Galle Face blues: Rajapaksa’s May Day force jolts Govt.
Crowd at JO rally bigger than both UNP and SLFP rallies President, PM taking action to…
Millions of mouths run dry in drought without end
A drop of water to drink has become a rare luxury for more than a million…
THE SUNDAY PUNCH VESAK TRILOGY: The Birth, the Enlightenment and Nirvana of Gautama the Buddha
Morning had broken. The dawn the world and the heavens had for epochs waited to break…
CEB powerless, bends national grid backwards to deliver
Failure of successive monsoons, the prevailing heatwave and a series of technical breakdowns are causing a…
Six records at swimming nationals
Six new national records were established at the National and Sub-Junior Under 15 Aquatic Championships 2017…
‘Rebel’ monk’s endeavour for social justice
“I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done,” said…
No hiccups at Cycling T’Cup
The Sri Lanka T’Cup concluded with a note as the best organised road cycling event in…
Fashion Revolution Week : Remembering the lives behind the brands
The collapse of Rana Plaza in Dhaka, which claimed more than a 1000 lives and injured…
News
Vesak 2561 goes international
Vesak 2561 will be more than a thrice-blessed day this year, with the United Nations deciding to have International Vesak celebrations in Sri Lanka. A…
Anti-corruption body faces closure
The Secretariat tasked to direct public complaints on bribery and…
Top contender flies away; SriLankan Airlines rescue bid grounded
Hambantota deal: More major changes, 70-year lease on offer
Action against Customs officer for leaking info to media
Shortcomings in national carrier’s engineering unit
Annual Bakthi gee event held at the Police grounds
Shiranthi’s three nights in Paris cost the country Rs. 25 mn, charges Mangala
May Day Sirikotha shooting: Armed suspect had a self-drafted ‘constitution’
GMOA, other unions will meet next week to decide on further TU action
Ranjan pooh-poohs GMOA chief’s account; Padeniya blames hospital
Students affected: Ruhunu professors call on Govt. to solve SAITM issue
Where we must vaccinate
Asthma awareness walk
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Donald trumps Aravinda
By S.R. PathiravithanaSri Lanka Cricket has plunged into a fresh crisis with the resignation of Aravinda de Silva – the chief of its Cricket Committee and Thilanga…
Lasith continues to build on his popularity
Lasith Croosepulle of Maris Stella College Negombo continues to lead…
Fleet-footed Avishka makes a break in the second count
SLC Alice is in Neverland
Rituals a spoilsport to scheduled starts
Song of Sports in Tennis
Six Junior Athletes for Commonwealth Youth Games in Bahamas
Lankan lasses play their first game against Chinese Taipei
WP South, Southern Province battle for supremacy
CMCA launches competitive Cricket for veterans
Six records at swimming nationals
Richmond aiming for the double
Isipathana, Royal and Wesley win their games
Ratnavali no match for Anula’s supremacy
More SportsKavisha and Sahan star in drawn game at Uyanwatta
Business Times
Ravi’s confidence
While this May Day billboard at Thummulla junction in Colombo would appear as an innocuous effort to reflect a politician’s closeness to the Prime Minister,…
IMF: Proposed tax laws a joint ‘product’ with Sri Lanka authorities
Proposed new tax laws, seen radicalising Sri Lanka’s tax revenue…
Mobitel plans to break away from SL Telecom
President urged not to extend retiring Dep. Governors
Maldives airline suspends flights
SriLankan to resume flights to Australia
Unstable policy vs unstable government
Unstable policies cause of waning business interest in SL- CB
National carrier carried highest number of passengers in its entire history in 2016/17
Colombo Port City will take 30 years to complete
Construction of LAUGFS LPG Terminal in Hambantota on track
2017 World Quizzing Championships on June 3
ABB to collaborate with Sri Lankan universities to train engineers
Treasury imposes strict controls on using budgetary provisions
More Business TimesLong-delayed Kantale sugar factory revival gets underway
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
Let the Buddha’s message radiate from Lanka!
More than two millennia ago, India gave to Sri Lanka its greatest gift – the gift of the Dhamma. The ‘Doctrine of the Middle Path’ pronounced first by India’s greatest son, Gautama the Buddha at a Deer Park in Saranath and brought to this island by the son of the…
Columns
- Political Column
Galle Face blues: Rajapaksa’s May Day force jolts Govt.
Crowd at JO rally bigger than both UNP and SLFP rallies President, PM taking action to stop internal battles; joint meeting of parliamentary groups proposed High-powered committee of…
- 5th Column
Winding up parliamentary life
My dear Geetha, I thought I must write to you when I heard the courts had declared that your election to Parliament was null and void because you…
- The Economic Analysis
Economic performance in 2016: Analysis and reflections
Economic performance is mostly judged by the annual growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Accordingly, the lower economic growth of last year of 4.4 percent compared to 4.8…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
New post: Def. Sec. surprised
Defence Secretary Engineer Karunasena Hettiaratchchi must have raised his eye brows the other day when he opened a letter that had arrived addressed to him from P.B. Abeykoon,…
- Focus on Rights
A Popean caution and the counter-terror comedy of errors
In one respect, there may be a smidgen of truth in former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s bitter lament in the immediate wake of his election defeat in 2015. Continuation…
- Sunday Punch
THE SUNDAY PUNCH VESAK TRILOGY: The Birth, the Enlightenment and Nirvana of Gautama the Buddha
Morning had broken. The dawn the world and the heavens had for epochs waited to break upon the land, had finally come to pass. And on that Vesak…
- Thoughts from London
Playing pandu with the press
Overawed by the May Day public display of support for their political opponents and even for their partners in government and perhaps exhausted by their own efforts to…
- Lobby
Govt. continues its love affair with luxury vehicles with another Rs 329m
For a government that came to power promising to cut back on extravagances and high spending of the past regime, there seems to be no letup in the…
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‘Rebel’ monk’s endeavour for social justice
“I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done,” said Lord Buddha. Personifying these words is the most recent spiritual labour of…
Washington meditation centre to honour Ven Madihe Mahanayaka Thera
This year’s Vesak will be of special significance to the Washington Buddhist Vihara which is opening a new meditation retreat centre. Named the ‘Lion of Wisdom’ (‘Pannasiha’) Meditation…
This Vesak celebration will be like no other
Vesak which marks the Birth, Enlightenment and the Parinirvana of the Buddha, is commemorated as no other religious event in Sri Lanka. This year, which is the 2561st…
A legacy both religious and cultural
Fame it has achieved as a seat of learning nearly 150 years ago, spreading the gentle and all encompassing message of metta (loving kindness), karuna (compassion), mudita (sympathetic…
Magazine
When the music dies
Despite the discomforts of entangling oneself in pigeonholes, it is important to note at the outset that when it comes to representing Sri Lanka’s racial…
Treat your mother!
They all sang their hearts out, for a worthy cause
MLTR back in Colombo this month
Powerful performances brought to life in ‘Stormy Weather’
Crafting his own sound
Fashion Revolution Week : Remembering the lives behind the brands
The Bicycle Ride
Clean Bandit tops UK singles chart
Pitbull to rock Colombo
Erinton re-elected to steer MAF
‘Alone in a Valley’; in search of artistic cinema
A play which exposes the reality of media
Coming of ‘Peni Makuluwo’
‘Sinhabahu’ comes back
‘Dhikthala and Kaalagola’ in town
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Mahinda expresses solidarity with Palestinian hunger strikers
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was among hundreds of people who went to the Palestinian embassy in…
Avurudu ritual leads to discovery of ancient wooden sluice in Kohombankulama
SLPI marks Press Freedom Day with panel discussion
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MLTR back in Colombo this month
Music is timeless and that is why the memories from Michael Learns To Rock(MLTR)’s last performance…
Powerful performances brought to life in ‘Stormy Weather’
Crafting his own sound
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Fashion Revolution Week : Remembering the lives behind the brands
The collapse of Rana Plaza in Dhaka, which claimed more than a 1000 lives and injured…
Pitbull to rock Colombo
Erinton re-elected to steer MAF
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Aththammage Kusalatha Tharagaya
Aththammage Kusalatha Tharagaya 2017, organized by the Sri Lanka Girl Guides Association was held on April…