Police continue to monitor stranded workers returning to their homes
More than 50,000 people stranded in Colombo are being sent to their home districts in…
‘Thank you for bringing us home safely’
The Foreign Ministry has expanded its repatriation efforts to students in other regions of the world,…
TNA dumps opposition parties by attending PM’s meeting
Sampanthan speaks on memorandum outlining Tamil people’s problems and helps his party to win the confidence…
Choon Paan, the “most wanted” man!
In every nook and cranny of the country, the “most wanted” person is the Choon Paan…
Stranded tourists keep spirits up despite coronavirus woes
The Mirissa beach would have been bustling with tourists during this period, if not for the…
World’s poor hit by double jeopardy: a deadly virus and a devastating debt burden
UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The world’s poorer nations, reeling under an unrelenting attack on their fragile…
Cricketers set to resume training on Friday
Sri Lanka cricketers could resume their training as early as next Friday (15), a few days…
IDP’s first-ever virtual education fair to keep student’s study abroad dreams alive!
Great chance to e-meet university representatives and discuss career paths virtually and free counselling with IDP…
Young rugby referees face a dilemma
Leading referees in Sri Lanka are admitting the fact that the lack of quality Referee Coaches…
IIT demonstrates commitment to Sri Lanka’s higher education sector and economy by rapidly transitioning to an online platform for uninterrupted services
Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT), the pioneer in British higher education in Sri Lanka and the…
Oosha Garten of Ballet stays in step with evolving times
The workshop with Ukranian dancer Anton Safonov One of the oldest ballet schools in Sri…
News
Lighting up curfew-hit Vesak
It was a quiet stay at home Vesak for most people this week. They listened to Vesak sermons on radio and TV. Venturing out were…
Election on June 20: EC to decide on Tuesday
The Election Commission (EC) will review on Tuesday whether it…
COVID control: Gazette to enforce tough guidelines
IMF considers Lanka’s request for rapid financing facility
CEB’s costly gas power generation fuels criticism
Air purifiers for hospitals: All’s not clean
Households will have to depend on deliveries for longer
Sacred Buddhist day gives way to deadly sickness on doorstep
A bread dansal brought to their doorstep
Police continue to monitor stranded workers returning to their homes
Vesak 2020 amidst COVID-19
Perpetrators of “singithi paathalaya” on social media tracked down
‘Thank you for bringing us home safely’
A monk shows the way in cultivation
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SLC’s media rights bids hinges on India tour
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) last week dispatched Invitation to Tender (ITT) documents to all potential bidders for the national team’s media rights for the three…
Cricketers set to resume training on Friday
Sri Lanka cricketers could resume their training as early as…
Shooting prodigy Suranga Fernando fired up for the Olympics
FFSL set up COVID-19 relief programme for local football community
Young rugby referees face a dilemma
Sri Lanka rugby community mourn passing of a coaching legend
Wushu federation awaits clearance to focus on world events
This is not the time to talk of elections – Dr Manil Fernando
Business Times
Supporting Sri Lanka
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Banks bombarded with loan applications
Sri Lankan banks have received thousands of applications for loan…
Govt. considers extending tax break for tourism
Sri Lanka’s fiscal outlook bleaker than ever
CRIB seeks details of debt moratorium holders
Sri Lanka Tourism working out recovery plans
Vestiges of the 1970s?
Facing the ‘tsunami’
Guidelines for preparations in the workplace for COVID-19 prevention
Public sector goes back to work embracing technology
CSE opens tomorrow
Resplendent Ceylon releases protocol on health and safety standards in hotels
COVID-19 mitigation methods
Curb on non-essential imports knocks down importers, SMEs
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Editorial
Covid-19 and the road to catostrophe
The President’s Secretary has asked all public sector employees to donate their May salary, or a part of it, to reduce the Budget deficit. The Government, he beseeched, needed at least Rs.100 billion to pay State workers their salaries and allowances. This looks like an administration in crisis. The poor…
Columns
- Political Commentary
TNA dumps opposition parties by attending PM’s meeting
Sampanthan speaks on memorandum outlining Tamil people’s problems and helps his party to win the confidence of voters UNP and SJB in weak position; boycott what they call…
- 5th Column
The balance of power in a family affair
My dear Mahinda maama, I thought I must write to you because you too have an important role to play in this coronavirus pandemic. I hope you are…
- The Economic Analysis
The disappointing economic performance of 2019
Last year’s economic growth of 2.3 percent was a further decline in economic performance from the low growth of 3.3 percent in 2018. It was less than half…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Pay-cut donation: PB’s personal plea
Punchi Banda Jayasundera, when he was Secretary to the Treasury, was once regarded as the financial brains behind President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government from 2000 to 2015. PB as…
- Focus on Rights
The viral pandemic of the mind and Sri Lanka’s loss of the law
Even as petitions are collected and hands are rightfully wrung for redress regarding the arrest and detention of attorney Hejaaz Hisbullah, it is timely to recall (despite a…
- Sunday Punch
Lanka will have to learn to live and let live with COVID
Tomorrow morn over six million people in Colombo and three other districts will officially enjoy the freedom of the streets even though they are officially padlocked at home…
- Thoughts from London
Preach one thing, practise another
Rarely do political leaders miss an opportunity to issue statements when nations or religious and ethnic communities celebrate important occasions that are sacred to some and meaningful to…
Plus
Lockdown lit up by the true meaning of Vesak
1955 was a landmark year for Ceylonese Buddhists. They had long been petitioning for Vesak to be made a public holiday. For five years committees…
Staying connected in a time of social distancing
Letters to the Editor
APPRECIATIONS
Purrfect curfew companions
Travelling around the world and locked down in Lanka
British Council launches Creative Economies report online
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Oosha Garten of Ballet stays in step with evolving times
The workshop with Ukranian dancer Anton Safonov One of the oldest ballet schools in Sri Lanka, the Ballet School of Colombo formerly known as…
MAZE rises to occasion to help those in the frontline of COVID battle
EU invites children to explore a life in colour
Find a comfy corner to enjoy these rambling tales of yore
Baked goodies on delivery
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World’s poor hit by double jeopardy: a deadly virus and a devastating debt burden
UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The world’s poorer nations, reeling under an unrelenting attack on their fragile…
Easter attacks: Your sin will find you out
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Getting creative for vesak
Keeping with the request to remain indoors and put up Vesak decorations at home, this group…
Educational Radio and TV channels for school children to be launched
Urgent instructions on swimming pool maintenance sent to schools
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Oosha Garten of Ballet stays in step with evolving times
The workshop with Ukranian dancer Anton Safonov One of the oldest ballet schools in Sri…
