Some provincial schools throwing caution to the winds, charge unions
Teachers in some provincial schools have been summoned even when there was no work while other…
Focus on Kandakadu from where the latest COVID-19 cluster mushroomed
Remote but in a picturesque jungle setting, where flows the Mahaweli and roams wild elephants, just…
Coronavirus: Safety concerns over disinfection sprays
According to global scientific consensus, sanitising hard surfaces that are frequently touched, frequent handwashing to prevent…
Hambantota’s human- elephant conflict exacerbates
Continued failure to issue a gazette placing the proposed Hambantota Managed Elephant Reserve under the Department…
Abandoned art
Sri Lanka has a long and rich history when it comes to wall murals. The country…
Responsible urbanism: Inclusive cities and national development
Pinocchio was cared by a fairy after his father was swallowed up by a shark. He…
AOD announces final call for its September 2020 intake
Introduction: AOD’s vision & its home at the Colombo Innovation Tower, Empowers future innovators, visionaries and…
EFIC celebrates 40 years of pioneering Multilingual Education in Sri Lanka
École Française Internationale De Colombo (EFIC), also known as the French International School of Colombo celebrated…
81/82 Batch of Richmond College donates Palliative care centre Karapitiya Hospital
A donation of over 600,000/ (Six Hundred Thousand) was made recently by 81/ 82 batch of…
Let’s save our big cats for future generations
The Leopard – Panthera pardus kotiya, the largest cat species in the country, a top predator,…
Getting their act together
Danny Casey had had a long winter. Like so many vacationers snuggled in the warmth of…
News
Dispute with Health Minister: PHIs pull out of all duties
In a face-off with Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi, the 2,445-member Public Health Inspectors’ (PHIs) Union has pulled out of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases control…
TNA seeks NE merger, self-determination
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) is, once again, calling for…
De-radicalisation process for Easter Sunday suspects and others
Former refugees return secretly to escape COVID
Drug prices: NMRA and pharma firms trade charges
Sri Lanka negotiating with India to secure 20 Trinco oil tanks
Parents’ marital status no longer relevant for baby’s birth certificate
Regulations breached at PM’s meeting
Police give lessons on wearing masks
EC ready to face any challenges in conducting polls
No infections among loved ones who visited Kandakadu
Too early to predict whether community spread is on – GMOA
No go for Expressway buses
Colombo’s Nawam Mw earmarked for development projects
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Peiris wants to make Havelocks number one ‘family’ rugby club
RUGBY
Former Havelocks captain and coach Thusitha Peiris wants to make Havelocks the number one family rugby club after being elected as the new president at…
WPRFU becomes bystander even as SLR top guns bury hatchet
The Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) president-elect Rizly Illyas is confident…
MCA tournaments set to resume after successful trial match
Sri Lanka’s ‘Bubka’ aims to imbibe self-belief in athletes
Chamara in cracking form
Enigma of a Sri Lanka Rugby President
Remembering former national boxing champion Percy Fernando
Short term goal is to win the league – CR President
Kandy SC AGM on July 25
Sri Lanka in online Chess Olympiad
Teenager ‘Benjy’ dreams of emulating Lankan great Vaas
Antonians break jinx after 64 years under Fazal Majeed in 1981
Business Times
“Parana coat (Old clothes)”
Those who grew in the ’60 and the ’70 will remember tradesmen who exchanged old clothes for various types of new plastic goods and kitchenware.…
Germany says import controls policy “detrimental”
Sri Lanka’s import restrictions will pose issues as its policy…
Gold prices hit all- time high, decline in reserves
Sri Lankans cancel holidays, dine-ins
SriLankan Airlines to get $75 m loan
SL company to repay COVID-19 induced, reduced staff salaries
Transforming Sri Lanka’s agriculture
SL’s economy is sliding
Seafarers ahoy!
NBFIs call for positive reforms strengthening legal enforcement in the sector
Sri Lankan conglomerates drag their feet in adopting digital technology
HNB ramps up COVID relief, extends to over Rs. 350 bn in loan moratoriums
TUs reveal ECT Cabinet paper
Controlling pandemic key for CSE’s rise
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Editorial
Covid-19: the resurgence, the response and the rifts
The wheels nearly came off the Government’s concerted efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19 with the leak of persons infected with the virus from the drug rehab centre at Kandakadu in the North Central Province. No doubt the Government put in place measures, however harsh they were, with curfews…
Columns
- Political Commentary
COVID-19 becomes major factor in August 5 polls campaign
PM denies any second wave, but opposition parties likely to turn upsurge into political issue UNP releases manifesto, outlines measures to deal with pandemic and revive the economy…
- 5th Column
Shades of blue make it through
My dear Mahinda maama, I thought I should write to you even though I know you must be busy with your election campaign and your attempt to win…
- The Economic Analysis
External reserves decline as strengths in balance of payments weaken
The country’s foreign reserves of US$ 7.6 billion at the end of 2019 have fallen to US$ 6.5 billion at the end of May mainly due to the…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
SLFP in sideline battles on other fronts also
For the now emaciated Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), the August 5 parliamentary elections campaign is not the only task. It has opened up several other fronts at…
- Focus on Rights
On myths, worship and a hideously warped ideology
If Stalinist Russia, Nazi Germany and the unfolding multiple crises in the United States teach us anything, it is that a country is lost not by a spectacular…
- Sunday Punch
Govt.’s stark choice: Hold polls or dam COVID’s second wave?
Just when it seemed the dreaded COVID cloud had rained its last droplet of plague and misery on the Lankan landscape and had drifted away far beyond the…
- In the National Interest
COVID-19 second wave – a whole of country effort needed
The past week has been consumed by the question of whether a second wave of COVID-19 has hit Sri Lanka, or is it imminent in future. Prime Minister…
- Thoughts from London
Elections: Get on your marks
Though the UNP leader and some others have called for another postponement of the August 5 parliamentary elections, it is unlikely to happen — at least right now.…
Plus
Dispelling fears
Dispelling Myth of Unethical Conversion for Historically Swelling Numbers of Ceylon Moors/ Sri Lankan Moors Under this section, we need to examine the historical context…
Grow your own pot of yellow gold
Appreciations
The one that got away – Deshan Tennekoon
Let’s save our big cats for future generations
Explore Kushinagar’s historic Buddhist sites
Getting their act together
Winning strokes from budding artists during lockdown
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Breaking the mould
Sabrina Ghouse is breaking stereotypes. If her goal to be CEO of a multinational corporation sounds far-fetched in Sri Lanka, her land of birth, think…
On top of his game
Mad Hatters Collective debuts short film
Sky is literally the limit
Music News
Benjamin Keough died at 27
Kerrigan becomes first Lankan born Aussie to hit Gospel Charts
US musicians get grants over Covid 19 Pandemic
‘Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back’ is back
Spy in town
Locarno 2020 Returns
Indrani’s book on Lorca rereleased
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I’ll meet you under the Tamarind tree – Royal Memories
At the request Mr B A Abeyrathna, the Principal of Royal College, the Group of 93’…
Coronavirus: Safety concerns over disinfection sprays
End of Sinhala political history?
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E-Learning: Has it really been a success?
During the past few months online learning, or ‘e-learning,’ has been the main source of education…
Schools lockdown until 2020 parliamentary election concludes
New closing date for O/L re-correction applications
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Breaking the mould
Sabrina Ghouse is breaking stereotypes. If her goal to be CEO of a multinational corporation sounds…
On top of his game
Mad Hatters Collective debuts short film
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Fa-Hien Lena
Fa-Hien Lena (Cave) or Pahiyangala as it is also known, is a prehistoric cave associated with…