The Sunday Times Sri Lanka

Petrol crisis: Urgent need for independent regulator

The week-long fuel crisis which triggered a war of words between Lanka Indian Oil Company (LIOC)…

Three-wheeler regulations from Jan. 1, demerit system early next year

As concerns rise over an increasing number of fatal accidents on Sri Lankan roads, the authorities…

Sri Lanka finally hosts international Karting with season opener

Sri Lanka will finally host an international Karting event when next season’s opening X30 Asia Cup…

Prime Minister hits for a six Arjuna’s spin attack on LIOC

Potbellied Arjuna Ranatunga may have led the Sri Lankan cricket team to World Cup victory in…

Waters Edge: Expanding entertainment hub

Utilise its resources to the maximum for the benefit of the people of this country.” With…

Haren and Shehanthi earn accolades

Haren Nugawela from Wycherley International School and Shehanthi Gunawardene from Colombo International School crowned the top…

Making it all click in a cosy setting

Painted in shades of white and soft grey, window covered with sheer white curtains and white…

Budget 2018: Simple and uncomplicated

The 72nd fiscal budget of the Government of Sri Lanka and the maiden budget of Minister…

Live the Tale of the Whales with F-Air

Soaring over the coast of Koggala towards the seemingly unending waters of the Ocean, one cannot…

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News

Budget day contrasting scenes in Parliament

Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera being accompanied by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe leaving a tea party that followed the presentation of what was described as a…

Malaysia’s AirAsia wants to set up budget carrier here

Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia has made a strong pitch to…

Helping accident victims: Protection for Good Samaritans

Port City: Measures proposed to reduce air and noise pollution

Loved ones of those killed while trying to escape melee seek justice Welikada prison killings

COPA to present report on 831 state institutions in Parliament tomorrow

Central Bank senior manager’s FR case re-fixed for support on Nov.21

CIABOC to probe money laundering

More than 2,000 women to be elected to local councils

High Court for cases of Corruption exceeding Rs 10,000

Tax exemption only for ‘Brand New’ electric cars; dealers in quandary

New conditions and extended deadline for 50,000 brick- and -mortar houses in North and East

Budget highs and lows: People have their say

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Sports

It’s Hathuru ‘when’ rather than ‘would’ Hathuru

By Champika Fernando

Sri Lanka Cricket will soon have a full-time head coach, and with Chandika Hathurusingha resigning from the Bangladesh Cricket Board, there is optimism that the…

Dellon continues to stamp his authority

S. Thomas’ College ace left-arm spinner Dellon Peiris, as he…

It was a memorable win for STC after a decade in the blues

MAS Shadeline overcome HSBC 28-14

Super Sun and Pelicans triumph

Ratwatte brilliance drowns Navy resolute

Thilina leads the Kandy charge

Sithara, Dineth shine for Tamil Union

Hasitha, Praveen guide Sri Lanka to second win

Zuraish outclasses Anver to emerge champion

Backbone of the National Controlling Body

Travel Trade Beach Rugby on Nov 19

Veteran Athletes Gerard Fernando and M.S.D. Perera excel

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Business Times

Robotic toys

With new enterprise and technology being the focus of the 2018 budget, Wow Wee Lanka founded in 2013 by Mevan Nugaliyadde, a telecommunication engineer at…

Budget 2018: More bouquets than brickbats

Sri Lanka’s first designer budget has been viewed as unconventional…

New unit to monitor budget progress

CB permits JKH/LOLC to hold excess shares in 2 banks

World Bank ready to brew tea on reforms agenda

Opportunities rather than crises

How do the numbers on poverty stack up against ground reality?

RIL Property to develop United Motors land in Colombo 2

Former Hayleys chairman Yatawara passes away

Thailand to set up industrial zone in Sri Lanka

Privilege cards from Pannipitiya Private Hospital

Sri Lanka’s ‘glowing’ literacy status misleads the world

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Sunday Times E-Paper

Editorial

The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry

The petrol crisis was something the Finance Minister could have done without as a forerunner to what he famously called his ‘designer Budget’. The shortages hit all parts of the country throwing grave doubts over the management skills of the Government. When Sri Lanka’s economy was in the doldrums in…

Columns

Political Column
Relations between SLFP and UNP further strained; one minister accused of blocking probes and informing Rajapaksas

Three senior ministers meet Sirisena to express concern over PM being summoned by the Bond Commission Senior civil society activist attacks Government for delaying probes on major corruption…
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5th Column
The blue-green Budget presented

My dear Mangala, I thought I must write to you because you are in the news these days after delivering your ‘mangala’- or maiden – budget this week.…
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The Economic Analysis
Environmental-friendly budget must achieve fiscal deficit target for economic stability and growth

The 2018 Budget speech of Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera on Thursday was a long recitation of programmes to usher in “Enterprise Sri Lanka” and promote an environmental-friendly country.…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
SriLankan flight makes emergency landing at Kunming

A SriLankan Airlines flight (UL 829) doing its finals to land at the Kunming International Airport in China was forced to abort after the flaps malfunctioned. After carrying…
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Focus on Rights
Enduring snake-charming of a political kind

Can sheer bumbling incompetence bring down a Government? This may be a far from rhetorical question in the months ahead. However what propels this query at this point…
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Sunday Punch
Prime Minister hits for a six Arjuna’s spin attack on LIOC

Potbellied Arjuna Ranatunga may have led the Sri Lankan cricket team to World Cup victory in 1996 and had the nation popping their champagne corks in jubilation but…
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Guest Column
Maritime hub: Case for the liberalisation of shipping and freight forwarding

One of the key objectives of the Government’s Vision 2025 is to develop Sri Lanka as a maritime and trading hub for the Indian Ocean, fully leveraging its…
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Thoughts from London
So to our perpetual papers and perpetual promises

At first there was the “Pentagon Papers”. That is, of course, if you rightly dismiss Charles Dickens’ Pickwick Papers as belonging to a different genre. The Pentagon Papers,…
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Lobby
Clean, lean, green, no-frills Mangala Budget

Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera stuck to his promise to keep his maiden Budget clean, lean and green by presenting a no-frills Budget, at the heart of which is…
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Plus

On view: Wendt’s artistic world

Theatre-goers and art lovers in Sri Lanka are familiar with the Lionel Wendt Art Centre, but few of the younger generation would have an inkling of the artistic…

Letters to the Editor

Lessons for Putin and other leaders: Economic and social inequalities lead to revolutions The Sunday Times deserves readers’ gratitude for its Editorial and two other articles about the Russian…

Appreciations

Recalling their nurturing, selfless, unconditional and enduring love TUDOR AND BIANCA WEERASOORIYA When I was about five years old, I was given a story book in which the…

Sumitra treads unknown territory in new film

Osanda (played by Dumindu Dodanthenna), orphaned at childhood is brought up by his grandmother (Iranganie Serasinghe) and extended family. They are traditional puppet-makers from the South. A female…

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