The Sunday Times Sri Lanka

Minister suggests “extra compensation” to include ex-LTTE members and next-of-kin

A United National Party (UNP) Cabinet Minister wants “enhanced compensation” paid to Tiger guerrilla ex-combatants who…

SLAS seeks huge new allowance to attract top level graduates

The Sri Lanka Administrative Service (SLAS) has called for a new monthly allowance ranging from Rs…

Trump’s lavish praise music to Kim’s ears

It was historic, yes. It was unprecedented, yes. But it was more spectacle and little substance.…

Royal retain Schools Rugby League Crown

Royal won the Schools Rugby League and became the only team to retain the League title.…

St. Joseph’s and Mahamaya retain swimming crowns

St. Joseph’s College, Colombo and Mahamaya Balika Vidyalaya, Kandy retained their crowns as the Boys and…

SL-Finland sign MoU to upgrade Vocational Education

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to upgrade the local Vocational Education Sector (VES) was among 3…

ICU syndrome is real and it needs to be tackled

It is known by many names but now doctors are quick to identify it and make…

Hitting a celebratory note with an operatic concert

The Embassy for Italy in Sri Lanka hosted “Homage to Great Italian Opera”, as part of…

Price-conscious and quality-conscious markets

Bandu was a successful local businessman in a small town in the Moneragala district. I met…

Norwegian researchers sail in to probe fishing stocks

The long-awaited Norwegian research vessel, RV Dr Fridtjof Nansen, which sails around the globe helping developing…

State infrastructure projects, hold-ups slow construction sector

Government infrastructure projects have seen a slowdown in the first six months of the year and,…

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News

Postal strikers, have pity on such pensioners

A pensioner in a pensive mood outside a Sub Post Office at Kottukachchiya in the Puttalam district: He was unable to draw his monthly pension…

RTI Commission orders SriLankan to disclose VIP salaries

SriLankan Airlines top management’s salaries, which have been shrouded in…

RTI exposure reveals US$ 8.2 billion loans from China during past 12 years

Lakvijaya’s Unit 1 under-powered for half the time since 2015

Eid-ul-Fitr festival prayers in Colombo

New guidelines for the procurement of goods and services gazetted

President’s Media Unit on request to UK envoy

Big LNG projects secured by China, Japan and India

SLC backs team against allegations of “any wrongdoing” in West Indies

SLAS seeks huge new allowance to attract top level graduates

SAITM solution: KDU Special Provision Bill to be debated on Wednesday

Crippling postal strike has the govt. sidestepping

Bullets for a chief monk: Gun justice on the rise

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Sports

Cricket conundrum continues — Sanga joins the refusal list

by Champika Fernando

As Sri Lanka’s woes in international cricketer exacerbate, several former player have banded together to press for a complete overhaul of the administrative and cricketing…

Smith battles for Windies on soggy, slow going day

GROS-ISLET, Saint Lucia, June 15, 2018 (AFP) - Devon Smith…

Joes fashion a good win but the Devans not disgraced

Hot contenders make steady progress

Veteran Amarapadma wins Pin Fernando grand prix

400metre sprinter Aruna is capable of bigger deeds

Musthapha II — Minister has the power to change the cricket constitution

Vihanga stars with bat and ball for Dharmapala

Moratuwa celebrates ‘run and walk’

Royal retain Schools Rugby League Crown

7th Red Bull Campus Cricket in Sri Lanka

Dairy farmers protest, first-time visit to Colombo

These women look amazed at the high rise buildings and mega development in Colombo while travelling to a protest by dairy farmers, a reflection of…

Government,CMPort continue discussions on $585 m payment

The government this week continued discussions with the Chinese company…

SLT gets acting head for six months

Tea Board has a new job posting

Price-conscious and quality-conscious markets

Modern slavery exists: Over 45,000 Sri Lankans trapped in exploitative work

Food Security a top priority in Qatar

Sri Lanka extends financial access to villagers

Bogawantalawa wins at Amsterdam Sustainable Food Awards

NKAR goes online, celebrates its 38th anniversary

Dialog and SLINTEC collaborate in key R&D networking session on June 20

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Sunday Times E-Paper

Editorial

Never more has the importance of transparency in campaign financing been relevant than now, when at least two Members of Parliament are revealed to have accepted millions of rupees from a company whose chairman subsequently became embroiled in one of Sri Lanka’s worst corruption scandals of recent times. Investigators sifting…

Columns

Political Commentary
Minister suggests “extra compensation” to include ex-LTTE members and next-of-kin

A United National Party (UNP) Cabinet Minister wants “enhanced compensation” paid to Tiger guerrilla ex-combatants who were defeated in the separatist war that ended in 2009 and their…
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5th Column
Ambassadorial swing and miss

My Dear US Ambassador Atul, I thought I should write to you because everyone is talking about you when you are about to leave us after spending several…
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The Economic Analysis
Sustained economic development undermined by political factors

The inability to achieve a high trajectory of sustained economic growth has been a serious concern. The country appears to be destined to achieve only its ‘autonomous’ rate…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
If you’re seeking asylum in the US, forget it

Sri Lankans seeking political asylum in the United States be warned. The US is getting increasingly tougher in providing asylum both on political and religious grounds – and…
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Focus on Rights
Does Article 9 of the Constitution stipulate protection of abusive monks?

When irrepressible British satirist, soldier and spy Malcolm Muggeridge said, ‘never to forget that only dead fish swim with the stream’, that warning beautifully underscored the tediousness of…
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Sunday Punch
Can Gota run for presidency sans Uncle Sam’s courtesy?

Last Sunday the outgoing US Ambassador paid a courtesy call on the former president Mahinda Rajapaksa at his official residence down Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 7. It was to…
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Thoughts from London
Trump’s lavish praise music to Kim’s ears

It was historic, yes. It was unprecedented, yes. But it was more spectacle and little substance. At times it looked like a theatre of the absurd. That is…
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