Joes ride on Nipun’s ‘ton’ at Darley Road
Under-19 Cricket By M. Shamil Amit Nipun Sumanasinghe, Cameron Guruge and Jehan Fernandopulle shone for St.…
Kandy sinks Navy; quality Aussie referee ensures safe Rugby
Speculation was rife on the eve of the Kandy-Navy match that, Chairman of Sri Lanka Rugby…
Horana Tyre BOI project rolls on despite concerns raised by President
Controversial businessman Nandana Lokuwithana has begun clearing the land in Horana where he proposes to set…
Situation critical: One million cry for water to drink
An estimated one million Sri Lankans are staring in the face of disaster as once again…
‘Rags’ to Gold in Kickboxing
Kumuda Prasanna, who hails from Horana, in the suburbs of Colombo, was unable to pursue higher…
Swaying in the water: A new species
She would tuck up her pants and wade barefoot into the mud of numerous tanks (wewas)…
Cycling through Mannar
The wind swept through my hair, tugging and tousling it. Droplets of water sprayed my skin.…
‘Prathiba Prabha’ presented by the students of Othnapitiya Kanishta Vidyalaya
‘Prathiba Prabha’ presented by the students of Othnapitiya Kanishta Vidyalaya, Kegalle was held recently. Pix by…
Bringing Joseph’s tale to life
T book of Genesis, in the bible relates the tale of a young boy destined for…
News
Presidential concerns ignored, no brakes on tyre empire
Business tycoon Nandana Lokuwithana started clearing the 100-acre plot in the Wagawatte Industrial Zone in Horana this week, despite still not signing the lease agreement…
Bond issues: AG hits out at Finance Minister
Claims impatient and unethical reminders for reports on bonds from…
Monk’s petition on eve of bond debate in House
Traffic offences: Committee proposes revised fines
CEB engineers oppose China power plant in H’tota
Lankans also lock horns over T’ Nadu Jallikattu row
One killed in expressway accident
Project to develop 152 acres around Beira Lake to begin next month
Trunk trouble for jumbo
Private power augments dwindling hydropower as drought worsens
Rains to continue, up to 100mm, till Tuesday: Met Dept
Special exposition of the Tooth Relic planned for ‘International Vesak Day’
Methods in the madness that are threewheelers: Police
SLPI conducts RTI awareness programme in Uva
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Would ‘Bullring’ end Lankan blues today
By Champika Fernando in Johannesburg A drubbing at the hands of a new-look South African side in the series opener on Friday ruined Sri Lanka’s…
Hambantota back in action with Bangladesh Tour
By S.R. Pathiravithana With its growing international status, the Bangladesh…
CCC in command with two huge centuries
Joes ride on Nipun’s ‘ton’ at Darley Road
Dilesh and Alankara reck havoc at Havelock Park
Santhush topples Lakshina
Hameed Al Husseinie takes on Maris Stella
Thisuri seeking to clinch second title
Air Force submerge Kalutara PCC in deep waters
Kandy fail to impress in facile win
Sailors crash through to a huge win
Heavy showers no dampener for gritty Havies
Lankans fail in spite of Avishka heroics
Seylan Bank annexes two netball titles
More SportsAfrican debacle: Lollipop cricketers can’t win matches
Business Times
Sri Lanka’s new tea-biscuit
It’s a great mix of a favourite Sri Lankan biscuit and a more famous product: Ceylon Tea. The Maliban biscuit seen in the picture by…
Economic Service Charge requires amending laws
Sri Lankan tax authorities along with the Finance Ministry have…
Parliamentary Budget Office soon
New CSE board to attract Maldivian firms
First full, flight to Mattala
PATA summit in Negombo
Deluges to droughts
Bandaranaike Airport Expansion Project: Enhancing Sri Lanka’s international gateway
Hambantota Energy Project launched in 2012 remains a non-starter
Microsoft’s ‘Mystery Shopper’ set to weed out fakes, counterfeits
Pakistan offers huge market for Sri Lankan products
“Sri Lanka’s labour conundrum: Import or perish?”
More demand for lower to mid range apartments – analysts
Challenges in the skilled worker shortage in construction sector
More Business TimesTechnology for “mason baas”
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
Dealing with Trump, pick the right cards
Whether one likes it or not, the advent of a new President of the United States of America always has global significance. That is why one of the many ironies of the world is that only the people of America get to vote for the holder of that office, despite…
Columns
- Political Column
UNP, SLFP poles apart on Constitutional reforms
President authorises party ministers to discuss their position with different sections of society, ACBC endorses position Cabinet approves revised draft of National Human Rights Action Plan By Our…
- 5th Column
Don’t go with family in tow
My dear Donald, I am writing to you to congratulate you on assuming office as the 45th President of the United States of America. What is so special…
- The Economic Analysis
Poverty elimination: Rhetoric and policy imperatives
The Government declared 2017 as the year of poverty alleviation and President Maithripala Sirisena has appointed a special committee to work for the eradication of poverty in the…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Sajith demands ministry’s full budgetary allocation
Housing and Construction Minister Sajith Premadasa, deputy leader of the United National Party (UNP), raised many an eyebrow at last Tuesday’s weekly ministerial meeting. He threatened to resign…
- Focus on Rights
A storm in that ‘human rights action plan’ teacup
An unseemly and wholly unnecessary uproar arose this week over a proposed clause in Sri Lanka’s National Human Rights Action Plan (NHRAP, 2017-2021), which had apparently mentioned the…
- Sunday Punch
GSP sour grapes: GL tries alchemy to turn Rajapaksa copper to gold
Hopes rise GSP wine will soon fill Lanka’s export chalice but there’s many a slip between champagne coupe and lip Poor Professor Peiris! Once he was the savant…
- Podi Hamuduruwo Gangaramaya
Let us be wise and virtuous
The feelings and the activities of people vary from person to person. In some instances, those activities are good and virtuous. In other instances, they are bad, vicious…
- Thoughts from London
This beggar’s opera and Malik’s frolics
There is an old African saying (I think it originated in the Kikuyu tribe though there are variants of it) that when elephants fight it is the grass…
Plus
Giving body and soul to poverty
Let it keep, the moment when Katherine Boo found herself lying on the floor with a punctured lung and three broken ribs in a spreading pool of Diet…
Taylor-made: Sri Lankan Tea
The tale of Taylor and tea is an often-told one. The sesquicentennial being celebrated this year dates from when James Taylor supervised the planting of tea plants on…
Swaying in the water: A new species
She would tuck up her pants and wade barefoot into the mud of numerous tanks (wewas) dotting the Polonnaruwa district in search of the abundant Kekatiya (Aponogeton) trying…
Old world charm enriched by old school employee
With nine younger siblings to be fed, 16-year-old Marasinghe Mudiyanselage Piyadasa from Wewathenna, Bandarawela, could not be a carefree adolescent. As the Loku aiya the family responsibilities weighed…
Magazine
Lest we forget: Memories in motion
It’s night. Everything is silent. Outside, an owl hoots while a cat prowls around. A man awakes from a nightmare and shouts out the word…
Leafing through youthful positivity
Sharing their African adventure
Bringing Joseph’s tale to life
Touching souls through dance
Some faith, trust and a little bit of pixie dust
Putting his adventures down in words
Sounds of DURGA
Ed Sheeran sets the UK charts abuzz
‘Retro Hits’
Speculo 2017: National Art Festival
A Night of Australian Music
‘Aloko Udapadi’ An effort to capture a dramatic and disturbing period of Lankan history
‘Burning Birds’ competes for Bergman Film Award
Red butterfly flies to India
‘xXx’ in Town
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Lanka mourns death of economics guru
Prof. A.D. V. de S Indrarathna, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Colombo, and the President…
Accessibility to cancer pain relief drugs and the international drug control treaties
Minimising preventable deaths; critical care education is crucial
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Bringing Joseph’s tale to life
T book of Genesis, in the bible relates the tale of a young boy destined for…
Touching souls through dance
Some faith, trust and a little bit of pixie dust
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Ed Sheeran sets the UK charts abuzz
The big bang for 2017 has been set by Ed Sheeran. He has set the bar…
‘Retro Hits’
Speculo 2017: National Art Festival
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Different Voices
By Tarini Pilapitiya “To reach for your own star, to realize the power of the dream…”…