Lankan duo in Canada nabbed for multimillion dollar fraud, money laundering operation
Two Sri Lankans have been arrested as part of an investigation by Canadian police into a…
Kalutara assassins pounced when cops allegedly held back prison bus protection
Law enforcement officers hunting for the perpetrators of last Monday’s deadly ambush of two prison buses…
UNP, SLFP at cross purposes on key issues
Rajitha says new Constitution and referendum, but senior SLFP leaders say no new constitution and referendum…
Deadly garbage dumps pose elephantine problems
An elephant which had been regularly eating garbage at Manampitiya died last Saturday after suffering from…
Hollywood’s Oscar bungle and La La Lanka’s gazette blunder
Accidents happen in the best of families. So do mistakes. In the case of the world’s…
Commercial Credit too good for Standard Chartered
A rock-solid, unbeaten century by middle order batsman, Malith Fernando (121 not out in 110 balls,…
Denims, sarees at Kingsbury’s Sparkle
Kanchana and Mala Fernando turned many heads at the Kingsbury’s Sparkle High Tea on February 22…
Satirical comedy ‘The Senator’ at the Lionel Wendt
Drama enthusiast of satirical comedy will be in for some entertainment as “The Senator” is coming…
News
Justice without politics
With the National Unity Government claiming that the independence of the judiciary has been restored, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is seen in a friendly conversation…
Hambantota project: Stinging protest by Ports Minister
Ranatunga alleges draft deal gives unilateral powers to Chinese company…
No space for anchoring; Govt to release 42 Indian vessels
Cabinet to review decision on pension payment
Travel agents fear their wings may be clipped
Ruwanpura Expressway may go to China, but major questions persist
Dengue deaths rise to alarming levels
Shop in Maharagama town damaged by fire
PM talks about regaining good governance; CJ says people must know the law
March ‘itching’ buried in Tamil Nadu political turmoil
Drill display by the marines
At a glance: Sri Lanka’s 45th CJ Priyasath Dep
RTI Commission seeks Rs. 76 m to carry out its work efficiently
Patients suffer but GMOA says people with us
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Ananda draw first blood at SSC as Nalanda flounder
By Lakshman RanasingheAnanda are sitting pretty at the close of the first day’s play in the 88th Ananda-Nalanda Battle of the Maroons cricket encounter commenced at the…
Colombo FC for the second successive time
Colombo FC emerged champions of the Dialog Champions League for…
27th Royal- Thomian past cricketers Annual Dinner
St. Sebastian’s Katuneriya advance to quarters
Mahanama, Mahinda dominate drawn games
Double hundred stand guide Lankan ‘A’
Kingswood cricket wing
Sandun Chamika leads Tour de Air Force
It’s going to be an absorbing Test tussle
Nirmal holds on his lead at the end of count 8
It was another draw at P. Sara stadium
Who would be the cynosure of all eyes?
Three cornered tussle for Badminton President’s post
Another long wait for Vidyartha
More SportsIf Wesley was penalised, same should be for the opponents
Business Times
Regional stock exchanges
Dignitaries at a meeting of the South Asian Federation of Exchanges held in Colombo, listen to a speech. From left: Nayan Mehta, CFO – Bombay…
Multi-skilled workers soon in state sector
Concerned about public discontent over the delivery of services, the…
SriLankan’s new fleet order out of compulsion, not necessity
Worry over China-Lanka tariff plan
Lee Hedges to scale down Colpetty Mills project
Moratuwa MC’s positive notice under RTI
Can of worms
Property developers propose setting up new association to fast-track approvals
Procurement Appeal Board reserves verdict on BIA aircraft refuelling facility tender issue
Sri Lanka’s public procurement to be streamlined, made more transparent
SriLankan inducts first Airbus A320neo
Blimey! Jack Mackerel reduces risk of heart attacks
Gazette notices pertaining to bond issues were backdated and misled public
PMS becomes first Axis partner to receive ‘Gold’
More Business TimesSri Lanka lacks female role models to look up to
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
IMF reforms and the path to development
A delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was in Colombo this week ahead of a planned but now postponed visit by its head Christine Lagarde, to discuss Sri Lanka’s worsening economic situation. With the country in dire straits with an acute foreign exchange and debt crisis, the IMF’s reform…
Columns
- Political Column
UNP, SLFP at cross purposes on key issues
Rajitha says new Constitution and referendum, but senior SLFP leaders say no new constitution and referendum Cabinet reviews Arjuna’s proposals to link world cup winning cricketers with apartment…
- 5th Column
Ban, ban, big ban!
My dear Omalpe Sobhitha hamuduruwane, I thought I must write to you when I heard that you wanted big matches banned because they promoted alcohol consumption and led…
- The Economic Analysis
Remove obstacles to agricultural exports
Excessive checks, delays and unwanted procedures serious drawback to export growth West Asia is a potentially large market for our agri-products, but Lanka losing competitiveness The sluggish export…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
SriLankan bosses and pilots on collision course again
The row between SriLankan Airlines’ management and its Pilots Guild continues. SriLankan Chairman Ajith Dias has told the Guild that its members will face “disciplinary” action if they…
- Focus on Rights
The ‘scarlet pimpernel’ garb of Sri Lanka’s elusive witness protection authority
Akin to the fabled (and damned) Scarlet Pimpernel of Baroness Orczy fame, one is constrained to search high and low for Sri Lanka’s elusive Witness Protection Authority. In…
- Sunday Punch
Hollywood’s Oscar bungle and La La Lanka’s gazette blunder
Accidents happen in the best of families. So do mistakes. In the case of the world’s film capital, Hollywood, it tripped on its own red carpet which it…
- Thoughts from London
Who will cleanse this right royal mess?
Last Sunday the Political Editor of this newspaper exposed some shady dealings at SriLankan Airlines which Minister Kabir Hashim had brought to light at a recent cabinet meeting.…
Plus
White and gold among long sleeves
For Hollywood’s A-list, Oscars night is the biggest fashion moment of the year. And Tinseltown’s top actresses did not disappoint on Sunday, with white, gold, red and plenty…
Denims, sarees at Kingsbury’s Sparkle
Kanchana and Mala Fernando turned many heads at the Kingsbury’s Sparkle High Tea on February 22 when they presented some stunning designs drawn from their label ‘Denim &…
‘Who are we?’
A joke oft chuckled over about lineage is that no one really knows who one’s father is – the only fact without dispute is who one’s mother is.…
A tale of the Kandyan royal architect and court intrigue
“Early in the morning, the spacious courts of the palace began to fill with headmen called mohottalas, corales, vidanes, generally speaking, men advanced in years of good and…
Magazine
Reaching high in a male domain
On February 14 this year for the first time in the history of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects Design Awards, a female architect carried…
A night of imagination, experimentation
The Koha
Satirical comedy ‘The Senator’ at the Lionel Wendt
Music in the crunch of a baguette’s crust
‘Mideast Minute’ with Lankan born Pardis Parker
Telling stories through music
No slowing down for Lionel Ritchie
New look of C & C
Marie Carloine photo exhibition
‘Transcendence 2017’ to unveil at the BMICH
‘Burning Birds’ competes with the Best Oscar winner ‘Moonlight’ in Switzerland
Finishing touches for the first film on the first Prime Minister
‘Fifty Shades Darker’, second chapter begins
‘Logan’ in a final adventure
‘Nethuwa Beri Minihek’ returns to Tower hall
More MagazineSunday Times 2
Liberal democracy in retreat?
By Christopher R. Hill DENVER – We are only in the second month of Donald Trump’s…
Nochchiya solar village gets water and revenue
Lankan physician back in SL to follow-up on ‘project joy’ at LRH
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The Koha
Anne Ranasinghe wields words in her fiction as she would in her poetry. Measured, calculated, deeply…
Satirical comedy ‘The Senator’ at the Lionel Wendt
Music in the crunch of a baguette’s crust
More Mirror >>TV Times
Marie Carloine photo exhibition
‘Transcendence 2017’ to unveil at the BMICH
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Students of Kirama Dhammananda visited Sinharaja Rainforest
Students of Kirama Dhammananda Secondary School visited Sinharaja Rainforest for a research programme on Biodiversity and…