Mahabodhi India delegation on Poson tour to Sri Lanka
A delegation of Buddhists from the Maha Bodhi Society of India (MBSI) visited Sri Lanka during…
Mail services back to normal, but postal unions deliver fresh warning
Although the postal unions’16-day island-wide strike has temporarily come to an end, issues faced by the…
Local retailers under threat by foreign invasion
Sri Lanka’s retail traders are voicing their anger over foreigners setting up retail shops here, as…
No sites, no drivers, no will to reform – the garbage problem mounts
Piles of garbage left uncollected for days on the roadside, smoky fumes from burning rubbish, vehicles…
King coconut dansela for travellers to ancient city
People travelling to Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa areas were provided Thembili at a dansela conducted by students…
Muthumali and Chanul best paddlers
Muthumali Priyadharshani of CSCT Campus and Chanul Dulshan of Dharmasoka College, Ambalangoda were adjudged the Best…
Food for thought inspired by Nigella
Quite curiously, about 400 Sri Lankans managed to all be on time and at Cinnamon Lakeside…
Returning to the wilds to de-stress with ‘Wilderness Journeys’
Life in the city can be demanding at times and it’s quite common for an individual…
‘Raid Amazones’ comes to Passikudah and jungles of Thoppigala
‘Raid Amazones’(www.raidamazones.com), the world’s biggest female adventure challenge is to be held in Sri Lanka in…
Hiran Cooray wants to retire in a penthouse on the beach
Veteran hotelier Hiran Cooray will be venturing into the condominium industry investing Rs.4.5 billion in the…
Politics has ruined sports in Sri Lanka
Sports in Sri Lanka is facing crisis proportions with the biggest problem being that politicisation has…
News
Dummy traffic cops to curb speeding
With road accident casualty figures rising to their highest levels, Police are using novel methods to curb the trend. On the Colombo-Puttalam Road, life-size dummies…
New York Times exposé on Rajapaksa: FCID seeks Police Chief’s advice
The Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) will seek a directive…
Fuel supplies will be cut : CPC warns SriLankan
Burton-Taylor yacht seized in Colombo
Govt to rescue hundreds of families from micro-finance debt trap
Big rise in air accident compensation
Kerawalapitiya power plant project delayed by blatant tender manipulations
Protests in north over sexual abuse and killing of six-year-old
Rosy says no to proposed new meeting hall for CMC members
Silumina editor passes away
Sunday Times photojournalist makes final journey
New Bill recognises right to reparations and to commemorate the dead
2015 patient’s death: DGHS yet to receive second probe report
New Village Development Authority for plantation region
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Lakmal to shoulder the responsibility during SA Test series
By Champika FernandoIt now goes down as one of the most infamous episodes in Sri Lanka’s cricketing history: national team skipper Dinesh Chandimal getting caught on camera…
“Cricket gets what it’s destined” – Aravinda de Silva
In the situation where majority of top former stakeholders in…
High altitude training centre put on hold
Vandersay out till disciplinary inquiries are over
Musthapha pads up and bats for the Lankan team
Musaeus prevail in a nail-biter
Four cueists record second successive wins
India’s Manish emerge champion
Chamika shines as BMS emerge champions
Chrisantha’s wife passes away
Petes dethrone Joes in second half rally
Glory for Swarnamali Girls School
Carrom’s ‘big five’ appointed
Bhashana stars for St. Aloysius in drawn game
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Private aerodrome
Sunday Times Photographer M.A. Pushpa Kumara’s picture of a helicopter at Sri Lanka’s first private aerodrome facility in Welisara owned by IWS Holdings which opened…
Bureaucratic red tape forces staggering 28 % tax on EPF
Sri Lanka’s Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is now compelled to…
CTC launches ‘fruit flavoured’ cigarette
Jetwing begins Rs.550 m property in Kandy
China can be a “big bully,” says top bureaucrat
SL incurs loss in De La Rue Lanka money printing deal
Winning at all costs
US-China trade war: “Cool ground” and “hot ground”
Canned fish had worms, consignments turned back
Pandithage and TeamShark all revved up and breathing fire
Nihal Hettiarachchi and Co. hosts HLB Int. Asia conference
Moratuwa University develops “Compatible Joint Ankle Exoskeleton Robot”
Pandemonium at the Department of Immigration and Emigration
Assetline Leasing Co Ltd celebrates 15 years
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Editorial
National policy to prevent deaths by drowning
When you are ranked 12th from among 61 countries in the world for the number of citizens you lose to drowning every year, it is time to sit up and take notice. Sri Lanka has a problem with drowning and it needs to be tackled urgently at policy and implementation…
Columns
- Political Commentary
PC polls not likely until major elections are held
Provincial Councils Elections before the year ends, in the wake of the ruling coalition partners’ drubbing at the February 10 local polls, are turning out to be a…
- 5th Column
Feeling the blues
My dear Maithri, It has been some time since I wrote to you last, but I thought I must do so now because you seem to have lost…
- The Economic Analysis
Mid-Year review: Economic recovery yes, but no robust growth
Today we enter the second half of this year with expectation of a better economic performance than in the first half. The first half of the year has…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Malaysian petroleum project: Angry president reprimands Ranatunga for delaying licences
President Maithripala Sirisena strongly reprimanded Petroleum Resources Development Minister Arjuna Ranatunga at last Tuesday’s weekly ministerial meeting for unduly delaying the issue of licences to a Malaysian firm…
- Focus on Rights
If the government does not ‘govern’, summary justice will ensue
Competing for top billing for the most ghastly news headlines this week has been public outrage over rampant robberies and murders by notorious underworld gangs along with feverish…
- Sunday Punch
Can Gota live down ‘Hitler’ slur when wooing the minority vote?
Twenty Twenty presidential hopeful, birthday boy Gotabaya Rajapaksa may have felt somewhat uncomfortable when a monk, no less a personage than the Anunayaka of the Asgiriya Chapter the…
- Thoughts from London
Monkeying around with the evil Hitler
Monks, like others, are not all learned men. While all of them may know the dhamma (though not all of them practise the Buddha’s teaching), their knowledge of…
Plus
Food for thought inspired by Nigella
Quite curiously, about 400 Sri Lankans managed to all be on time and at Cinnamon Lakeside by 11.30 a.m. sharp. That speaks volumes of the…
From his first brush with Kandyan art to a bigger canvas
Letters to the Editor
Appreciations
Look out for the young ones making a splash
Island Mentality at Saskia Gallery
Photocause.lk recognised for its cancer project
Talk on animal rights and Buddhism
Keynote speaker at SL-Myanmar Friendship Association AGM
Kandy YWCA felicitates Jean
My friend Lionel
Talented musician who gave voice to Sunil Santha hits on air
Malraji breaks traditional boundaries with ‘Ahasa’
Dmitri to perform at Young Soloists Concert
Chains – an Indo-Lankan fusion dance production at the Wendt
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You won’t know whether to laugh or not to laugh
Martin McDonagh’s Tony and Olivier award-winning play ‘The Pillowman’ will bring a dose of dark comedy to Colombo audiences. Also known for his films –…
Batik with a young vibe
Hitting a fun note with Anime Open Mic night
Design as a concept
Returning to the wilds to de-stress with ‘Wilderness Journeys’
Disciplined dance
Boyzone to take a final bow with Asian farewell tour
Celebrating Nelson Mandela Day
Clean Bandit take the top spot of the UK singles
Chains in Colombo
Beauty and Brains to Represent Lanka at Miss British Empire 2018
Sarasaviya Film Awards are back
Viber makes new chat extensions
Division over film distribution; NFC, Artistes battle with distributors
The game that changed a remote school
‘Sokari’ in Borella
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Of fraudulent transactions and ‘slush funds’
By B.Anton Jeyanathan, DIG, SLP (Rtd.) Webster’s Dictionary defines SLUSH FUND as “a fund for bribing…
America’s Trump card diplomacy and its residual ripples
Lessons from experiencing an earthquake first hand in Japan
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Returning to the wilds to de-stress with ‘Wilderness Journeys’
Life in the city can be demanding at times and it’s quite common for an individual…
Disciplined dance
Boyzone to take a final bow with Asian farewell tour
More Mirror >>TV Times
Chains in Colombo
‘Chains’, an Indian International Dance Theatre will come alive on July 6 at the Lionel Wendt…
Beauty and Brains to Represent Lanka at Miss British Empire 2018
Sarasaviya Film Awards are back
More TV Times >>Funday Times
Sri Lanka Insurance Carnival
Sri Lanka Insurance Carnival held at Viharamahadevi Park on June 16, 2018. Pix by Sameera Weerasekera…