administrative issues Lankan leader gets international recognition that Sajin Vaas could not buy for…
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5th Column
Prattling on

My dear Rajitha, I thought I must write to you because you are in the news once again. I know that being a politician, you must be thinking…
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The Economic Analysis
Increasing revenue vital for fiscal sustainability and debt reduction

Increasing government revenue is crucial for reducing the fiscal deficit and containing the public debt. If the government fails to reduce the fiscal deficit from 7.2 percent of…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Ban on chief minister: President rescinds order by military commanders

One of the first tasks for President Maithripala Sirisena, after he returned to Sri Lanka from Japan, was to issue an order to immediately rescind instructions sent out…
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Focus on Rights
Proving that the 19th amendment is not mere propaganda

Where Sri Lanka’s non-adherence to the Rule of Law is concerned, there is a disturbing continuity between the immediate ‘Rajapaksa’ past and the present which cannot be wished…
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Sunday Punch
Jayalalithaa, the new Lakshmi in Wigneswaran’s Jaffna shrine

Something is stirring in the northern heartland of Jaffna and it is not the sprouting of the season’s first spring onions breaking ground and shooting off their presence.…
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Podi Hamuduruwo Gangaramaya
To have and not to have – how wonderful!

People talk about the wonders of the world. I am old now. The Guththila and Muusila Jathaka story comes to my mind and is a good lesson. The…
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Podi Hamuduruwo Gangaramaya
To have and not to have – how wonderful!

People talk about the wonders of the world. I am old now. The Guththila and Muusila Jathaka story comes to my mind and is a good lesson. The…
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Thoughts from London
Playing pandu with politics and cricket too

Writing in the British newspaper “Guardian”, columnist Owen Jones gave a succinct reason why politicians in this country are trusted even less than estate agents, a breed that…
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‘I never wanted to become an actress’

Fifty years ago, a young Sri Lankan schoolgirl came across a small advertisement calling for actresses. Swarna Mallawarachchi didn’t own more than three or four photographs of herself.…

Lessons from Londolozi

Blue-eyed and with golden-brown hair, Donovan Joseph Heyneke, should more aptly be ‘sighted’ on the pages of a Hollywood magazine. But attired in his khakis, this 25-year-old’s territory…

Istanbul – Truly a Turkish delight

It is a city that straddles two continents, a city so beautiful that Napoleon Bonaparte once observed that if the world were a single country, this city without…

When holidaying here was a genteel affair

It is 50 years ago this month that the Ceylon Tourist Board was established marking the official commencement of planned tourism development and regulation in Sri Lanka. The…

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