Sirisena puts SLFP on war footing for local polls next year
Urgent move to counter campaign by new pro-Rajapaksa party; organisers told to work towards target of…
Why can’t the Aussies play cricket anymore?
It was a run of the mill day – hot, humid and a day that no…
Traffic fines could be adjusted to match offence severity
A committee studying the huge increase in traffic spot fines is set to make its recommendations…
Snap raids on markets to stop dynamite fishing
Islandwide raids are underway in major fishmarkets to identify catches harvestedthrough dynamite explosions, following an initial…
The prevailing calm in North should be protected
By Satharatilaka Banda Atugoda During the past few months it has been observed that there has…
Expressways: The journey so far
Northern Expressway-Central Expressway In 2001, Euro Infra of Sweden under a grant from the Swedish International…
When the psychiatrist successfully challenged the unknown spirits
By Prof. Raveen Hanwella A few months ago, I travelled with our faithful domestic aide to…
Stepping towards awareness
With a 44 day journey mapping the island nation complete, lives touched and old stigmas broken…
News
From yellow to white, crisscrossing the country
With the Government imposing heavy fines in a bid to curb road accidents, the Road Development Authority is also making an important colour change. The…
Dutch firm ups stakes on Airbus A 350 deal
More conditions set, besides huge termination fee of US$ 98…
Education budget: Ministers throw the book at each other
1.5 billion-rupee tax bill on Asiri Surgical Hospital
IMF gives another loan of US$ 162.6 million
PM proposes pay hike, extra allowances for MPs
Indian coach companies on collision course over tender dispute
Govt. won’t buy vehicles, only lease
Right to life, consent for marriage, Constitutional Court among new features in proposed Constitution
Civil society activists, Govt. MPs march against corruption
Dead youth in MPs house: Govt. Analyst’s report yet to come
Divineguma Dept. to become Samurdhi once again
Another fire at Fashion Bug store
Customs officers’ union lodges protest over re-instatement of retired officer
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Out-of-FTP Bangladesh tour in March-April
By S.R. Pathiravithana A home series against the invigorated Bangladesh outfit is thought provoking. Yes, the SLC administration has now lined-up just this, out of…
Why can’t the Aussies play cricket anymore?
It was a run of the mill day – hot,…
ATP and WTA as world ‘Tennis indicators’
Kandy falls early leaving the league fully open
FIFA green-light for FFSL own stadium project
Sri Lanka to face Uzbekistan in AHFC Cup today
Let’s have a peek into the world of WADA
ICPL T20 will be in Colombo
The hour to save our Football has arrived
Old Bens Veterans win Soccer Masters Sevens on penalties
Over 317 participants expected at Junior Squash C’ship
FFSL looking inwards to elevate standards
Lankan slicers create history in Carrom World Cup
Trinity and St. Anthony’s to celebrate “centenary Big Match” next year
More SportsBRC successfully defend title after two decades
Business Times
Sri Lanka’s first female ‘sinna dorai’
Possibly the first female planter in Sri Lanka, 26 year old Ms. Chaturika Rajapakse (third from left) will assume duties as the first ever Junior…
Doubts over take-over of key CB functions
Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake’s budget proposal to take away some…
Proposed change to single shareholder limit in banks raises alarm
Tea estate developments on hold
Jeeps for 56 supervisory MPs run into ‘engine trouble’
Central Bank fast becoming a rubber stamp
Sri Lankan economists critical of proposed national trade policy
PUCSL expressing ‘grave concerns’ over delay in construction of power plants
Twenty schools in fierce competition at first ever Colombo Aviation Quiz 2016
Sri Lanka’s historic crafts to go hi tech, get SME funding
Brandix Lanka selects Riverbed SteelHead to overcome poor connectivity and accelerate cloud-first strategy
Lankan Angels back Aniwa.lk, a startup platform reaching Sinhala audiences
Daraz.lk announces the approach of “Black Friday” for the first time in Sri Lanka
Illicit love affairs, stealing mangoes and wooing the girls – life was a ball at the Bamba flats
More Business TimesLive in vertical slums or opt for a modern lifestyle – owners have to decide
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
Road terrorism and the corruption ring
Private buses are a classic example of capitalism gone wrong in this country. In the pre-nationalisation era of yesteryear, private bus operators made a lot of money and provided a useful service to the people. With the advent of socialism, these companies were nationalised and the state began to have…
Columns
- Political Column
Sirisena puts SLFP on war footing for local polls next year
Urgent move to counter campaign by new pro-Rajapaksa party; organisers told to work towards target of 5 million membership In the afterglow of the two-thirds majority for Budget,…
- 5th Column
Leading the new party
My dear GL, I thought of writing to you after some time when I heard that you are now the leader of a political party. Well, congratulations, who…
- The Economic Analysis
The proof of the budget is in the implementation of it
By reducing the fiscal deficit to 4.7 percent of GDP the 2017 Budget has taken a significant step towards fiscal consolidation that is imperative for macroeconomic stability and…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Why Jaliya was taken from airport to jail
Jaliya Mithran Wickremasuriya, Sri Lanka’s former Ambassador to United States, turned up at the Bandaranaike International Airport in the early hours of Thursday. He was bound for the…
- Focus on Rights
Is this a matter of degree between the bad and the infinitely worse?
Whatever possessed an undoubtedly bewitched Government to deputize a senior intelligence official, alleged to have held command responsibility when detainees were severely and systematically tortured, to represent the…
- Sunday Punch
Cheena patas with shock from China
China breaks her great wall of silence to give Lanka an earful After berating Finance Minister for criticising Chinese largesse, envoy Xianliang tells President and PM what to…
- Podi Hamuduruwo Gangaramaya
Let us plant trees and pay our debt to Mother Nature
As part of our duty to our country, we need to do some cultivation work or some other useful work. Whatever our religion or ethnicity maybe, planting some…
- Thoughts from London
Oh how our politicians sprout wings
So it came to pass – though it is still to be finally passed of course – that Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake presented what he called a budget…
- Lobby
Budget: Unity Govt. in show of strong united front, JO and JVP united in criticism
Despite severe criticism of the Government’s budget by both lawmakers of the Joint Opposition (JO) as well as the JVP, the Government breezed through the vote on the…
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He reached the unreachable star
I hope to walk again in the future! The conviction with which it is being said is convincing and from what this Sri Lankan-born young doctor has achieved,…
This visionary leader would have played a vital role today
When he was tragically gunned down on April 23, 1993, Sri Lanka lost one of her greatest leaders. An able and erudite politician, brilliant orator and promising national…
A place to learn, laugh, and create
Splashes of colour — a mix of reds and greens in one corner of a room, while in another bright purples and yellows! Twos and threes in little…
Do not get up if little green light is flashing!
It is not every day that you come across this strange message. So what do you do if the Little Green Light is flashing and you want to…
Magazine
Together in the spirit of the season
Just follow the Christmas music and it will lead you to well known music teacher Menaka De Fonseka Sahabandu’s home. When you walk in, the…
Not just studies, but saving lives too
Stepping towards awareness
Sounds of metal ‘Maelstrom 2016’
In search of the elusive Chuck
Aerosmith to tour Europe in 2017
‘Mickey’ storms the stage with La Paloma
‘Tell me something…’
‘Spin a Disc’ for Trail 2016
‘Burning Birds’ take wings to Tokyo
Celebrating Sathischandra
Bollywood thriller in town
“Premaya Nam” enters its 13 th int’l film festival
‘Sound of Music’ with Sri Lankan touch
Two show for “Balloth ekka behe”
‘Blue Meadows’ Latest addition to little England
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Lankan professor’s ocean glider maps the mysteries of Indian Ocean
By Kumudini Hettiarachchi Slowly and silently without making ripples, an unmanned mini-submarine is gliding towards Galle,…
Pinkama in London in memory of Maestro Amaradeva
Mahila Samiti Training Centre conducts diploma course in pre-school teacher training
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Stepping towards awareness
With a 44 day journey mapping the island nation complete, lives touched and old stigmas broken…
Sounds of metal ‘Maelstrom 2016’
In search of the elusive Chuck
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‘Mickey’ storms the stage with La Paloma
‘La Paloma’ is a popular Calypso music band in the Lanka’s music scene. Enthralling local audiences…
