Hundreds walk miles for water as drought bites
The severe drought prevailing in at least five provinces, including the North Central region, is forcing…
Don’t leave conservation solely to Wildlife Dept: Former DG Pilapitiya
“Sri Lanka has the potential of being the best wildlife tourism destination outside Africa, but only…
Sirisena seeks world support to make SL exemplary democracy
President meets more world leaders and makes more friends at 71st session of the United Nations…
University of Sri J’pura Overall Champions
University of Sri Jayawardenapura won the Overall Championship with a total of 357.5 points at the…
Cities bloom in China’s economic spring
This is the second of the three part article based on the writer’s recent visit to…
Greener pastures beckon Ceylon Tea estates
PEDRO ESTATE, Nuwara Eliya – An eerie silence pervades Sri Lanka’s aesthetic tea estates that are…
Kyoto: Japan’s ancient heart and soul
If you get the opportunity of travelling to Japan, by all means visit the modern cities…
From camaraderie to Camerati
A Camerati rehearsal is a lively affair -there’s laughter and merriment among the group. The rehearsals…
Shakespeare drama competition: Semi-finals draw to a close
The three judges at the 43rd Inter – School Shakespeare Drama competition were certain of what…
News
All day they search the barren waste for water
Tens of thousands of people have been severely hit by the current drought in Polonnaruwa, Hambantota and other areas. Our main picture shows desperate Polonnaruwa…
Customs work-to-rule ends, backlog to be cleared
The Government is to go ahead with the proposed Bill…
Return of lands pivotal for resettling IDPs: National Policy
HSBC CEO’s exit advanced
Boy loses leg after fall from train
PAC hacks Agriculture Ministry’s Rs. 958 million rent
JHU 13th convention
EPF loses Rs 42m in P.C. House and Grain Elevators investments: COPA
We are not against abolition of the Executive Presidency: Minister Ranawaka
Speaker warns against canine sounds
Gold worth Rs 30m, Rs 100,000 cash heist by SI-led gang of four
Death by drowning: SL has more than 3 a day
Are you also a victim of MSPs?
CCTV for 100 police stations with cells ‘not visible’
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Lankans go ‘pink’ with Premier Cricket
By S.R. Pathiravithana Living with the coming trends, Sri Lanka Cricket also cut its teeth with the newfangled pink ball in domestic cricket, come January.…
Mahinda and Nalanda qualify for final showdown
The curtains of the 5th Murali Harmony Cup T20 cricket…
Dharmaraja inflict Dharmapala’s fifth defeat
Matale Thomians sink the other by the sea
Thomians sail to stamp their class
Gampaha snatches lead over Colombo
Boteju begins campaign on winning note
Sri Lanka take on South Korea today
Healing the festering Cricket wound
Czech Republic’s player development
Poorna Aluthge’s funeral today
Aluthgama and Holy Cross dominate
Right of reply
All about rugby nutrition
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Sweep ticket fraud
At a wayside sweep ticket counter at Olcott Mawatha, Pettah, bystanders are furiously scratching the surface of a ticket hoping for a windfall. On closer…
BMW, Benz possible for Ministry Secretaries
Top public officials including Ministry Secretaries are in luck’s way…
Hopes of depositors fade over early solution to CIFL crisis
Seven offers for Mattala
Capital gains – on again, off again!
Let the games begin ….
Sri Lankan government wants to regulate e-commerce
Sri Lanka prepares for possible power shortage by 2018
Affordable luxury hotel for visitors in Colombo Fort
No short-cuts in life for regular gardener Dian Gomes
Sri Lanka seeks investors for Paranthan Chemicals, Kahatagaha Mines
First-ever book on BPO in Sinhalese
Greener pastures beckon Ceylon Tea estates
Ceylon Tours: Top of the world for 70 years
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Editorial
Mobiles: If they are smart, be smarter
For some time now, Sri Lanka’s mobile phone users have been charged for value added services that a majority of them did not knowingly subscribe for or want. It is not clear how long the scam has been going on. The service providers are vague, the regulator only just found…
Columns
- Political Column
Sirisena seeks world support to make SL exemplary democracy
President meets more world leaders and makes more friends at 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly Reconciliation process based on respect for indigenous thinking essential to…
- 5th Column
Doctors’ babies blue; demand better schools
My dear doctors in the GMOA, I thought of writing to you to congratulate you on your campaign of trying to get your children into the top schools…
- The Economic Analysis
Preparing the 2017 Budget: Too many cooks may spoil the soup
Preparing the 2017 budget is a challenging task. Bringing down the deficit to 5.5 per cent of GDP; increasing revenue substantially; fiscal reforms to achieve these; finding the…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
War crimes: Our ole master speaks in two voices
Britain is at the forefront of a campaign to have Sri Lanka’s military prosecuted for what it insists were war crimes committed at the end of the war…
- Sunday Punch
An amendment that defeats its entire purpose
It is unfortunate that a Bill purporting to amend Sri Lanka’s Code of Criminal Procedure Act made public this week takes away existing rights to suspects detained by…
- Podi Hamuduruwo Gangaramaya
Be Lankan and buy Lankan, stop running behind foreign goods
We visited Singapore in 1969. At that time, there were no drainage systems for toilets there, but only the “bucket system.” Singapore developed its economy by trading in…
- Thoughts from London
Patients losing their patience — and people too
So much is being said in Sri Lanka these days about our medicine men, of their practice and practices, their haps and mishaps that the news has been…
- Lobby
Back to school to reconcile state-private higher education
Matters of dispute within the School and University Education system in the country came up for discussion this week in Parliament, with both, Higher Education Minister Lakshman Kiriella…
Plus
Back to life brick by brick
Nilan Cooray understands how cruel time is to beautiful buildings. He is no stranger to slow erosion by Sun, wind and rain; the shifting earth and the tunnelling…
Print is still king
Every year, as September arrives, bookworms wait in anticipation of the Colombo International Book Fair. This time is no different. If you missed the book fair the last…
Kyoto: Japan’s ancient heart and soul
If you get the opportunity of travelling to Japan, by all means visit the modern cities like Tokyo or Osaka if you want to experience 21st century touristy…
Gaze at the Lion Rock from the lap of rustic luxury
Nestled within the Cultural Triangle of Sri Lanka, spread amidst a lush expanse of nature with a great view of the Sigiriya rock, Water Garden Sigiriya offers a…
Magazine
From camaraderie to Camerati
A Camerati rehearsal is a lively affair -there’s laughter and merriment among the group. The rehearsals almost look like a group of friends singing together,…
Guilty pleasures
Sounds of Jazz by Vocal Essence
An evening of music and dance with ‘Charmed’
Sting to be honoured with BMI award
Mirror Lit: The Tree
Shakespeare drama competition: Semi-finals draw to a close
The wonderful music of wind
Sharing the knowledge of Carnatic music
Ceylon Tours celebrates 70 years
‘Red Butterfly dream’ in India
Film on Obama’s first dating
Rajitha’s new play ‘Nethuwa Beri Minihek’ returns to the Wendt
Discussion on ‘Motor Bicycle’
“Charithe Horu Arang” in Pannala
Jetwing Yala and Tented Villas Escapism into the wild
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Cities bloom in China’s economic spring
This is the second of the three part article based on the writer’s recent visit to…
Collectors’ Desk continues support for Lankan art
The Edward Lear Poetry award 2017
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Sounds of Jazz by Vocal Essence
Picture a dim lit hall, the slow bass tune, a muffled drum beat follows, getting louder…
An evening of music and dance with ‘Charmed’
Sting to be honoured with BMI award
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The wonderful music of wind
A wind instruments ensemble, ‘Swara Layam II’, second programme of the monthly show presented by the…
Sharing the knowledge of Carnatic music
Ceylon Tours celebrates 70 years
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Friendship through Service
Girl Guide and Senior Guide branches of the Sri Lanka Girl Guides Association conducted an All…