New wave of COVID-19: Critical time for SL
Army and health authorities give different views on upsurge; minister overturns lockdown ruling of Kesbewa’s MOH…
28,000 community police officers to keep neighbourhood watch
A Community Police contingent of 28,000 is to work out of Grama Niladari offices rather than…
In 2004 she left for India to escape the war here, but last week, she fled India to escape covid
In 2004 the then 17-year-old newly married Munsai Ranmugam together with her husband took a flight…
Prayers for our neighbour
The High Commission of India, on behalf of the Government and people of India, expressed its…
Organic-fertiliser-only policy will plunge Lanka into a food crisis
The cabinet of Sri Lanka on the 29thApril, 2021 has approved a ban on importation of…
Inauguration Ceremony 2021- Faculty of Graduate Studies, KDU
The Inauguration Ceremony 2021 of Master’s Programmes of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) was…
“I’m getting married -pandemic or not”
Kavina and Dilshanth had initially scheduled their wedding for January this year, but then considering the…
‘Open Doors’ opens maiden Regional Forum
Switzerland’s prestigious Locarno Film Festival’s ‘Open Doors’, an initiative to lead independent filmmakers from Asia to…
Fishing in troubled waters
Gamini has a business; his company is engaged in both imports and manufacturing. He is a…
Inorganic fertiliser, agrochemicals ban and fallacies of organic agriculture
To applause from the audience that comprised high officials, the President determinedly declared that import of…
News
Wear your masks or face this ordeal
With medical professionals warning that Sri Lanka is heading for a COVID-19 calamity if tough preventive measures are not taken, the police began taking stern…
Govt. reviews blanket ban on chemical fertiliser
The Finance Ministry has issued a gazette that, without completely banning the import of all agrochemicals, allows for some items to be brought in after…
Medical experts urge President to impose travel restrictions or face disaster
Sri Lanka’s powerful medical professionals yesterday urged President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to immediately restrict the movement of people across the island, stopping short of recommending a…
Lanka begins using Sinopharm vaccine
No mixing of coconut oil
Indian variant found in one patient here
Govt. proposes to borrow more to repair pandemic-hit economy
COVID treatment centre in Puttalam
Rs. 206 m funds misused by co-op set up to empower farmers: Audit report
Crowds and events still the norm, despite Health DG’s instructions
It’s critical to protect oneself against COVID-19 before we get to a point of no return
SLMC on new medicines for COVID-19
How do we move forward: All stakeholders must decide now
If you get COVID-19 and have to stay home for some time
‘Stringent movement curbs, a must’
COVID-19 and private sector hospitals and ICCS
Experts warn outright ban on fertilisers would cripple farmers and harvest
This call centre is inundated with calls from frightened COVID-stricken patients
Doctor’s appeal on FB brings generous donations to set up COVID treatment centre
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Pramodya cracks whip as selectors look to 2023 World Cup
by Champika Fernandocricket
Sri Lanka cricket selectors are typically a secretive breed, reluctant to explain their decisions to players or the public. This has often left players deeply…
Avishka fails fitness test, dropped for Bangladesh ODI series
Dashing young opener Avishka Fernando has been dropped from the…
Players call for transparency in performance-based fee structure after agreeing to pay cut
Mathivanan camp back out of seeking legal redress over backdated gazette
Pandemic forces SLSCA to call off Division III tournament
UK-based Hamilton ‘super excited’ to play for Sri Lanka
High Performance cannot flourish without imaginative thinking!
Government Servants’ Tennis Club successfully conducts mega prize money tournament
Oarsman Mahesh Jayakody qualifies for Tokyo Paralympics
Dulanjan dives bronze in Victoria
Bangladesh Series win provides a benchmark for the future
WTA, ATP grit for survival
From ‘nowhere’ to provincial rugby coach in NZ
Bertie Ekanayake – The versatile sports personality of Royal Ceylon Air Force
Yevan becomes first Sri Lankan karter to win internationally
Thissapura Vidyalaya spikers honour contributor with volleyball statue
Four players share top spot
Business Times
Trading shutdown
A pumpkin farmer sleeps, amidst his produce, at the Dambulla Economic Centre on Friday morning. Trading activities at the centre have been affected by COVID-19…
EPF to be transformed to a part-pension fund
Private sector employees are to be given pension rights under a new move by the government to amend the Employment Provident Fund Act. The EPF…
Government will import urgent LPG stocks if necessary
The Government will strive to maintain Liquified Petroleum (LP) gas prices at current levels – despite demands to increase prices – and provide funds to…
Investor’s paradise at Port City Colombo
CSE to do 15 more IPOs this year
Tourism industry gears for changing Act
SL – REITs tax proposals to entice property companies
Heading towards a disaster
Fishing in troubled waters
Western Region Megapolis project faces mega obstacles
JAT presents gender-balanced Board of Directors
Cargills, Unilever team up to help reduce plastic waste
People’s Insurance PLC offers most comprehensive medical insurance cover
NDBIB advises Sunshine Energy on hydropower asset sale
SriLankan losses at Rs.30.9 bn in Apr. 2020- Jan. 2021:CB
State lands information and management system crumbles
Over 20 European, Sri Lankan incubators/accelerators join EU-SLIP network
DFCC Bank reports sound performance and growth
Helitours transformation into a state-owned company runs into a storm
More Business TimesInorganic fertiliser, agrochemicals ban and fallacies of organic agriculture
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
The fertiliser ban
Those readers who recall the early 1970s may remember what were then known as the ‘Midnight Gazettes’. These were official notifications that came out of the Government Press while the nation slept, only to wake up to find some sudden and radical step taken and given legal effect. Not too…
Columns
- Political Commentary
New wave of COVID-19: Critical time for SL
Army and health authorities give different views on upsurge; minister overturns lockdown ruling of Kesbewa’s MOH Desperate efforts to get more vaccines; President speaks to WHO chief, Senior…
- 5th Column
A sense of impending doom
My dear Mother Lanka, I am writing to you knowing that some of the darkest days of Paradise are yet to come. Tragic events await us in the…
- The Economic Analysis
Reviewing a lost year and expecting an economic revival
The “Sri Lankan economy contracted by 3.6 per cent in real terms in 2020, recording the deepest recession since independence” according to the 2020 Central Bank Annual Report.…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Sumanthiran slams Parliament for Sinhala-only letters and circulars
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentarian M.A. Sumanthiran has this week blamed Parliament officials for their lackadaisical attitude towards implementing the Official Language Policy. Speaking during the adjournment debate…
- Focus on Rights
Wanted: A cure for Sri Lanka’s great ‘political virus’ cluster
How is the law equal to all in Sri Lanka when some stray citizen unwarily dropping his mask at a tea kiosk is suddenly hoisted aloft by law…
- Sunday Punch
Govt moots rolling out Coronavirus Cocktails
The Government is exploring the possibility of rolling out a different brand of vaccine as the second dose to nearly 600,000 people who have already been jabbed with…
- In the National Interest
Collective effort needed to face national COVID emergency
After managing to contain the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic to reasonable levels, today the Government is faced with the daunting task of controlling the spread of…
- Thoughts from London
Covid-like Govts suffocate the press
Last week was World Press Freedom Day. Unlike in earlier years, there was little or nothing to celebrate. The combined forces of a spreading pandemic and rising authoritarianism…
- Lobby
Covid debate: Govt. on the defensive as Opposition unleashes a volley of allegations
As the country grappled with a dangerous “third wave” of COVID-19, the Government was forced to defend itself in Parliament amid Opposition charges that it had botched the…
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She gave them theatre, they gave her life lessons
A child pirouettes onto the stage. As she, in love with the limelight, prances and dances, she is joined by others with smiles trusting and…
From clatter of oxygen cylinders to noiseless flow at NHSL
Letters to the Editor
Appreciations
‘I had to unlearn to find my writing voice’
A medical whodunnit that unravels much more
Tissamaharama Paediatric OPD: Making it a better place for the little ones
Sweet connection for Eid
Something to “woof” about
Vet Mobile App: Fulfilling a longfelt need
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“I’m getting married -pandemic or not”
Kavina and Dilshanth had initially scheduled their wedding for January this year, but then considering the COVID situation in the country decided on a June…
They’ve got sustainability on their mind
Keeping your loved ones safe with Suwapetha
Tech Startup Program Spiralation opens for 2021 applications
James Koch stars in Hollywood ‘Night Walk’: Ready to release worldwide
Grammy organisers change rules after allegations of corruption
‘Rendez-Vous’ with Yasmin and Kumar’
Celebrate a Mother’s Day online
Chathura’s ‘One Blood’ at Pune Short Film festival
‘Hithumathe Jeewithe’ tours in Australia
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The campaign for a female UN chief maybe a good try in a lost cause
UNITED NATIONS — As negotiations for the upcoming election of the UN Secretary-General gather momentum, one…
Violation of remand law and rights
Money alone won’t ensure global vaccine equity
More Sunday Times 2 >>Education
A/L results released online this year
Due to the COVID-19 situation the 2020 GCE A/L results were released online to the candidates. Even…
Ed. Ministry to further develop online education in schools
O/Ls in August, A/Ls in December, from 2023 onwards
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“I’m getting married -pandemic or not”
Kavina and Dilshanth had initially scheduled their wedding for January this year, but then considering the…
