Bopitiya dump stirs up garbage danger, anger
In its haste to dump garbage anywhere but Meethotamulla following the deaths and devastation on April…
Is FFSL deep in the quagmire?
The Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) has called for an ‘Emergency Council Meeting’ today at…
Course change mooted for YP after near national meltdown
Manic Monday sends Government alarm bells ringing on the eve of the New Year dawn, Mahinda…
Politicians heal thyselves and those doctors too
That tragic and unfortunate happening at Meethotamulla which brought death and destruction to a poverty-stricken part…
Diplomacy and India-Sri Lanka relations
By Dr. Sarala Fernando Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s visit to India this week and the expected…
Avurudu celebrations at WIZ KIDZ
Avurudu celebrations at WIZ KIDZ International School, Kiribathgoda. Pix by M. A. Pushpa Kumara…
Airport Aviation agency goes ‘bananas’ turning around Ratmalana
Sri Lanka’s first airport is set to get busy again with more commercial operations set to…
Animal architects
The Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the world’s tallest building, with 160 storeys and towering at…
SSri Lanka’s share of world tea output down to 6 % from 10.5 % in 2000
Members of Tea Exporters Association (TEA) have raised concerns over the current status of Sri Lanka…
News
Acute labour shortage in Lanka; 200,000 foreigners working here
By Kasun Warakapitiya  Foreign workers, both with and without work visas, are arriving in Sri Lanka with the country facing an acute labour shortage,…
New anti-terrorism law undermines RTI
The word ‘Espionage’ dropped, but originally listed offences reintroduced By…
Offer by Railways sidetracked; China gets huge signal contract
SLFP, UNP book 3,264 buses, two trains for May Day rallies
New guidelines for unsolicited proposals
Public sector polls candidates not allowed back at posts
The Minimum Standards of Medical Education in existence from 2006, says former SLMC President
Health Minister sending big delegation for WHA
CB unions against possible extension to 2 retiring Deputy Governors
No Mahapola scholarship for undergrads boycotting lectures, says UGC
What mandate for Theresa May?
CEB chairman, engineers’ union wires cross forcing former’s resignation
Navy to take delivery of flagship vessel
8 Bids for 300 MW multi-fuel power plant at Kerawalapitiya: CEB
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India within its rights to boycott ICC Champions Trophy – Sunil Gavaskar
Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar said fears of a global boycott if the BCCI pulled out of the ICC Champions Trophy, in retaliation to the…
Skipper Chandimal steers Colombo to title
A Captain’s knock of an unbeaten 113 in 117 balls…
Lasith consolidates his lead over Nirmal
Yuzraan sets the line in motion
Are we working towards our game plan
The oval-shaped ball is getting wonky
Big Guns silenced in Monte Carlo
Anula, Ratnavali lock horns in inaugural Battle of the Queens
Three qualify for IAAF World Youth Championships
Pin Fernando Grand Prix tees off in Nuwara Eliya
Anura Rohana wins PGTI Pune Open
Is FFSL deep in the quagmire?
Alcazaba and Captain Haddock gave the stable a double
DSI Spikes Schools talent islandwide for 17th year
More SportsTheli-Sidu Battle of the Thrones on May 4
Business Times
Gardeners, not umbrella lovers
At first glance it looked like the typical umbrella lovers found in parks and beaches. A closer look however revealed that these were gardeners at…
GSP+: First round win but issues ahead
The Sri Lanka Government claimed victory on Friday after an…
Sri Lankan tea prices rocket on short supply
Former CJ Sripavan on ComBank board
Japanese Belluna replaces James Packer in Colombo Crown
FIRA sees the light of day through a supplementary estimate
Economy: Game of snakes and ladders
Bavaria to play role of match maker for Sri Lanka SMEs
Vision Care to distribute 25,000 spectacles free to the needy to mark 25th anniversary
CICT attracts first new service to Colombo from Ocean Alliance
Sri Lanka needs solution to preserve rain water instead of flowing into the sea
Surging tourist arrivals open up labour market opportunities
99X ranked in APAC’s top 25 Agile Solutions Providers
Labour costs rise sharply as SL grapples with shortage
More Business TimesMAS Holdings acquires US manufacturer, paves way for production in the US
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
May Day politics and worker issues
With May Day – the day marking solidarity with the workers of the world approaching, one might think the most important issues would be the cost of living; the wages and safety of workers; or their trade union rights. Wrong. The main issue at the highest political levels in the…
Columns
- Political Column
Package of Joint Ventures with India in MoU signed in Delhi
Special emphasis on Trinco tank farms: Upper tanks to be developed by joint venture, lower ones to be given to India on 50-year lease New Delhi insists new…
- 5th Column
Changing boots
My dear Field Marshal, I really didn’t think I would have to write to you again so soon but here you are, in the news once again. The…
- The Economic Analysis
Loosening the debt trap and resolving the foreign debt crisis
Resolving the foreign debt trap discussed last Sunday is a mammoth task as the annual debt servicing costs are very heavy in the next few years. Meeting the…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Kalkudah distillery: Company puts jobless graduates in high spirits
Kalkudah distillery: Company puts jobless graduates in high spirits Protests are growing over plans by a private company to set up a distillery at Kalkudah in the Batticaloa…
- Focus on Rights
Skullduggery, secrecy and the counter-terror draft act
In the chaotic merry-go-round characterizing the drafting of Sri Lanka’s proposed Counter-Terror Act (CTA), the periodic surfacing of one version followed by another has given rise to unexpected…
- Sunday Punch
Course change mooted for YP after near national meltdown
Manic Monday sends Government alarm bells ringing on the eve of the New Year dawn, Mahinda Rajapaksa grandly declared that he would topple the Government in 2017. In…
- Thoughts from London
Politicians heal thyselves and those doctors too
That tragic and unfortunate happening at Meethotamulla which brought death and destruction to a poverty-stricken part of the country’s capital during a festive occasion saw politicians of most…
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Monument to all things Kandyan
Ear droplets adorned with the most exquisite gems tell a tale of love, lust and tears. A gold-laced goblet once held captive between the royal lips may have…
A quiet refuge for the old and blind
It is a routine day. The morning begins with the chanting of gatha at the shrine of the little Budu Medura followed by twos and threes making their…
Art as a Place – Where the site becomes the city
A man walks through the city streets of Lahore. In many ways he is unremarkable. Dressed ordinarily, in a white linen shirt and denim jeans, he sports a…
Trio to perform Russian Masterpieces
May 2nd will see the Lionel Wendt Theatre resound to the strains of Tchaikovsky’s monumental Piano trio—a work which the composer himself doubted would ever be written. Russian…
Magazine
Here music is the food of harmony
The power of communication is not fully understood until one is serenaded by a group of students playing ‘Mary had a Little Lamb’ on their…
An act for awareness
A night market that entertains and connects
Bananarama unites for UK tour
100 Words
A true story that took place in Warsaw zoo
A film on Sri Lankan saint dubbed into Tamil
‘Sinhabahu’ in two towns
World renowned films at AF de Colombo
‘An Evening of Russian Masterpieces’
Film critic Sunil Mihindukula to be felicitated
A play on media and its reality
‘Meeting with Purpose’
GFH represents Sri Lanka at ‘wedding congress’
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Journalists from 60 nations gather for world peace in South Korea
From Damith Wickremasekara in South Korea Journalists from more than 60 countries, including Sri Lanka, took…
Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike: Book of solidarity at embassy
Herman Gunaratne’s latest book launched
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A night market that entertains and connects
The Agora Night Market takes an average night experience and makes it memorable for the everyday…
Bananarama unites for UK tour
100 Words
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A true story that took place in Warsaw zoo
Based on Diane Ackerman’s non-fiction book ‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’, the film revolving around one of the…
A film on Sri Lankan saint dubbed into Tamil
‘Sinhabahu’ in two towns
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Avurudu celebrations at WIZ KIDZ
Avurudu celebrations at WIZ KIDZ International School, Kiribathgoda. Pix by M. A. Pushpa Kumara…