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Chaos reigns at vaccination centres

Some chaos reigned as a vaccination saga gripped mainly the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) area, with…

Imran visit ends on a positive note

What had been an awkward build-up over the cancellation of an address to Parliament was all…

More questions than answers as guns, enclosure and relocation of animals touted to protect crops

Nawam Perahera lights up Gangaramaya

The annual Navam Perahera of the Gangaramaya Temple, Colombo took place on Thursday and Friday. The…

Who is doing what with the treasure of the Muthurajawela wetlands?

Environmentalists say private companies trying to grab land for hotels and golf courses, but ministry officials…

Mutant coronavirus strain puts work places in tight spot

Public and private sector offices are taking more precautions in the wake of the detection of…

Start Your Future – Experiis Everything

If you are an enthusiastic individual with a passion for either Hospitality, Cookery, Patisserie, Events or…

Sri Lanka Technological Campus launches country’s first extensive Research Complex

Sri Lanka’s undisputed pioneer in Engineering & Technological education, Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC), opened its…

Institute of Chemistry Ceylon recognises the bronze medalists of the International Chemistry Olympiad 2020

Uvidu Praveen Sumanasekara of Badulla Central College, Badulla, Arulanantham Abhinanthan of Hindu College, Jaffna and R…

Stephan Fernando, an aspiring rider with international touch

Stephan Fernando, a 16-year-old student of Wesley College is going great guns as an emerging rider.…

Panadura Bridge under threat

Residents of Moratuwa and Panadura are expressing concern that the authorities have neglected to repair the…

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News

President places relic casket for low-key Navam Perahera

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa placing the relic casket on the tusker Migara to begin the Colombo Gangaramaya’s annual Navam Perahera on Friday night. With him is…

PC polls by June

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is expected to announce that Provincial Council elections will be held by June this year. With this in mind, he will meet…

Beijing-based AIIB approves US$180mn loan to Sri Lanka for COVID-19 response

The Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved a US$180 million loan to Sri Lanka under its COVID-19 Emergency and Crisis Response Facility. The…

LNG project: CEB calls for proposals before ADB releases feasibility study

COVID-19 vaccination: Govt. set to give second shot from mid-April, says task force chief

Chaos reigns at vaccination centres

Phase II of rollout more streamlined, say officials

Vaccine is safe, stress 2 experts

Many attempts to contact CMC fail

PHIs in Gampaha withdraw threat to stop work

Concerns over Sri Lanka being able to get adequate COVID-19 vaccines

BASL elections: Saliya Pieris wins with thumping majority

Attack on law student: BASL wants zero tolerance for Police brutality

Imran visit ends on a positive note

Codifying laws on Contempt of Court: SLPI sends editors’ proposals to Justice Minister

Alarm over return of leprosy: Rising cases among children

Lokubandara: Mr Speaker and Orator

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Sports

Sri Lanka Cricket ratifies Moody signing

Former coach to serve as consultant for 100 days during his 3-year contract

Tom Moody has agreed to make himself available for 100 days during his three-year contract period as a consultant to restructure every facet of the…

SSC and Lankan CC battle for Under-23 supremacy today

The curtains of the postponed Under-23 Major Club Youth limited…

West Indies recall Chris Gayle, Fidel Edwards for Sri Lanka T20Is

‘Never stop dreaming’ Imran Khan tells young people

SLC condemns another legend into a ‘traitor’

Paralympian Amara Indumathi eyes swansong in Tokyo

NSSF Trap Open Championship from March 11

Osaka and Djokovic win Australian Open 2021

Making of an extraordinary shuttle talent

‘All good things must come to an end’

Stephan Fernando, an aspiring rider with international touch

Anika, Chathurya bag third and fourth major titles

Business Times

Cricketer-turned-PM

Visiting Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in conversation with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday during an investment forum in Colombo.…

Loss-making CPC profits from lower oil prices

Loss-making Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has been turned into a profit-making entity in 2020 after several years following a drastic fall in world crude oil…

Govt. to reconsider new export regulations

Faced with opposition from exporters of varied sectors against the newly imposed regulations by the Central Bank to convert 25 per cent of their proceeds…

Workers’ remittances rise in 2020

Remittances great, but workers suffer

RPCs ready to scrap collective agreement

MAS ‘Ocean Strainer’ Technology freely open to others

SLSI to standardise beauty products

Trade Finance and Investments PLC amalgamates into Commercial Credit and Finance PLC

Araliya Group launches Galle hotel amidst environmental protests

Is corporate governance the panacea for finance company ills?

Watawala Plantations supports Peradeniya University in agri research

ComBank ends tough 2020 with platform for growth

HNB Group shows resilience, strength and stability

Sri Lanka continues debt servicing without defaulting, says State Finance Minister

DSI signs MoU with SLMA’s special shoe project

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Dialog Axiata connects SL and Maldives with High Speed Submarine Cable

Sunday Times E-Paper

Editorial

The incredible cost of ignoring credible intelligence

The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Easter Sunday bombings (April 21, 2019) must surely have set a world record by hanging out to dry the very person who appointed the Commission. The Commission’s final report unfortunately has got embroiled in needless controversy by the President not releasing it…

Columns

Political Commentary
Easter Sunday massacres: Sirisena acts fast to avert criminal action

Former President meets Gotabaya, Mahinda and Basil to seek clarification; holds meetings of SLFP leadership groups President Rajapaksa tells Wimal to stop campaigning to make him the leader…
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5th Column
Criminal negligence

My dear Cheerio Sirisena, I thought of writing to you because you are once again making headlines even though you are no longer the big boss that you…
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The Economic Analysis
Trade and balance of payments prospects in 2021

The prospects for a favourable balance of payments outcome this year is bleak. While the trade deficit is likely to expand, the balance of payments deficit is likely…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Whom Imran bowled out and how he left

It was 4.40 p.m. last Wednesday when the Bandaranaike International Airport’s Air Traffic Controllers cleared ‘Pak Two’ for take-off. The Pakistan Air Force Gulfstream G450 rolled off from…
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Focus on Rights
The Easter Sunday commission and the indictment of a president

Can a President or a Prime Minister be indicted for gross criminal negligence in respect of his or her duties to the nation? A cynical wag may well…
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Sunday Punch
Government finally unlocks Muslims’ doorway to Heaven

The Government on Thursday night finally bowed down to local and international pressure and lifted the ban on burials for the COVID dead, thus ending months of protests…
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In the National Interest
Learning lessons from the COVID-19 burial fiasco

Probably the bitterest experience faced by the Muslims in the history of the country has come to an end with the Government’s decision to restore the right of…
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Thoughts from London
When Imran Khan was left speechless-almost

Many are the comments about Sri Lanka. The latest doing the rounds is that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was rather shabbily treated when the Address he was…
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