Five-star Cinnamon Bey and no star kiosks gone with the wind
The fence made from cinnamon sticks – after their bark is scraped and cured as a…
Assertive executive president will officially be given unlimited powers under 20A
New Amendment likely to be presented in Parliament next month; opposition and other groups may challenge…
Lanka between the devil and the deep blue sea
Has Sri Lanka’s pussyfooting with its foreign policy for long years with its Non-Alignment and now…
Photographs that make you stop and take heed
If you were to walk into the Harold Pieris Gallery at the Lionel Wendt in the…
Minneriya’s ‘Gathering’ beckons wildlife enthusiasts
With domestic tourism slowly picking up since July under ‘new normal status’ generating business for hoteliers…
Skills for Excellence for Children in New Normal
Children, as well as adults in Sri Lanka and around the world are grappling with drastic…
Oil palm ignored as a partner for economic development
“Oil Palm cultivation will be banned in Sri Lanka”. This statement made during the throne speech…
Burning questions as fire onboard MT New Diamond simmers down
Though Sri Lanka is aiming to be a global maritime hub, this week’s fire onboard oil…
Bear and elephant attacks strike terror in North’s mighty jungles
Residents of Mannar are aggrieved at being left out of a recent meeting on wildlife issues…
Quite a catch
The confiscation of over 350 illegal fish nets from the Puttalam lagoon this week is a…
No let up in downpours
Showers and thunderstorms could bring up to 100 millimetres of rain across Sri Lanka, the weather…
News
Non-stop fire fight at sea
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November Budget: Relief measures to be pruned down
The Government will be forced to prune down relief measures in the first budget to make up for a revenue loss of a staggering 1.3 trillion rupees, Treasury officials warned yesterday. The November budget, now…
Diplomats abusing self-isolation facility; stern warning by Foreign Ministry
The Foreign Ministry has issued a demarche to one foreign embassy and expressed strong concern to all missions based in Sri Lanka about diplomats abusing the allowance to let them self-isolate after flying into the…
Legal debate over murder-convict MP’s right to attend Parliament
Tanker fire: AG’s advice sought for arrest of captain and crew
Major overhaul of Sri Lanka’s diplomatic missions abroad
Spike in Covid-19 detection grounds migrant workers’ repatriation flights
Dambulla Hospital gets specialised accident unit
WHO says ‘will not endorse’ vaccine if not safe, effective
Wetlands destruction: Suspects further remanded; probes continue
Sapugaskanda drug haul: Lankan PC arrested in South India
Maha Bodhi Society mourns Mukherjee’s death
Pick of the Pix
‘Fair’ image means a toxic face
US, China intensify war of words over sanctions on port city builder
Burning questions as fire onboard MT New Diamond simmers down
More than 8,600 complaints of election law violations during August 5 polls campaign
Bear and elephant attacks strike terror in North’s mighty jungles
Driver who killed three in trishaw pileup had taken heroin
Lankan name smarts as pepper traders cheat importers
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From tackling legs to selling eggs
By Naushad AmitNational Masters' athlete and kabaddi player cum coach compelled to become a roadside seller // Sports Minister ensures prevention of another 'humpty dumpty' act
Chandana Nishantha Atapattu, a multi-talented athlete who hails from Panduwasnuwara, a town situated 102 kilometres from Sri Lanka’s capital, does not owe to anyone in…
Fixing the ‘fixer’
Cricketers alleged to have fixed the 2011 World Cup final…
New face at SLR
Djokovic through to last 16
Prof. Arjuna heads new SLC medical advisory committee
LPL gains momentum
Call for tripartite agreement between player, club and SLR
Sampath Bank clinch MCA Masters’ 6s in banker’s final
Sri Lanka Test squad of 23 against Bangladesh
ARASL under Gunawardena aim to make Diyawanna a regional rowing hub
Champions Colombo FC unites football community
Zahira cricket prodigy Rizwan dreams of representing Sri Lanka
Young ones steal limelight at RCGC Club Championship
Pradeep Basnayake: The pride of Trinity and Sri Lankan Rugby
Ranindu and Nevanji claim National ‘B’ Chess titles
Business Times
COVID-19 testing at construction sites
Indian workers at a construction site in Colombo wait in line on Friday for COVID-19 PCR testing by the Colombo Municipal Council’s health department. Pic by Amila Gamage.…
Pressure to increase Sri Lankan fuel prices
The government while striving to keep the current fuel prices stable is under pressure to revise prices and taxes if the world oil prices continue on its upward trend in…
Mayadunne committee submits report on JCT cranes to President
The committee report on the issues pertaining to the procurement of cranes for the expanded Jaya Container Terminal (JCT) and now installed at the East Container Terminal (ECT) has been…
State institutions ups trading activity
Sri Lanka’s tax policy framework to be re-engineered
Government encourages foreign interest on securities market
Boom in M&A, outright sales in biz
Fishing in troubled waters
Human-elephant clash over land
Govt. prepares to implement Rubber Master Plan
Nimal Lokuge takes over from Rohan Karunaratne as Chairman Agstar
Pan Asia Bank launches new Current Account
Ravi Liyanage, new CEO at Janashakthi Insurance
COVID-19 will be prevalent for another year or more
CRIB undergoes reforms with a new points system
US-based Rovince to increase investment in Sri Lanka
Oil palm ignored as a partner for economic development
MarCom Collective continues to engage stakeholders on rebuilding sector
New Entrepreneurship Bank to help SMEs and start-ups
Colombo Port City could be financial hub of South Asia
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Editorial
20A: JRJ Plus
The 20th Amendment (20A) to the Constitution approved by the Cabinet this week revisits the 1978 Junius Richard Jayewardene Constitution, and goes even beyond. It strengthens the Executive Presidency that was long vilified by those who called the Gaullist Constitution more Napoleonic, and its architect ‘Junius Caesar’. Nowadays, there are…
Columns
- Political Commentary
Assertive executive president will officially be given unlimited powers under 20A
New Amendment likely to be presented in Parliament next month; opposition and other groups may challenge it in Supreme Court Experts panel appointed to draft new constitution; TNA…
- 5th Column
Sealing in the power
My dear Gota maamey, I thought I must write to you when I saw that you had proposed a 20th Amendment to the Constitution. The details of the…
- The Economic Analysis
Progressive taxation vital to reduce fiscal deficit
The reduction of the fiscal deficit is of utmost importance to achieve economic stability, economic growth and social development. The high fiscal deficit has to be reduced by…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Five-star Cinnamon Bey and no star kiosks gone with the wind
The fence made from cinnamon sticks – after their bark is scraped and cured as a spice – separates the seafront and the five-star Cinnamon Bey in Beruwala.…
- Focus on Rights
From lofty ‘vistas of prosperity and splendour’ to ‘elected autocracy’?
When Justice AP Shah remarked recently that, ‘India is moving towards some form of elected autocracy’, he may have been speaking for the entire region and perhaps, swathes…
- Sunday Punch
Will the man from death rowkeep his date in Parliament?
Speaker orders Jayasekera to be brought to the House to take his oaths as MP; AG points to constitutional bar A constitutional storm is brewing and is set to…
- In the National Interest
19A no impediment to smooth functioning of Government
At the time the 1978 Constitution was enacted, the left parties led by the Lanka Sama Samaja Party and the Communist Party pointed out the dangers that could…
- Thoughts from London
Trying to trump China
That was a mighty decent thing to do. Though millions of people in his own country and round the globe would seriously decry the use of the word…
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A place to fall in love, with the wild again
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A legendary teacher in life and in death
The one that got away – Malaka Pathmalal
Minneriya’s ‘Gathering’ beckons wildlife enthusiasts
Sansara: A canvas of despair
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Let the adventures begin!
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Little Miss Puppet in town
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Malith’s maiden movie at PVR
Paangshu and the Newspaper at PVR
Multi awarded Rajitha’s play at Elphinstone
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Lanka between the devil and the deep blue sea
Has Sri Lanka’s pussyfooting with its foreign policy for long years with its Non-Alignment and now…
Eco Spindles restores beauty of Ruhunu Kataragama Maha Dewalaya environs, collecting 2,306 kg of plastic waste
Police handicapped by interference with law and order
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Universities should be more proactive to keep ragging out of campuses
From strengthening security and discipline to establishing a permanent coordination between universities and police, a recent…
Ten districts, ten universities: New city universities for Sri Lanka in 2021
School development societies besieged with corruption, should be monitored closely: CTU
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Let the adventures begin!
With COVID-19 restrictions easing, many of us are looking to release some of the tedium of…
