News
More than 20,000 containers are still held up at the Colombo Port as clearing of the goods has slowed down, Sri Lanka Ports Authority…
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, in his capacity as finance minister, presented a new note to Cabinet this week authorising the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to…
The head and four others of the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) were sacked on Friday afternoon by Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi with the removal…
Sports
Dambulla Viiking entered the Lanka Premier League 2020 with an auspicious win against Kandy Tuskers after their game was stalled by a heavy downpour during…
In a move that could be a case of ‘deliberately…
Business Times
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Regaining the targeted tax revenue for 2021 has become a herculean task in the prevailing economic conditions triggered by the COVID-19 second wave which seems…
Sri Lanka is among the fewer 52 countries in the world that has not yet revived its tourism industry with some of the smaller hotels…
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
Desperate situations may require desperate remedies and the Government’s Budget proposal to allow undeclared monies (hora salli) to enter the mainstream economy shows how desperate it is. Notwithstanding little irritants like best business practices getting in the way, many Governments worldwide adopt these measures from time to time. These are…
Columns
Basil Rajapaksa accuses Media Secretary Rohan Welivita of propagating lies and embarrassing the Premier Asserts he has no office to work from TT after the closedown Names of Independent…
My dear Gota maamey, I thought I must write to you when I realised that you have already completed one year in office. Why, it seems like yesterday…
Bringing down the fiscal deficit to at least five percent of GDP in the next few years is vital to ensure economic stability and growth. However difficult it…
The broader contours of a new Constitution for Sri Lanka are taking shape as an experts committee has renewed its call for further public representations. Though nothing is…
As Sri Lanka hurtles down the precipice of covid-19 contagion coupled with unprecedented economic devastation, bitter and biting anger at our plight can scarcely be contained. ‘Organised propaganda’vs…
On November 16, the Appeal Court held former cabinet minister Rishad Bathiudeen guilty of clearing 2,000 hectares in the Wilpattu wild life sanctuary in 2012 to resettle Muslims…
Two interventions by the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) last week highlighted the role and significance of independent Commissions in protecting the rights of the citizenry…
In recent days, we have read or heard several comments and commentaries that speak of official attempts to curb the journalistic activities and freedom of the local media.…
Plus
Totally relaxed, she comes on Zoom on Wednesday – at the appointed hour of 12 Greenwich Meantime Time (GMT) in Oxford, England, and 5.30 p.m.…
Magazine
Living in a country that has never elected an ethnic minority female to its Parliament, it seems that “being a woman is the first hurdle…
Sunday Times 2
UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The numbers are staggering— as reflected in the ongoing coronavirus pandemic which…
Education
More than 5,000 schools, excluding those in the Western province, were reopened this week for students of…
Magazine
Living in a country that has never elected an ethnic minority female to its Parliament, it…