The Sunday Times Sri Lanka

Emerging Ransika takes top award

Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017 Dilum Sudeera picked as the Emerging…

Deluge and disaster

Tri forces spearheading rescue operations struggle to reach survivors cut off by flood waters President chairs…

Getting ready to leave it all behind

With bitter lessons from last year, people take precautions, heed warnings to evacuate Hundreds of vehicles…

Bodu Bala bogeyman bares bigotry’s evil breast again

Phantoms raised from comatose state to dance once more on Lanka’s grave It was, probably, the…

Britain mourns while Sri Lanka groans

It was a week of tragedy and farce. Here in the UK death came suddenly and…

Taking on a new role

Sitting on the fringes, they clapped vigorously, smiled amidst the tears and the heartache and encouraged…

Eshan Pieris is first Sri Lankan to win Rotax Max Asian Championship Race

Young and aspiring driver Eshan Pieris created history by becoming the first Sri Lankan to win…

Sinhala and Tamil Aluth Avurudu Festival: BSICASL

The Benevolent Society of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka held a Sinhala and…

Await the dramatic union of Kandyan and Odissi

‘Samhära’ has taken audiences in Bangalore, India, by storm, wowed viewers in London, England, and will…

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News

Ministry admits it was not prepared for disaster

The Disaster Management Ministry exposed its unpreparedness to deal with a disaster situation, admitting it lacks stocks of basic items such as blankets, life jackets,…

Amid the floods, threat of water-borne diseases

In the aftermath of the flood havoc, the Health Ministry…

President gives blank cheque for flood relief efforts

Lanka imposes jail term for bottom trawling

USAID slashes aid to Lanka by 92 percent

Yapa waxes eloquent while disaster overwhelms ministry

Charulatha’s Stories wins 2016 Gratiaen

Appoint Information Officers as required by RTI Act: Commission

Dengue soaring: Two major campaigns from Thursday

MASCOM special award for Daily Mirror journalist

Wake up, JVP tells Govt., before country heads towards another bloodbath

Diplomatic community voices concern over attacks on minorities

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Sports

Emerging Ransika takes top award

Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017 Dilum Sudeera picked as the Emerging Schoolboy Cricketer of 2017 Nipun Ransika, a genuine left-arm…

A slight hiccup, but Lasith is still in the lead

Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the…

Henegama fight back to level series

No brollies needed at Sugathadasa pool

Lara tips England for success at ICC Champions Trophy 2017

Attempts to fly Wedisinghe to Japan

Old Ben, Brawin Fernando heads Mercantile Basketball

Issues in Australia highlight the need for a better global cricket structure

There is no time for rejoicing; this contest is for real

Royal prove its all a team game

Ransika and Sudeera to walk down the red carpet

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Rukmalgama CC in Round II with 4th win

Business Times

Playing in a train

What’s unusual about a portable organ in a local train? A measure of progress! Over the years, musicians earning a living by singing and playing…

High Posts committee exercise is futile

Is the Parliamentary Committee on High Posts examining the suitability…

CB Dep. Governor post still vacant

Long term $24 billion credit line to SL under OBOR initiative

No teeth for proposed Development Agency

Saga of the depositors of failed companies

“Fighter to the end” – Kussi Amma Sera

Colombo University holds “Stat Day”

Now ‘tea-on-a-plate’ for world chefs via Dilmah

Travel and the sharing economy

Are communities safe from strangers in local communities?

SriLankan adds new routes in India, flies to Vietnam

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New tool to measure tourism impact

Sunday Times E-Paper

Editorial

Whither merit in public service reshuffle

After months of struggling and straining to implement a Cabinet reshuffle, the President eventually delivered on his promise. Whether the answer lies in changing pillows for a continuing headache, i.e. the economy, however, is left to be seen. For some time now, it had been known that the President’s main…

Columns

Political Column
No fully fledged reshuffle, Govt. faces more burdens

President’s much-awaited changes just quid pro quo between SLFP and UNP More changes among ministers, deputies and state ministers likely as Sirisena shows who the boss is Amid…
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5th Column
A cabinet reshuffle

My dear Reshuffled Ministers, I thought I must write to you because I assumed that you must be as confused as I am about this reshuffle. It was…
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The Economic Analysis
Mind the trade gap to avoid a balance of payments crisis

The widening trade gap in the first few months of this year poses serious difficulties for the balance of payments. The trade gap that has been increasing in…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Mangala: From five-star cuisine to Buth packet farewell at FO canteen

Hopping from one world capital to another when he was Foreign Minister of the ruling coalition, Mangala Samaraweera has savoured the sumptuous delicacies crafted by the world’s renowned…
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Focus on Rights
Caught between grinning devils and incompetent imbeciles

Caught between the grinning devil of Rajapaksa racism and the incompetent (if not corrupt) deep blue sea of the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe unity alliance, Sri Lankans are increasingly being left…
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Sunday Punch
Bodu Bala bogeyman bares bigotry’s evil breast again

Phantoms raised from comatose state to dance once more on Lanka’s grave It was, probably, the shortest sathyakriya – the assertion of truth – ever undertaken by any…
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Thoughts from London
Britain mourns while Sri Lanka groans

It was a week of tragedy and farce. Here in the UK death came suddenly and unexpectedly one night last week. The country went into mourning as the…
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Lobby
Black Friday for disaster victims; Rs 369m for MPs

Rs 1,200 million since March for luxury vehicles; Rs 1,000 million to reconstruct houses destroyed by floods, landslides in Kegalle District in 2016 By Chandani Kirinde- Lobby Correspondent…
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Activist ambassador

“I am very much at home in places where there is a noisy democracy,” says the new South African High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Robina P. Marks. Ms.…

Do you suffer from “Home Control Disease”?

Most women around the world, of all ages, nationalities, religions, from any walk of life, suffer from a common and prevalent disease, “Home Control Disease”. Some may have…

Letters To The Editor

Mosquito nets for hospitalized dengue patients will take the sting off the rampaging disease Dengue is on the rampage despite many unsuccessful efforts to eradicate breeding grounds…

Taking on a new role

Sitting on the fringes, they clapped vigorously, smiled amidst the tears and the heartache and encouraged their special children to whom they have devoted their whole lives to…

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Magazine

Soundarie to present ‘Soul’ : An Evening of Original Music

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