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‘Son, you will be in our boots someday’

Pensioners from all parts of the country marched upto Lotus Road in Colombo on Friday in support of their demands for an enhanced pension as…

60 MPs offered big incentive for development work

Some sixty Government parliamentarians are being told to choose between…

Sand for Port City: No-go zone off Negombo lagoon

SriLankan dismisses Weliamuna report

JO candidates win cooperative polls

JSC takes tough measures to speed up cases in District and Magistrates’ Courts

Cinnamon Air flight makes belly landing at BIA

Passenger handling capacity to increase from 6m to 15m

Former Customs official charges delay in CITES listing of endangered reptiles

Wiser counsel prevails: Criminal Procedure Code amendment put on hold

SriLankan clips wings of questions saying they are ‘personal matters’

Northern Governor Cooray gets distinction in Tamil

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Sports

School Cricket to be regularised

By S.R. Pathiravithana

The Ministry of Education is in an earnest bid to regularise school cricket in the country. Special Consultant to the Ministry of Education Sunil Jayaweera…

Ananda cruise to innings win over Wesley

Ananda cruised through to an innings and ten-run win over…

Cambrians the surprise package of the tournament so far

Wesley stun much fancied Zahira

Back to the future – Indian challenge still remains the same 50 years on

China’s move into World Tennis

Lankan rugby camp still saddled with injury problems

Union Assurance top Men’s ‘A’ Division

Fresh protests over Colombo Port City

Thousands of fishermen and their families launched a fresh protest over the Colombo Port City project last week saying their livelihoods would be affected if…

Regional FTAs to centre on job potential

The Sri Lankan government is looking at the future potential…

More foreign banks interested in Sri Lanka

Of family councils, risk-takers, riding a bicycle and mentoring

Angry shareholders reject troubled City Finance accounts

Elephant House to grow in UK market

Dilmah founder urges setting of Special Tea Authority to revive Ceylon Tea

Role of sustainable drainage systems in managing floods

Chief Minister launches UVA Expo 2016 ‘Endless Inspiration’

Some 60 % of the country’s electricity used by low end consumers, households

Thousands of fishermen in fresh protest over Port City saying shallow-water fishing jeopardised

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Sunday Times E-Paper

Editorial

In the faraway continent of Latin America, a peace treaty between the Government and a rebel group has been rejected by the majority of the people. The Government of Colombia and the ‘Revolutionary’ (a euphemism sometimes for a terrorist group) Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) agreed to a ceasefire and…

Columns

Political Column
Rajapaksa slams Govt. as “Yahapalana dictatorship”

The rustic mansion along Colombo’s Gregory’s Road, a stone’s throw away from the British High Commission, has been home for some of Sri Lanka’s colourful personalities of recent…
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5th Column
Like waiting for Godot

My dear Mahinda maama, I thought I must write to you after some time when I heard that you are about to launch a new political party that…
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The Economic Analysis
From MDGs to SDGs: Can Sri Lanka be a model for implementing the SDGs?

Most countries have achieved the landmark UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).World leaders agreed on these goals 15 years ago in order to tackle poverty and climate change and…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Sports Minister batters journalist at Jaffna event

The conduct of the National Sports festival this year was historic. This was the first time in 42 years that it was held in Jaffna. On the penultimate…
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Focus on Rights
Judicial upholding of the right not to be violated

Last week’s affirming by the Supreme Court of a female school teacher’s constitutionally protected right to talk to the media in the face of prolonged sexual harassment and…
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Sunday Punch
5 billion buck bond bonanza: Gosh, didn’t they do well?

Perhaps it was beginner’s luck. Or how else do you explain the phenomenal killing made by a three-year-old company in the cut-throat world of bond business? But whatever…
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Podi Hamuduruwo Gangaramaya
Arise and grow more food

Food is essential. Though we had terrorism and war, few people died of hunger. We often do not give much thought to our plate of rice. Our colonial…
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Thoughts from London
Double standards – here’s more of the same

Last Sunday I was prompted to write about the double standards practised by Britain after reading reports of the lucrative arms trade she pursues with countries that have…
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Lobby
MPs’ Code of Conduct a must; LG Minister found wanting

While the rather ambitious Code of Conduct (CoC) for Members of Parliament (MP), made public a few months ago, continues to lie in cold storage, the serious question…
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Plus

The voyage of HMS Trincomalee through the ages

Moored at Hartlepool, England, is a unique example of maritime history, a frigate built exactly 200 years ago, restored and now part of the Royal Navy’s National Museum.…

The people of Meetotamulla finally have something to smile about

The mountain of garbage in Meetotamulla, Kolonnawa stretches 16 acres. This landfill has caused huge issues for the people in the area, struggling to live amidst the air,…

‘They are our children too’

Namal Udayanga is no more. From a remote village in Hambantota, this 20-year-old died in April. But his memory and the anguished efforts of his parents living in…

The gender pay gap – who’s really footing the bill?

It’s no big secret that in the corporate world…and even the world of arts, education, innovation, television, film, theatre, music – in almost everything – men out-earn women:…

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