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500 tons to be destroyed daily; little action so far because one institution thought the other would do it A garbage inferno at Meethotamulla on…
ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis, presiding at a Good Friday…
Sports
Alcazaba, owned by Deepthika Jayakody, will be the main attraction of the RTC Magic Million Cup race-day event which will take place at the Racecourse…
The Singer-Sunday Times Schoolboy Ruggerite of the Year 2017 will…
Business Times
A trader on a different kind of 3-wheeler stops at a traffic lights junction in Colombo. Pic by Indika Handuwala…
Sri Lanka is seeking Singapore expertise in expediting the implementation…
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
The traditional New Year was celebrated in Sri Lanka linked as it is to a millennia-old common heritage in many parts of India and South East Asia around the rice harvesting season. Age-old customs and rituals largely connected to auspicious times laid down by astrologers take centre-stage. In this backdrop…
Columns
President intervenes to get two key  concessions: 50 to70 year lease,  shareholding 60:40 PM finalises provisions of MoU with India, will hold talks in New Delhi Cabinet reshuffle…
My dear doctors of the GMOA, I thought I must write to you again, to congratulate you on your recent successes. Why, with the government bending over backwards…
New Economic Development Agenda to face impending crises The New Year that has dawned is an opportune time for the unity government to come to a firm consensus…
Local businessman Cornel Perera, who promoted the Colombo Hilton project years ago, has made a claim of US$ 25 million (more than Rs 3.8 billion or Rs 3,800…
It has long been conventional wisdom that a government forced to maintain a fragile political balance for its survival is good for the democratic process in Sri Lanka…
The atheist Janatha Vimukthi Party, which for years heaped scorn on Buddhist worship of the Bodhi and scoffed the practice as primitive tree worship, have now turned to…
Plus
Singapore is the most unlikely place to look for paintings of botanical and natural history artists of Sri Lanka. But a chance meeting with Assistant Curator at the…
A. D. H. Samaranayaka Thaththi you filled our lives with love and guidance Our beloved Thaththi passed away peacefully during his afternoon nap on March 30 1996, aged…
Speak out! Don’t allow MPs to behave  like unruly children in Parliament The conduct of our MPs in the Parliament is appalling. Parliament is considered as the august…
Christianity rests on certain events that took place in history. It stakes its claim to truthfulness on historical events open to critical investigation. This is especially true where…
Magazine
Mount Lavinia Hotel recently held a felicitation ceremony to honour Dr. Chef Publis Silva who was conferred with a Deshabandu Award for distinguished services to…
Sunday Times 2
The top US military commander in Afghanistan said on Friday that the decision to deploy one…
Mirror
There are among 500-plus artists supporting the tenth Record Store Day – the annual event celebrating…
TV Times
Mount Lavinia Hotel recently held a felicitation ceremony to honour Dr. Chef Publis Silva who was…
Funday Times
The Inter-House Sportsmeet of ‘Varsity’ Pre-School of Gonawala, Kelaniya was held recently at  Hotel Royal Grand…