Revolt in Bamba Flats over new giant condo plan
By Chamal Weerakkody Dismayed residents of Bambalapitiya Flats are up in arms against the proposed redevelopment…
Police ‘have no strategy’ against road carnage
By Anushiya Sathisraja With hundreds of deaths from three-wheeler accidents every year, a top transport expert…
Sri Lanka thambili water launched at prestigious Harrods
By Neville de Silva in London For the first time bottled King Coconut (thambili) water from…
Abeysinghe and Raheem ready to make waves
In the Sri Lanka contingent to Rio Olympics, the highest representation is from Athletics. Besides athletics,…
Giving soul to the 90s sounds
By Joshua Surendraraj Music for a cause, the melody has always been about adding joy to…
TORO golf equipment powers Shangri-La Hambantota golf course
TORO and the local distributor, Turf Equipment Ltd has tied up with the ShangriLa Group to…
Guess who’s staying at Albert’s Hotel Hill Star?
Indu Dharmasena’s ‘At Your Service’ a play inspired by the popular British comedy Fawlty Towers returns…
Simple cinema and great hopes
By Susitha R. Fernando Amidst boasting of a multimillion rupee, biggest budget, most expensive filmmaking, there…
Benefits galore if light train transit system is implemented
Senior Professor Amal Kumarage in his article (The Sunday Times of July 3) has placed much…
News
Where’s the UNHRC?
Kashmiri freedom struggle supporters holding a demonstration outside the United Nations’ Colombo Office to protest against what they alleged were recent Indian security forces attacks…
Ministry passes buck on coal tender to Cabinet
Hobson’s choice: Go ahead with controversial contract or cancel order…
Emirates Airlines apologises to Speaker, hospital says it’s a bug not a heart ailment
Singapore here in a big way for development
ETCA talks next month, free trade deals with China, Singapore too
Relocating our beggars
Indian fishermen warned to avoid Diego Garcia waters; but not Sri Lanka
Fixed prices on essential items put traders and consumers in a fix
Constitutionality of VAT Bill challenged in Supreme Court
Community vigilance can save schoolchildren from drug predators
Pipeline rupture disrupts oil flow from port to refinery
Lanka wins battle against Filariasis long before the global date of 2020
Govt. is chief offender for spread of dengue
Industrial accidents on the rise
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The solid bloc is on the way
By S.R. PathiravithanaCome Tuesday Lankans coming in for the first of their Tests in the three match series against Australia at Pallekelle are in no position to…
COPE gives one month to file full report on ‘Cricket Aid’
Sri Lanka Cricket officials and the Secretary to the Ministry…
Anil clinches Masters’ Snooker Title
Unbeaten Chilaw Marians looking for the crown
NZ All Blacks Rugby Academy in Sri Lanka
SLRFU to take charge of Schools Under-20 League Rugby C’ship
Renown in runaway 9-1 win over Thihariya Youth
Defending champions schools U-19 dethroned
Lankan teens through to the Cup semis
Wattala thrash Nugegoda by 170 runs in an all-Lyceum Cricket final
Parent! — Your image of a role model sometimes maybe flawed
Sri Lanka Super 7s — Packed with Rugby experience
SMSC ‘Rally Sri Lanka 2016′ from August 5 at Hingurana
Cricket reforms: Take a cue from the Lodha report
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Family feud or impending corporate battle?
A family feud at Mackwoods Group, one of the oldest corporate establishments in Sri Lanka, has taken different forms and points to a long and…
Tax on garbage on the cards
The government is set to introduce a new tax called…
Legal tangle affects Krrish square project
Claridge stockbrokers in the hot seat over Agalawatte sale
Former banker Ranjit Fernando resigns as UDA chairman
Treasury delays Lankaputhra Chairman’s removal
Top of the pops at Diyawanna talk shop
SriLankan Airlines – marrying off an unattractive bride with no dowry
“Open Sesame” for Mattala
Good governance activist K.C. Vignarajah appointed Special Representative for industries chamber
CIFL depositors lament that President, Harsha have not kept promises
Kind Dutch lady, architect of Beredina helps underprivileged children
TORO golf equipment powers Shangri-La Hambantota golf course
Sri Lanka a magnet for Indian and Chinese travellers
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Editorial
RTI: Let it be implemented in spirit
It is some irony that information on the status of the Right to the Access of Information (RTI) Bill that was passed unanimously by Parliament a fortnight ago is itself so hard to access. What has now transpired (having to ferret out the information the old fashioned way) is that…
Columns
- Political Column
UNP-SLFP marriage of convenience: Temporary licence to be solemnised for five years
President Sirisena furious over Rajapaksa march and other moves by Joint Opposition; cases against former ruling family to be expedited PM announces new unity plans in Parliament; two top-level…
- 5th Column
Coaching the opponent
My Dear Murali, I am writing to congratulate you on your appointment as a spin bowling coach for Australia for their series against Sri Lanka. You must be…
- The Economic Analysis
What’s happening to the real economy this year?
The foci of economic discussions this year have been on the balance of payments crisis, the IMF facility and its conditions, the bond issue, controversies on taxation, especially…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Pilots won’t freeze: Cold war with SriLankan bosses intensifies Strict check on issue of diplomatic passports
The Government has strictly regulated the process for the issue of diplomatic passports after the previous administration issued a large volume of these travel documents to those who…
- Focus on Rights
This ‘barking and biting system’ of injustice
Seasoned observers who grimace at the Government-led frantic activity that is manifested now on constitutional reforms to transitional justice cannot be blamed beyond a point. Charades of Justice…
- Sunday Punch
Will the next US president be the devil in disguise?
The world is in serious trouble for superpower America has just fallen down a manhole and is in deep sewage. For today this nation that boasts freedom of…
- Thoughts from London
Biswal’s dreams just pretentious prattle
So Nisha Biswal, the US State Department’s point person on Sri Lanka, says that Sri Lanka could be another Singapore. That will be the day. If after six…
Plus
Blast from the past
Many of us have forgotten a time when bomb blasts and suicide attacks were part of our lives in Sri Lanka. Today, it’s 20 years since one such…
Letters to the Editor
Colombo Port City- some critical issues that need to be addressed Colombo Port City (CPC) is a planned offshore city which is to be built on reclaimed land…
Much more than just tea for two
Lankan-born chef Peter Kuruvita talks to Smriti Daniel of his mission to infuse tea into gourmet cuisine Peter Kuruvita still remembers the day he received a box of…
A cuppa of experience, not only a beverage
Ceylon tea’s ambassador in North America David De Candia talks to Kaveesha Fernando David De Candia won’t tell you that Ceylon tea is the best tea in the…
Magazine
Guess who’s staying at Albert’s Hotel Hill Star?
Indu Dharmasena’s ‘At Your Service’ a play inspired by the popular British comedy Fawlty Towers returns to the stage after 20 years By Kaveesha Fernando…
Feed your mind!
Raising voices for a cause
Deanna School of Dance gearing up for “Alice In Wonderland”
Platform for like minds to connect through dance
Fifty years of Annesley Malawana: Journey from Moonstones to Super Chimes
Cinnamon Colomboscope Festival
Simple cinema and great hopes
Ruvi Lakmali, a growing television personality
Musical comedy in town
Creating a cultural bond with ‘Caucasian Chalk Circle’
‘Balloth Ekka’ reaches 750th show
‘Il Mare’ wins prestigious ‘Restaurant Award’
OZO Kandy unveils new graffiti wall at rooftop ‘Bommu’
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Much needs to be done to achieve lasting peace and reconciliation
There should be a conscious and concerted effort to achieve reconciliation among ethnic groups to establish…
We need new remedies to old problems: Hakeem
China’s scientific revolution
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Guess who’s staying at Albert’s Hotel Hill Star?
Indu Dharmasena’s ‘At Your Service’ a play inspired by the popular British comedy Fawlty Towers returns…
Feed your mind!
Raising voices for a cause
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Raising voices for a cause
By Kaveesha Fernando Child survivors of sexual abuse are rarely discussed in society. Children are most…
Deanna School of Dance gearing up for “Alice In Wonderland”
Platform for like minds to connect through dance
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IMMY Kids International School concert
IMMY Kids International School organized a fund raising project to raise much needed funds for the…