News
Tomorrow is Poppy Day when Sri Lanka will gratefully remember the military personnel who sacrificed their lives in the two World Wars and those who…
BAR says multinational giant will profit more than the State…
Sports
Chief Guest Mahanama advises young cricketers By S.R. Pathiravithana For the chief guest at the awards ceremony on Friday, it was like coming back home…
By Naushad Amit Friday was a night never meant to…
Business Times
That a Sri Lankan court has issued a warrant for the arrest of former Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga is well known. However not known,…
While the Government’s 2015 budget offers wide ranging concessions to…
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
And so, the American voters have picked the unknown devil (instead of the known devil) to lead them for the next four years. In their somewhat skewed election process, the defeated candidate got more popular votes than the winner who to the much over-rated ‘most powerful job in the world’…
Columns
President and ministers of both parties say 2017 Budget was the best in many years But divisions persist on issues relating to the bond controversy and COPE report;…
My dear Donald Trump, I am writing to you to congratulate you on your election as the next President of the United States. Your win at the election,…
Paramount issues in the minds of economists are whether the 2017 budget would decrease the fiscal deficit, increase revenue, contain wasteful expenditure, increase developmental expenditure and contain public…
Public Safety Minister Sagala Ratnayake came in for strong criticism at last Tuesday’s weekly ministerial meeting. It was over the alleged inability of the Police to deal with…
When the Experts Panel of the European Union (EU) released its Interim Report in August 2009 on the question of whether to renew GSP Plus benefits for Sri…
If Donald Trump’s race to the White House had consisted of a consistent barrage of surprises, bombshells and shocks, he delivered the biggest shock, surprise and outrage to…
Our Lord Buddha and founders of other religions have given a clear direction about the efforts that are expected from us in life. All living beings, humans and…
“The old order changeth yielding place to new”, wrote Tennyson in his poem Idylls of the King. Donald Trump did not just change America’s political orthodoxy. He took…
Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said the second budget of the “yahapalanaya” government which he presented to Parliament on Thursday was aimed at accelerating growth with social inclusion but…
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Kanatte re-visited at midnight! Deadly silence is what greets us, even though several hours before many men, women and children have gathered at the graves of loved ones…
What do you want your legacy to be? These were the words that changed the life of Manjula Dissanayake, founder of Educate Lanka, a charity that helps underprivileged…
The teledrama “Sidu,” – the endearing story of a little samanera (novice) and his lay friends, continues to make waves. Set in a rustic Buddhist temple in verdant…
I was on a quick, and somewhat overdue visit to the Uda Walawe National Park (UWNP) last week with my friend and one-time colleague Ashoka Ranjeewa, now carrying…
Magazine
If you aren’t an expert on fashion design and chanced upon day three of the Mercedes Benz Fashion Runways, of the Sri Lanka Design Festival,…
Sunday Times 2
The British Council in collaboration with HSBC has embarked on the second year of a project…
Mirror
Has anybody seen Chuck? Sort of short sort of tall? Nobody has seen Chuck not in…
TV Times
‘Rockestra’, one of the biggest fusion concert with Classic music and Classic Rock, will come alive…
Funday Times
Wetlands are important habitats for birds and other wildlife. With the aim to create awareness on…