The Sunday Times Sri Lanka

Dried up North and East crying out for water

Inland water sources have dried up, drinking water is scarce and crops have been destroyed in…

It’s business as usual in Qatar, say Lankan returnees

Complaints about local banks ‘shortchanging’ their Qatari Riyals By Sandun Jayawardana Fowzil Ameer (40) is…

Instances of drowning are surging

Ignoring warning signs and bathing in reservoirs have cost several lives.Pilgrims and visitors to religious sites…

Pick of the Pix

Pix by Indika Handuwala, Amila Gamage, Sameera Weerasekera, Shelton Hettiarachchi and Sunil Thanthiriarachchi…

Rs 450m damage, 25,000 students affected by floods in SP

Around Rs 450 million worth of damage has been caused to schools in the Southern Province…

Royal concede Dharmaraja a passage to the semi-finals

Milo Schools Under-20 Knockout Rugby Championship 2017 The Milo Schools Under-20 Knockout Rugby Championship 2017 kicked…

It’s 3-D: Not at the movies, but in the operating theatre

Kumudini Hettiarachchi witnesses the country’s first 3-Dimensional High Definition laparoscopy or key-hole surgery in urology at…

One person’s battle with MS and a lot of help from friends

The birth of the Multiple Sclerosis Association of Lanka (MSAL) Having attended Ladies’ College in Colombo…

After a disaster: Picking up psychologically

By Prof. Raveen Hanwella A great disaster is a symbol to us to remember all the…

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News

Flood victims risk lives on overturned bridge

In the Southern area of Morawaka, badly affected by the floods, this Porupitiya bridge was overturned by the raging currents of the river. But the…

House of Justice at new site

High Courts, District and Magistrate’s Courts to be shifted from…

TNA, Wigneswaran in battle for North

Dengue national disaster: 200 deaths, 63,987 cases this year

Emergency evacuation plans for 150,000 Lankans in Qatar

Minister pitches for ArcelorMittal’s steel prefab houses

President Maithripala Sirisena joined yoga enthusiasts

Govt. to change route of Central Expressway project due to mountainous terrain

Indo-Lanka talks lead to release of 42 Indian vessels

46.6% of convicts in 2015 from Colombo District

Sri Lanka’s latest export to Hong Kong – deadly dengue, duty free

Maternity hospital Helmut Kohl helped build to be named after him

Majestic tusker killed in turf war

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Sports

Has Coach Ford abandoned ship?

By S.R. Pathiravithana

Gura likely selection committee chief if Sanath is ruled out

All points to a situation where former Sri Lanka Test batsman Asanka Gurusinha, who at present is Cricket Manager and a selector of Sri Lanka…

Lankans likely at full strength against weaklings Zimbabwe

Hosts Sri Lanka is likely to go full strength against…

Lee holds on to his lead stubbornly after eight counts

Appuhamy and Madurika grab Race Walking titles

St. Joseph’s cruise to their first major final

Isipathana, St. Peter’s lock horns for knockout glory

Schools Rugby 7s on July 1 and 2

Close call, but Ananda prevail

St. Anne’s enters final with thrilling win

Sunday will be a day to remember for cricket fans

Further delays in Sugathadasa track relaying

Cricket’s negative vibes and Godfather

Ostapenko’s blitz and Superman Nadal

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Poor fitness, overuse key to injuries- Prof. de Silva

Business Times

Future face of Sri Lanka’s construction workers

A group of Chinese workers take a break at a construction site in Colombo. The local construction industry is urging the authorities to allow large-scale…

Swiss help sought to ferret out black money

Sri Lanka is planning to enter into a Memorandum of…

Cargills Bank forges ahead with bankable model

Emirates gets green light for more daily frequencies

Losing “Ceylon” for a few pennies more? Nay!

High level probe into Central Expressway Phase III tender

Pottery showroom at Koularagama Co-op site

Sri Lanka retail industry launches Retailers’ Academy

Odel ties up with Aban’s Colombo City Centre for more outlets

HSBC’s take on the Belt and Road Initiative

INSEE Cement’s Ruhunu Cement Plant marks 50 years

Rajagiriya flyover construction expedited to ease heavy traffic congestion

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Smart cities and imaginative construction processes

Sunday Times E-Paper

Editorial

Drug menace: What is going wrong?

June 26 is International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking—as good an occasion as any to point out that Sri Lanka needs a multipronged approach to eradicate its growing narcotics problem. Flinging people in jail, where they continue to traffic and consume drugs, is no longer adequate or sustainable.…

Columns

Political Column
SLFP-UNP Joint Council talks soon to renew “National Government” deal

SLFP ministers say MOU likely to be renewed from December, despite rumblings over various issues Heavy criticism over delays in probing high profile cases of corruption, killings and…
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5th Column
A change in the order

My dear Angelo and the boys, I thought I should write to you, because most of the country is talking about you and describing your performance as a…
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The Economic Analysis
A committed consistent and predictable economic programme imperative

Last Sunday’s column that discussed the economic consequences of the recent natural disasters underscored three crucial imperatives. These were: the need to prevent or mitigate these occurrences, developing…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Garbage ‘pekoe’ at two tea estates in Nuwara Eliya district

Small parts of what were once lush tea plantations in the Nuwara Eliya District — that earned a worldwide reputation for its high grown quality tea — may…
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Focus on Rights
Constitutional reforms stagnating like garbage

It is a typical incongruity of these times that constitutional reforms promising protection of civil liberties are discussed in tight-lipped seriousness in Colombo even while the police seem…
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Sunday Punch
Dayasiri’s head turns too big to fit his new sporting boots

Sports Minister blasts President for assigning lotteries to Foreign Minister Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera can play with his marbles as much as he wants to in his own…
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Thoughts from London
Ravi moves to cleanse our diplomessy

If the news flowing along the grapevine is correct-and the ear-splitting silence from the Foreign Ministry seems to suggest it is – then the new Foreign Minister deserves…
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Plus

Lionel Wendt: Recovery and dispersal

By Manel Fonseka When I first wrote about Lionel Wendt in 1994, the person and the artist seemed to be almost forgotten. Few visitors to the popular theatre…

Colombo Swim Week aims at making a green splash

Eco friendliness must come from the heart, says founder Ajai Vir Singh By Kaveesha Fernando Did you know that the fashion industry is the second most polluting industry…

On a wave of luxury

Kumudini Hettiarachchi boards the ‘super-luxury’ M.V. Majestic Princess that stopped over in Colombo Port on her 49-day maiden voyage from Rome to Shanghai Cosseted in the lap of…

Anything she can do I can do better

Good, strong female friends can be the most extraordinary source of strength. They can understand us women in a way men never can…in all sincerity, a female friend…

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