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Crazy food prices sting the poorest as relief bodies trim aid
Relief organisations are struggling to help low-income families, the disabled and elderly with dry rations, vegetables…
50,000 cleared for jobs in West Asia but blocked by COVID rules
Around 50,000 people with clearance to work in West Asia are unable to take up their…
Rest and recuperation time for Railways
The Sri Lanka Railways Department (SLRD) has suffered a total loss of Rs 15 million due…
President mulls Cabinet reshuffle
Officials who have failed to get the axe; New faces and portfolios The dilemma of the…
Farmers left high and dry with no fertiliser, organic or chemical
By mid-July of every Yala season, Karthikesu Kandasamy (69) from Murasumottai, Kilinochchi would begin harvesting his…
Madiwela’s variant – confirmation beyond doubt next week
There is a “high possibility” of a person from Madiwela having the COVID-19 Delta (Indian) variant,…
Grease for rusty machines
A few weeks ago, 5.5 million people of Finland were rocked by shocking news. It was…
Fertiliser drama: Is there poison in our food?
As Sri Lankans in general, we believe that much of what we eat is poisonous. This…
Let’s go green
Today the growing importance of protecting our nature is evolving and the importance of nature and…
European Engineering, IT, Business and Bio-Technology Study at AIC Campus
Covid-19 Pandemic started to rule the world in a negative direction from the end of 2019…
Nihal’s ‘Wassane Sihinaya’ to be shown as soon as theatres opened
Nihala Sanjaya, a film enthusiast who had been in the industry for more than three decades…
News
Fertiliser shortage and fertile ground for corruption
With the Government continuing its drive to promote organic fertiliser, farmers have been complaining about a shortage of chemical fertiliser amid allegations that unscrupulous…
Govt. officials to take over purchase of Litro gas
A Government-appointed committee of officials headed by the Deputy Treasury Secretary is to take over the purchase of gas for the state-owned Litro Gas Lanka…
Sinovac wants price kept secret; any disclosure and deal is off
The Chinese manufacturer of Sinovac vaccines, which Sri Lankan plans to procure in the millions, has placed a condition on its purchase contract: if the…
Lanka issuing coin to mark Chinese Communist Party’s centenary
Rice fine to be raised to boiling point
Dollar crisis: CB shuts door for commercial banks; importers badly hit
Pardon for Duminda: Other death row prisoners continue hunger strike
poson pictorial
“Today, the people of this country no longer have a reason to fear” – President
A wedding ring pawned to buy some bread
Night of high drama at Minneriya Park; vehicle chase follows reported bid to abduct baby elephant
Crazy food prices sting the poorest as relief bodies trim aid
Two multimillion projects get extensions to start commercial operations
Farmers on war path over fertiliser crisis
Asela Sampath gets bail, mulls FR case against police
50,000 cleared for jobs in West Asia but blocked by COVID rules
Two more resign from vaccine committee
Experts question move to order 13m doses of Sinovac amidst efficacy concerns
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English feast at Southampton as Sri Lanka suffer series whitewash
cricket
Sri Lankan batsmen crumbled like ninepins as England coasted to a comfortable 89-run win to clean sweep the three-match T20 series at Southampton yesterday. Chasing…
Special trial for World Junior Championships 2021
Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) has made plans to conduct a…
No Schools Sports Festival for second year running
Amasha secures silver at NISSAC
Herath joins BCB as spin consultant
Hamstring injury rules Avishka out of England tour remainders
From Katukithula to Sweden
Euro clay and grass event clusters
‘Nice guys’ can also win!
SLR join hands with Schools Section to conduct virtual World Rugby Pathway Programmes
‘Believe’ sponsor Sri Lanka Athletics team for India
Respect, Understand and Move Forward
Sri Lanka Cricket appoints 12 School Cricket Provincial Coordinators
Two Sri Lankans qualify for Queen’s Chess Festival world event
Tharushi, 19, a promising paddler
Business Times
Fuel hike
Female protestors at a JVP protest demonstration against fuel prices in Ambalantota. Pic by Rahul Samantha Hettiarachchi…
Forex crisis: Local banks walking a tight rope
Local banks are fast depleting their dollar reserves and denying importers’ Letters of Credit (LCs) in a crisis mirroring a devastating time bomb, with the…
SL export orders drop in COVID outbreak
Manufacturers are reducing the orders they accept in the face of the current COVID-19 outbreak in the country since they are compelled to work with…
IMF keeps options open for SL to seek support
EU monitoring mission here in Sept.
Bank service charges create confusion
Special Purpose Vehicle imports including milk bowsers suspended
Circulars and verbal directives
Grease for rusty machines
Sri Lanka tourism industry in pandemic muddle
Sri Lanka’s COSMI in South Asia-European MSME alliance
SL’s potential can grow tremendously due to strategic location
Strong 2ndH 2020/21 for JAT; plans to raise public capital
CSE drafting guidelines for platform developers
Sri Lanka strives to manage public debt
New credit evaluation framework for tech companies for bank credit
Fertiliser drama: Is there poison in our food?
Sri Lanka Retailers’ Association urges landlords to cut rental costs
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Editorial
Economic management under attack
Government statistics confirm that the Cost of Living index on food has risen by 10 percent in the 18 months this Administration has been in office. Some will contest these figures, but only that they are too conservative; prices have shot up way above 10 percent. Whatever the statistics may…
Columns
- Political Commentary
President mulls Cabinet reshuffle
Officials who have failed to get the axe; New faces and portfolios The dilemma of the Opposition as Ranil returns to Parliament Core group may announce tough measures…
- 5th Column
Back to old ways
Hello machan Dumi, I didn’t think I would be writing to you so soon, although I knew I would have to, sooner rather than later, knowing that Gota…
- The Economic Analysis
Hunger and starvation amidst a multiplicity of economic problems
The severest blows dealt by COVID, globally and in Sri Lanka, is the deprivation of employment and income, which has increased poverty and starvation. Resolving or even ameliorating…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
SF reveals how prison days made strange bench fellows
An exchange took place between the Government and Opposition in Parliament on Tuesday regarding the plight of detainees held under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). Sports and…
- Focus on Rights
Justice in flames and a president’s grievous paradoxes
Stirring scenes of Sri Lanka’s ancient grandeur in the backdrop of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s speech to a nation in tumult this Friday does not minimise the frightening disconnect…
- Sunday Punch
Euro bells toll the knell of Lanka’s GSP+ status
On June 10 the European Union Parliament overwhelmingly voted for a resolution calling its 27-member states to temporarily withdraw all the concessions coming under the EU’s Generalised Scheme…
- In the National Interest
Importance of English to empower youth
There is a national consensus about the importance of increasing the English competency of our youth but it is not supported by a strong commitment to achieve this…
- Thoughts from London
Who pushed for the fertiliser ban?
As the furore over the ban on chemical fertiliser and pesticides continues unabated with soil scientists, economists, agriculturists and experienced tea producers joining in the verbal fray, one…
- Lobby
Ranil returns with a bang; SJB holds protest over fuel hike
When he took oaths before Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Wednesday, former Prime Minister and United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe finally filled the lone National List…
Plus
In the heart of Trinco town lies the grave of Jane Austen’s brother
It was in January 1984 that my father took up appointment as the 13th Commandant of the Naval & Maritime Academy of the Sri Lanka…
Reign of Parakramabahu and three mounds of mystery
Letters to the Editor
Appreciations
It’s no longer open your books, but tap your screens at home
Await Gratiaen winners
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Ways to reach out despite the distance
With travel restrictions in place and social distancing guidelines being enforced it goes without saying that reaching out to our loved ones on their special…
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‘Cousins’ back in the saddles
Harrison Ford injured while filming ‘Indiana Jones 5’
Safeer enters cinema
The film is a result of extensive travels and working with the people on the ground-M. Safeer
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The legacy of Sam Wijesinha on his 100th birth anniversary
One of the best influences in my life was my father, Sam Wijesinha. He was among…
Close to home – Appreciation
He was just; temperate; brave; and morally excellent
More Sunday Times 2 >>Education
IUSF protest against KNDU bill this week
This week, the Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) protested near the Colombo Fort Railway Station demanding…
Regional learning centres for children without online and distance learning facilities
Online classes affecting students’ mental health says CTU
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Ways to reach out despite the distance
With travel restrictions in place and social distancing guidelines being enforced it goes without saying that…
