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With curfew came panic

With the Govt. on Friday morning announcing that an islandwide curfew would be imposed from Friday…

Symptoms of a virus-hit general election 2020

Polls on hold; ailing UNP splits into two; Karu out, Ranil-Sajith in rival campaigns from Colombo…

COVID encounters at the Battle of the Blues

Notwithstanding the discovery of the first Lankan testing positive for the coronavirus on Lankan soil on…

CR suspension raises more questions than answers

Former Sri Lanka prop forward Hafeez Marso threw the World Rugby rule book at Sri…

‘Artpreneurship’ : A new way to look at artistic contributions

The magical old woodcut from Bangladesh is in sepia- showing a mandala peopled thickly with a…

Landscapes of emotions

Describing himself as a fine art conceptual and landscape photographer, Achintha Dahanayake 36 who was recently…

Twin battle and beyond

Gonny van den Bos and her husband, Jacque van den Bos, are our family friends from…

Rethinking trade liberalisation in the age of the virus

Tourist attractions like the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage have been closed to prevent the spread of the…

Eastern medicine in demand

Consumers gather outside a shop selling herbal medicine which is believed to increase immunity against any…

Fatal attraction and a policeman with deadly missions

Seasoned film artistes Chandana Edirisinghe and Pujitha Gunatillake’s maiden cinematic venture, ‘Sheleena’ has completed its production…

Theatre course to create an all-round artiste

Shakespeare centre Sri Lanka is calling applications for the academic years 2020 – 2021. Started as…

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News

Serving the nation in times of crisis

With the country under a curfew and a virtual lockdwon, security forces work round the clock to spray disinfectant at public places as part of…

Import ban on vehicles, luxury items to stop rupee’s crash

The Central Bank has banned the import of a…

9,000 Lankans left high and dry as virus ban hits foreign jobs

Nearly one billion people confined to homes globally to curb virus

Rise in dengue cases: A cause for concern

Prison riot in A’pura over suspected Covid patient; one killed

No Pongal temple rites; pray at home, Hindus told

Jaffna insistent on preserving zero virus count despite assault on officials

Stranded tourists offered transport

Brief relief next week and then ‘extreme caution’ heat

Ragging victim lies immobilised from injuries while UGC consults police

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Sports

CR suspension raises more questions than answers

Marso feels there is ambiguity in ruling of disciplinary committee

Former Sri Lanka prop forward Hafeez Marso threw the World Rugby rule book at Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) after their three-member Disciplinary Committee (DC)…

Reserve days on the cards for men’s T20 World Cup

Cricket Australia will have an opportunity to lobby for the…

When Sri Lanka beat the world for the first time

Nalanda skipper Avishka Perera joins elite group after scoring second 1,000

Jacque claims top award at Riders’ Night

Business Times

Wholesale markets

A worker gathers a stock of onions at a wholesale market in Pettah. There was panic…

SL’s Rs.5 bln contingency for COVID-19

Sri Lanka is now maintaining a Rs.5 billion financial backup…

Telco operators provide better data packages to help work from home

New fuel import tax to reduce Covid-19 economic risk

Tourists face “corona” calls as arrivals drop

Central Bank cuts interest rates in support of COVID-19 prevention

INSEE Cement’s innovation culture

Hemas sells stakes in travel and aviation sectors

World Bank Group increases COVID-19 response to $14 bn

Air cargo essential to fight against COVID-19

Rethinking trade liberalisation in the age of the virus

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Sunday Times E-Paper

Editorial

Nominations first, curfew had to wait

With the entire country under a blanket curfew over the weekend and a virtual lockdown till the next weekend, one of the wisest decisions taken was to postpone the Parliamentary elections scheduled for April 25. There’s a local saying that refers to just such a situation. It points to a…

Columns

Political Commentary
People want to know what’s going on; public focus on corona scare not elections

Emergency measures put into place by the President come into praise; but address to the nation falls short of expectations If the coronavirus crisis ends soon, elections could…
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5th Column
Who’s crowing about corona?

My dear Coronavirus, I thought I must write to you because the entire world is talking about you. You seem to have brought the planet to a halt…
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The Economic Analysis
Horrendous economic consequences of the corona pandemic

The corona pandemic is spreading like wild fire. Its economic consequences are severe, increasing and unpredictable. It is worse than a recession. It is a global economic shutdown…
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Sunday Punch
COVID encounters at the Battle of the Blues

Notwithstanding the discovery of the first Lankan testing positive for the coronavirus on Lankan soil on March 10 and in spite of reports of another victim the following…
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Thoughts from London
‘Black’ humour in these testing times

Sri Lankans are known for often turning government announcements and political pronouncement into jokes. That some see as a national trait. Humour after all is not essentially bad.…
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