Raging new wave of COVID-19: People and media made scapegoats
President Rajapaksa blames officials for not taking the proper message to the public and acting effectively…
Male dominance in Police Department robs women the chance of getting top positions
Sri Lanka’s first female Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police was appointed in September–nearly 70 years…
Help us flatten the COVID-19 peak, plea to the public
Strong efforts are being made to limit the spread of COVID-19, reiterated health officials, urging people…
Despair as produce trucks turned back from markets
Farmers and traders are tearing their hair in frustration and despair as fresh produce fails to…
Market closures hit Kalpitiya vegetable farmers; Govt. intervention sought
The closure of wholesale vegetable markets and several economic centres have severely affected more than 25,000…
Port City Colombo partnered with AOD to launch a first of its kind Design competition!
‘Envision the Future’ a student design completion was set to showcase young creativity to narrate Sri…
“IMPACT VOICES”: co-creating a systems change towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Now more than ever we feel a sense of urgency, with only a decade left to…
Beating quarantine confinement blues with mindfulness
Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, on my return to Sri Lanka from overseas, I had to…
Click on to Zoom, FB Live for leopards of Wilpattu
‘The Leopards of Wilpattu National Park -Insights into a stronghold population of the island’s only big…
A place brimming with hope
Twenty-five years ago, with the aim of providing a permanent facility for the training and development…
Locarno Film Festival gets a New Artistic Director
Renowned Italian programmer, critic and curator Giona A. Nazzaro was recently appointed as the Artistic Director…
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Aerial supervision of COVID rules
Though the new wave of the COVID-19 surge hits Colombo badly, these children are seen happily playing in the garden of their tenement. Inset picture…
Suppliers boycott Sathosa; Trade Ministry seeks Rs. 2bn from Treasury
In the face of suppliers refusing to do business with the state-run Lanka Sathosa due to the non-settlement of bills, the Trade Ministry is seeking…
Budget 2021: Vehicle import controls to continue; boost for tourism, exports
Vehicle import controls will be continued and heavy concessions granted to the tourism and export sectors, according to the highlights of the 2021 Budget to…
US fixer faces jail term upto 13 years; charges include pocketing US$5.6mn from Lanka
Surge of COVID cases in Colombo city: CMC teams up with SIS
Govt. gearing for US entry into power sector
Lakvijaya breaks down again; only one unit working
Parliamentary Council endorses President’s nominees for superior court vacancies
Lanka to continue to enjoy GSP post-Brexit
Colombo Port at sea with workers struck down by COVID-19
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Pumas stun All Blacks
RUGBY
Agutsy Argentina stunned the All Blacks 25-15 Saturday to pull off one of rugby’s biggest upsets, consigning an embarrassed New Zealand to their first back-to-back…
Ashantha de Mel heads new seven-member selection committee
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will have one selection committee overlooking…
New League on hold as FFSL focus on national team
Sri Lanka Anti Doping Agency is seven years today
Joint committee to draft new sports regulation
I’m excited to be here
Jaffna Stallions kicks off full-blown training session for LPL
LPL to go ahead with ‘eased’ health restrictions
Djokovic eyes record as Nadal seeks first ATP Finals crown
STF: Game-changing tackling concept
More SportsNOCSL’s Sexual Harassment and Abuse Policy paves way for vital change in Sri Lanka’s sporting arena
The show must go on!
Third international sports complex comes up in Maligapitiya
STF suggests Orange cards to replace rugby’s red-card system
With love from the land Down Under
Gateway College student Maleeka aims to celebrate diversity of country
John Tarbat Athletic Meet postponed
Business Times
Fewer rail commuters
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World Bank ‘ready’ to provide funds for COVID-19 vaccine
The World Bank has made available more than US$315 million in funding support to Sri Lanka this year so far for COVID-19 work while it…
Major shipping line pulls out of Colombo Port
The Colombo Port’s largest vessel operator MSC has announced a temporary pull out from Colombo bypassing the congestion and thereby aggravating the crisis at the…
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
Budget 2021: Growth-oriented or more-of-the-same
The new Government will be presenting its first Budget in the midst of a second COVID-19 wave. What began as a national health crisis about nine months ago quickly morphed into a severe economic crisis. This shock will have lasting effects on the entire social and economic fabric of the…
Columns
- Political Commentary
Raging new wave of COVID-19: People and media made scapegoats
President Rajapaksa blames officials for not taking the proper message to the public and acting effectively PM presents Budget on Tuesday, with main concern being the economic effects…
- 5th Column
Unhealthy proclivities, Minister
My dear Pavithra Devi, I thought I must write to you when I heard you say in Parliament that you would even sacrifice yourself to the sea if…
- The Economic Analysis
Economic and financial backdrop of Budget 2021
The Budget for 2020 that was presented in Parliament last Thursday was passed without a vote but much controversy. It was the first time that a budget was…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Cold facts dash vaccine hopes, but optimism persists
Sri Lankans, like all others around the globe, are anxiously waiting for the week’s best news regarding a vaccine for the COVID-19 pandemic. This is after Pfizer, one…
- Focus on Rights
Sri Lanka’s covid-19 ‘dark riders’ and the urgent need to correct ourselves
The fearsome sight of armed motorcycle riders, clad in black, complete with sunglasses and masks completely obscuring their faces conducting covid-19 temperature checks on the public in Colombo…
- Sunday Punch
Vaccine light flashes positive to end COVID’s global terror reign
On the day the Lankan Government flung open the gates on a locked-up people and freed them to run the risk of the coronavirus gauntlet in a health…
- In the National Interest
Availability of food – Key to the spread of COVID-19
The emergence of the COVID-19 virus in the form of a pandemic has posed challenges to every Government and every society in the world. None can envy the…
- Thoughts from London
Kill the virus or go to pot
As I watched video clips of our indefatigable Health Minister and a few of her cabinet colleagues drop pots of whatever into the waters of different rivers, I…
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Running in the family: Have you inherited a genetic disease?
Their firstborn son, Sunil* was fine till he was about five years old. It was when father and son went to a nearby ground…
Beating quarantine confinement blues with mindfulness
Ringing in some seasonal cheer amidst pandemic gloom
Click on to Zoom, FB Live for leopards of Wilpattu
Letters to the Editor
Appreciations
A place brimming with hope
Like an octopus, juggling different things across different domains
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Back to history to spread harmony
Youth ambassador Aamina Muhsin’s short video presentations look at the important role Muslims have played from the time of our ancient kings Transporting viewers back…
From donut drought to spoilt for choice
Time for a Cuppa with ‘Tea Syndrome’
Now is the perfect time to buy an SSD
Chathura’s debut film competes at Goa Short Film Festival
Locarno Film Festival gets a New Artistic Director
Depp dropped from ‘Fantastic Beasts’
Tsunami wins Best Film at Moonwhite film Fest in India
Rakuten Viber marks a decade celebrating its users
‘I Wonder’: Sci-fi Music visual for Dance-pop by ‘Spike’
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Trump’s “America First” foreign policy faces an unceremonious burial
UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The ouster of Donald Trump from the US presidency last week may…
Punishing the miserable
Sri Lanka’s constitutional changes: A journey through history
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UDA seizes land housing UOC hostel
The Colombo University hostel at Muttiah Road in Colombo 2 may no longer be available for…
No uniformity among schools’ academic activities due to COVID outbreak
Elderly teachers and principals at high risk if schools reopen as planned: CTU
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Back to history to spread harmony
Youth ambassador Aamina Muhsin’s short video presentations look at the important role Muslims have played from…
