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Sirisena insists executive presidency should be abolished

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Inter-religious spirit at Ifthar

The Ifthar or break-fast meal for Ramadan was turned into an inter-religious event at Kokila Road in Wellawatte. About a thousand people from the area…

Rs. 750 m for new airport in Puttalam

The Government will spend Rs. 750 million to construct a…

Tax net widens: 300 Revenue Officers to go after tax dodgers

Brexit fallout: Lanka moving fast to strike deals with Britain

Lanka to offer Dubai-style offshore banking in Port City

Protests over move to relocate Aranayake families to a school sports ground

Dengue prevention programme resumes

Defence Sec., predecessor scoff at use of cluster bombs claim

COPE to study AG’s report on Central Bank bond issue on Wednesday

Joint Indo-Lanka venture to develop Trinco oil tanks

Jumbo transit location hit by shortage of vets

UPFA MP Rohitha Abeygunawardena out of ICU

Pakistani nabbed with 5 kg heroin at BIA

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Sports

Plenty of condoms but no TVs in Rio athletes’ village

RIO DE JANEIRO, June 25, 2016 (AFP) – A 24-hour restaurant big enough to house jumbo jets, 450,000 condoms, a multi-faith worship centre and beds…

Let me live again says Anusha Samaranayake

Kusal Janith is back on track. What transpired in the…

Bata-the Sunday Times awards on November 16

Match fizzles out to a draw while the Lankans fight back

Ranaviru Sevana overcome Shakthi SC in Blind Cricket final

Mathews and Chandimal to face fitness tests

Seahorses maroon Soldiers to take Div ‘C’ title

New Youngs and Navy gain easy wins in DCL games

How can we curb Rugby violence?

St. Benedict’s win Relay Carnival for first time

Hooligans, sports and schools violence

Happy feet

Daya Gunasekera leads the way on International Yoga Day at an introductory class by Indian Yogi Dr. Radha Reddy at the Thotupola Lakeside Resort in…

Public debt and bonds out of Central Bank control

Key functions of the Central Bank (CB) are to removed…

Government negotiating with Iran Air to dispose of the 3 Airbus A350-900

New annual company fees in 2016 Budget: Are they legal?

Reddy Yoga lifts the spirits of a creaking body – briefly

Full liberalisation of the forex market

Sri Lanka’s leading hotel group partners with Louis T Collection

CAFFE petitions appeal Court: Disqualifiy Central Bank Governor

Coconut growers concerned about palm oil imports

Private sector can play key role in SDGs, asserts Lankan economist at Oxford seminar

Music, satire and street art – not an unholy combination – DW Forum

Brothers-in-migration: Real-life prince and an Afghan journalist who hid in a coffin to sneak across borders

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Sunday Times E-Paper

Editorial

Give more powers to Auditor General

The first recorded evidence in Sri Lanka’s history of an Auditor General dates back to 1779 when Cecil Smith was appointed just three years after British occupation of the Maritime Provinces. The modern incarnation of the Auditor General’s Department was shaped by the constitutions of 1931, 1947 and 1972. For…

Columns

Political Column
Sirisena insists executive presidency should be abolished

SLFP wants electoral reforms before new Constitution, but UNP wants both together; two parties to discuss the matter further President meets civil society groups to discuss current issues;…
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5th Column
What you could have done

David Cameron My dear David Cameron, I thought I should write to you because this is a time when the whole world is talking about why your country…
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The Economic Analysis
Growing scepticism on economic turnaround: Will fiscal reforms be implemented?

There are doubts that the IMF bailout package could be a turning point in the external finances of the country. In my June 12th column titled “Will IMF…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Road contracts: Minister Gamage’s company change

Primary Industries Minister Daya Gamage admitted that a firm connected with his Daya Group of companies had won contracts for two road rehabilitation projects costing the taxpayer Rs.…
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Focus on Rights
Using Sri Lanka’s RTI as an ‘extraordinary exception’

This Friday as Sri Lanka’s Parliament unanimously approved the 2016 RTI Bill amidst the mumbling discontents of its gloomy detractors in the House, sceptics raised a rare and…
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Podi Hamuduruwo Gangaramaya
Decadent generation sending parents to elders’ homes

Many people try to pursue happiness and improve their lives with courage, determination and tact. But there are others who try to make their lives miserable on their…
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Thoughts from London
United Kingdom, a kingdom not united

It was a Hamletian moment but on a much larger canvass. If Hamlet was an individual confronted with doubts, the United Kingdom was a nation faced with a…
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A cry from the wilds of Mannar

Unique Mannar Island! Tread very carefully when leaving a development footprint on this island, for it could do more irreparable and irrevocable harm than good, urge environmentalists. While…

When our world turned grey

I am looking at my calendar, it is June, and I think of my sister Ramani who passed away in tragic circumstances in June 1987. With her 50th…

Where are the women?

Five years ago, I remember seeing Anoli Perera’s “Dinner for Six” (2008) as part of “Home Spun,” an exhibition held at the Devi Art Foundation in New Delhi.…

One man’s canvas of conflict

Rasika De Silva explores the relationship of men and women with nature in his latest series of paintings“Nature And Humanity” now on at the Paradise Road Galleries. The…

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