The Sunday Times Sri Lanka

Fixing the fixer

As the International Cricket Council (ICC) edges closer to completing their corruption investigations here, Sri Lanka…

The great ‘Bak Maha promise’ farce

On a scorching hot April morn, three days after April Fool’s Day, The President, the Prime…

Rebirth of a Rugby legend

Overlooking the lush green of the golden valley of tea — Dickoya Maskeliya Cricket Club hosted…

Here come the Beetles!

It was a sight to stop the traffic. On Sunday, March 31, proud Volkswagen owners, all…

Don’t be a bystander, you can stop sexual harassment on public transport

Women should dress decently to avoid harassment, women should be submissive and accept male dominance, ‘good’…

Hot on the heels of MAMMA MIA! comes Matilda

This June, Roald Dahl’s Matilda, the multi-award-winning musical will be staged in Colombo presented by Cinnamon…

Festival of Trees

On March 31, 2019 a session named ‘Festival of Trees’ was held by Dilmah Conservation and…

‘Lankan cinema is controlled by a mafia’; Nuwan Jayatillake

Hailing from remote Lellopitiya off Ratnapura, the hometown of Joe Abeywickrema, one of the greatest…

Drought worsens lives of 117,000 people across island

More than 117,000 people from 33,775 Sri Lankan families across the island are once again facing…

Govt. turns blind eye to power of cinema tourism

It would take only a few simple steps to turn Sri Lanka into a global film…

It’s the equinox and it’s hot

With the sun directly over Sri Lanka, the ongoing heat wave is set to continue…

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News

Beating the heat

Millions of people are suffering because of the daily power cuts and the heat wave, with the sun directly above Sri Lanka. In these pictures,…

Hambantota Port: Lanka risks losing US$ 146 million

A sum of US$ 146 million–part of the money China…

Power generator sales cranking up

NEC chief gets pay packet of half a million rupees

PC polls: Deshapriya urges President to go to court

BIA’s second terminal grounded as cost soars

Shoppers not in the mood for Avurudu shopping splurge

59 bottles of liquor and 100 cashew packets removed in midnight supermarket heist

25 years after death, his remains are sent for burial in war-free Lanka

Navy’s largest vessel to arrive in May

Judiciary must be free of any pressure to function independently- Retiring CJ

PUCSL’s case against CEB over power cuts on April 16

Death for drugs may backfire, anti-narcotics partners say

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Sports

Cricket selection conundrum continues

One of the problems bugging Sri Lanka’s limited over team is the absence of a pair of solid openers. Not all that long ago, hopes…

Top contenders step on gas, at last few bends

All-Island Schools segment leader Navod Paranavithana of Mahinda College, Galle,…

SLSRFA President makes shocking exit

Record sixth-wicket stand helps Rahula force a draw

Pawantha, Pavan, Sonal match winners

Kishan, Shalin, Kalana steer S. Thomas’ to second final

Sooriyabandara guides Royal to final

Sri Palee MV come out victorious

SLBL League champs to receive Rs. 1m

Sea energy idea ignored by Governments since ’80s

By Alvin Sallay

The current power crisis could have been averted if politicians had implemented a cheap and cost-effective method to harness wave power from the seas surrounding…

Lion Brewery says cheers to tax cuts

The Lion Brewery (Ceylon) PLC saw its volume bouncing back…

Ceylon Tea loses flavour with buyers

IMF facility for Sri Lanka remains unchanged

Ageing students in free education

Keep your entrepreneurship ideas simple and work together, says Dr. Wijay

Abuse of orphans happens in most care-homes locally and abroad

Celebrating International Water Day

SEC files action against powerful businessman Dr. Sena Yaddehige

Power cut adversely affects SMEs, corporate sector

PPP infrastructure project procurement undergoes reforms

BOC’s 2018 pre-tax profit of Rs. 31.9 bn, highest in the industry

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Sunday Times E-Paper

Editorial

Power mafias send millions of Lankans into blackout

Sri Lanka’s power sector is in an infernal, politicised mess and there is no light at the end of the tunnel for the foreseeable future. The result of this chaos is the collective public discomfort caused by hours of curtailed electricity—something that experts had repeatedly warned would happen by this…

Columns

Political Commentary
Sirisena tells SLFP-SLPP MPs to be ready for anti-govt. protests

Says Budget is “not important” but ‘Aandu Virodhi’ or anti-Govt. campaign after Avurudu Prime Minister seeks more non-Cabinet rank ministers Gotabaya hands in papers to renounce US…
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5th Column
An element of success is to keep them guessing

My dear Mahinda maama, I thought I must write to you because I heard that you had been entrusted with the job of choosing who the candidate of…
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The Economic Analysis
Reducing trade deficit crucial for strengthening external finances

A two-pronged strategy of reducing imports and increasing exports are vital for decreasing the large trade deficit, achieving a balance of payments surplus and strengthening external finances. Nevertheless,…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
CC considers three nominees for post of CJ

The Constitutional Council will decide on a new Chief Justice from three names submitted by President Maithripala Sirisena. The names to be recommended in that order are Justice…
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Focus on Rights
Hitting ‘deep pocket’ polluters where it hurts

The casually irreverent manner in which state entities such as the Central Environmental Authority (CEA) and the Board of Investment (BOI) treat issuance of mandatory environmental approvals received…
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Sunday Punch
The great ‘Bak Maha promise’ farce

On a scorching hot April morn, three days after April Fool’s Day, The President, the Prime Minister, the Speaker and a whole host of government members of Parliament…
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Lobby
Budget 2019 sails through comfortably enough

Budget 2019, the 1st Budget of the United National Front (UNF) Government that came into being after the collapse of the Unity Government with the Sri Lanka Freedom…
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