More inter-monsoonal rains from next week
The second phase of inter monsoonal rains is expected to begin from next week, according to…
Musaeus triumph over Ladies’ at 14th Annual Regatta
The 14th Annual Ladies College – Musaeus College regatta was won by Musaeus College owning the…
Special General Convocation of Eastern University
The Special General Convocation of Eastern University, presided over by its Chancellor Dr Velmurugu Vivekanandaraja, was…
Highly competitive admission to popular Colombo schools sidelines poor children: President Sirisena
President Maithripala Sirisena said a large number of children of low income households in Colombo, are…
Asian Para Games athletics pool selections from November 22
The Athletics Championships of the 20th Army Para Games will be held from November 22 to…
Two people one with nature: Elegantly choreographed offering
Isuru Gunasekera and Somanath Fernando, two young men engaged in different fields but united in a…
A show of talent, colour and exquisite dance
If you missed it, you missed out on one of the most stunning dance productions of…
That rare velvety marvel
What a pleasant surprise it was to see a mound of the velvety marvel, gal siyambala…
Climate change adaptation: Disaster risk reduction and catchment conservation
Disasters are no longer a relief response issue but a development issue. Source area protection was…
News
Bond Commission cleared of mosquitoes
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is scheduled to testify tomorrow before the Commission probing the Central Bank bond issue. Yesterday, the premises were fumigated as part…
Speaker to seek legal opinion on conduct of four COPE members
Speaker Karu Jayasuriya will seek legal opinion on the cases…
AirAsia offers to build special terminal at BIA for budget carriers
Gintota situation under control, night curfew continues
Cabinet com. raps CPC for petrol crisis
Controversy in Galle Fort: Several Govt. institutions told to move out
Power crisis looms due to implementation delays: PUCSL
UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan visits Sri Lanka
Cabinet approves tough amendments to combat corruption, money laundering
Toddler drowns in home rooftop pool
Massive drugs pile set for incinerator
MPs question delays over probe on corruption cases
Petroleum Ministry asks Treasury to intervene to recover Rs. 62 bn from state institutions
Intelligence Coordination Centre to combat transnational crime in South Asia
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Thirimanne and Mathews stir hope for Sri Lanka
KOLKATA, Nov 18, 2017 (AFP) – Lahiru Thirimanne and Angelo Mathews hit half-centuries to give Sri Lanka the advantage against India on day three of…
Girls category picks up as Harshitha forges ahead
Dellon Peiris, the prolific left-arm spinner of S. Thomas’ College…
India’s pace attack top class: Mathews
Teenage Sangha scores 133 against England
Inter-University Hockey on Nov.24
Gusty Sailors halt Havelocks’ winning run
CEB and Air Force win Super League VB titles
Army, Pelicans and Negombo triumph
Premier cricket comes aboard from December 1
NOCSL ignores General Assembly decision
Hareen steers St. Aloysius to victory
Two centuries on day-one
Air Force and Police battle for honours
What more?
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Rotten onions!
A consignment of onions was seized by police following a complaint by residents in the Galewela Devahuwa Bulanawewa area of a stench emanating from a…
Top digital tourism promotion committee disbanded
Sri Lanka has failed to make any headway in the…
Bankers to meet Treasury
Hotels’ staff out in the cold this winter season
TRC warns public on false SMS and nuisance calls
Large scale export-oriented companies exempt from PAL
SL’s Excise chief can’t buy liquor
National carrier in search of partner, bid to buy four more aircraft: Report
2018 Budget proposal makes way for super luxury vehicles
Early Christmas goodies from Standard Chartered
Former Indian Finance Secretary speaks at Colombo lecture
NDB balance sheet rises to Rs. 371 bln
Sri Lanka Tourism sponsors prestigious British Guild of Travel Writers Awards in London
Hemas says losses from Bangladesh operations, leisure sector also affected
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Editorial
Beer, Booze and the new intoxicants
The ‘Mangala Budget’ of the new Finance Minister ran into two or three obstacles – from shipping agents, and also those opposing his move to reduce beer prices aimed at weaning people from hard liquor. In the first cases, it was more the lobby wanting protectionism and in the latter,…
Columns
- Political Column
UNP-SLFP coalition to continue despite bumpy road ahead
Sirisena rules out any reunion with Rajapaksa faction; tells UNP ministers the two parties should work together PM to appear before bond commission tomorrow, UNPers to hold demonstration…
- 5th Column
Leaving home
My dear Ravi, I thought I must write to you, firstly because I don’t think anyone wants to write to you these days but also because you seem…
- The Economic Analysis
Budget concerns: Fiscal deficit, greening environment, techonological capacity and medical education
The financial objectives of the 2018 budget are to reduce the fiscal deficit, increase revenue and move towards a more progressive system of taxation. It also attempts to…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Yala safaris: PM roars at Minister’s decision
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has issued an ultimatum to Sustainable Development and Wildlife Minister Gamini Jayawickrema Perera to immediately revert to an earlier decision to allow only 300…
- Focus on Rights
Looking at the cold, bare facts of state torture
A fracas has arisen over a recent investigative news report (Associated Press) finding credible claims of Tamil torture victims that they had been raped and branded by Sri…
- Sunday Punch
How cells spelt out the names of top scorers in COPE’s bond game
First a legal DISCLAIMER to alert the reading public that nothing in today’s SUNDAY PUNCH 1 is intended directly or indirectly, by innuendo or imagination howsoever farfetched to…
- Thoughts from London
This mad, mad world of palanaya
So now we know, don’t we! As winter approaches and the temperatures drop in Europe Dr. Harsha de Silva tells a gathering of states in Geneva that promoting…
- Lobby
Bond revelations, Budget proposals widen cracks within Unity Govt.
The Second Reading of Budget 2018 was passed by a two-third majority in Parliament on Thursday (16), but the growing unease between the partners in the Government of…
Plus
Stopping by the land of jaadi
Be it kumbalawa, balaya, kelawalla, iratawalla, alagoduwa or linna, Dodanduwa has them all. Justice cannot be done to the staple of this Southern coastal town- jaadi with its…
Letters to the Editor
We have a right to breathe unpolluted air Dumping of garbage in Muthurajawela has started again despite much objection and agitation. Deaf to the people’s protests for health…
Appreciations
He answered the call of Lanka, and ‘made a difference’ NIMAL RAJAPAKSE Overseas employment was not a major topic discussed among Sri Lankan engineers in the 1960s and…
Guess who will grace FGLF 2018? Maggie Smith
Guess who’s coming to the 2018 Fairway Galle Literary Festival? Local fans will be thrilled with the news that come January, FGLF will welcome Dame Maggie Smith, one…
Magazine
Taking the ramp in his stride with a prosthesis
It’s a bright sunny day at the Kingsbury poolside, and Jack Eyers’ attitude mirrors the weather. Winner of the 2017 Mr. England title, this 28-year-old…
Where east meets west
Reaching out with a run
To the beat of their drums
A ‘Sweet Escape’ for Slipping Chairs
Turning on the ‘Spotlight’
Ozzy Osbourne to begin farewell tour
The Bera Fest 2017
R&B duo Gary Pinto with Natasha at LAB, Hilton
‘Christmas With The Star’
‘Koombiyo’ climbs top in IMDb
South Asian cultural diversity through cinema
Sunil Ratnayake, three decades in television medium
‘Dhikthala and Kaalagola’ go to Gampaha
Comedy play in town
Yeti: Hydrating Adventures
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Sri Lanka and Indian Ocean foreign policy
The vision of Sri Lanka as an Indian Ocean state has been evolving over the years.…
The crisis facing India’s Supreme Court
Climate change adaptation: Disaster risk reduction and catchment conservation
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Keeping an eye on your child’s eyes
Heads turned up towards the sky, there is laughter as pink, orange, blue, green and yellow…
That rare velvety marvel
Burnout – when your job stresses you out
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The Bera Fest 2017
‘The Bera Fest 2017’, the International Drum Festival, to coincide with its melodious tenth anniversary of…
R&B duo Gary Pinto with Natasha at LAB, Hilton
‘Christmas With The Star’
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The dearth of soldiers to protect Colombo
There was a possibility of entering the bridge which leads to Kotte, from the Queen’s Gate.…