Opposition parties on ex-Speaker’s solidarity platform
The National Movement for Social Justice headed by former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya yesterday hosted a discourse…
SJB, UNP leaders pow- wow in the making?
Nuwara Eliya Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Palani Thigambaram has been missing from Parliament in recent…
Star athlete’s father released, unable to return home due to defective fishing boat
The father of young Sri Lankan athlete Parami Wasanthi Maristela and other fishermen, who were arrested…
Battle of the ‘Second Strings’
A depleted, decimated and a demoralised Sri Lanka will start this afternoon against a still-strong ‘second…
Rising child abuse cases: New measures include video evidence to spare victims court agony
While a shocked nation, for the past five weeks, has been finding it difficult to digest…
‘There’s no water, so there won’t be much of a harvest’: Farmer
K V Silavathi, a 72-year-old farmer in Anamaduwa, Kottukachchiya is frustrated that this year’s harvest is…
Disappointed yet determined
Swimmer Dimuth Akalanka Peiris, 21, is one of those unlucky blokes to be cold-shouldered by authorities…
National shuttlers boosted by Li Ning
As many as 100 badminton players invited to the National Pool lined up last week at…
In step with Ves as national symbol
Dr Sarath Amunugama’s latest book ‘Kohomba Kankariya- The Sociology of a Kandyan Ritual’ has just been…
Little ant lost
“paayan-aa kale-dee – Rae-daval mansi-vee – kanta dhey raes-karavu …Koombiyo” Am back again in my armchair,…
A taste of local vegan dishes in English athlete’s cookbook
English athlete Dave Wise’s cookbook, Zen World Cuisine, is partly inspired by his seven visits to…
News
Dollar sends Rupee into the dumps
With Sri Lanka in an economic crisis and banks restricting issuance of foreign currency, money exchanges are in business as seen in this picture where…
Amnesty for tax evaders who agree to invest here
The Finance Ministry is to give a wide range of tax amnesties, including writing off penalties for those who failed to disclose any taxable income…
Lakvijaya: CEB signed multimillion dollar deals with Chinese company without cabinet approval
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has signed “operation and maintenance advisory services” (O&M) contracts worth around US$ 67mn–amounting to Rs 13.3bn at prevailing rates–with China…
Rishad suffers suspected heart attack; under guard at cardiology unit
NMRA approval for Sinovac: Three experts resign from expert panel
New UDA regulations: Annual licences for building owners
Warning against Delta upswing & reckless opening for large gatherings
Redesigning a top class public health system for the future
Pandemic restrictions see Lankans gaining weight: Study
Teachers’ campaigns take centre stage
Power Minister rejects CEB plan, insists on 70 percent renewable energy sources
Starved for company: Long cooped up patrons crowd dining and drinking venues
Plastic ban further streamlined: More items to be added to list
Opposition parties on ex-Speaker’s solidarity platform
Protests over KNDU Bill to continue: What does president mean by removing ‘obstacles’, ask unions
Years of local research result in new anti-venom, the answer for reptile bites in Sri Lanka
Army digs in for organic in Jaffna as Maha approaches
Star athlete’s father released, unable to return home due to defective fishing boat
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Battle of the ‘Second Strings’
By Pranavesh Sivakumarcricket
A depleted, decimated and a demoralised Sri Lanka will start this afternoon against a still-strong ‘second string’ India in the tour-opening first One Day International…
Tokyo’s bid for a safe and secure Olympics
In what has become representative of the times, empty stadiums…
Ball receiving, servicing and blocking need to click – SL volleyball coach Jayasekara
SLC’s bursting ‘bio bubbles’ and Weerakkody’s fate
No show-cause letters given to cricketers yet
Disappointed yet determined
The Reward and the Racket that is Badminton!
The Sunday Times Sports Desk spoke to some of the experts in the badminton scene
Preethi Perera reelected NACKSL president
Sri Lanka to field 9 athletes for Tokyo Paralympics 2020
National shuttlers boosted by Li Ning
Youngsters shine as Sanjeewa and Chenaya grab titles
Education Ministry scraps Under-12 school sport competitions
National Youth Sports Festival 2020 cancelled
Karate Kid Dulanjana, aiming high
Business Times
Jetwing staff doubles up as farmers
Staff at the Jetwing hotel in Dambulla has been doubling up as farmers to engage in organic agriculture on nearby fields, a vocation which became…
US dollar shortage burdens debt-ridden CPC
The debt-ridden Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) is heading towards an unprecedented financial crisis due to a dollar shortage in state banks to settle its fuel…
Tax breaks, other relief for doing business in Sri Lanka
New entrepreneurs are being encouraged in doing business by offering unprecedented tax breaks and other concessions and introducing financial sector reforms, Finance Ministry sources divulged.…
Browns bullish on investments in local, international hotels
Flying out becomes a dream for Lankans
TRC on a mission to eliminate cybercrime
Behind-the-scenes SMEs
“Triple T” in trouble
Financial management in ministries under Treasury scrutiny
Sri Lanka 1H US$ earnings on tea exports up from last year
Govt. and opposition should work together to deal with pandemic
Chemical fertiliser ban: A policy blunder?
IFC and FCCISL to jointly help Sri Lankan businesses
Hotels Association commends Govt. on easing health restrictions
New ASPI index calculation method to tackle low market liquidity
Sri Lanka welcomes Digital Nomads
EVS introduces Global Study Partners facility for students
Sri Lanka grapples to settle mounting foreign debt
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Editorial
Education during pandemic: Blow after blow for students
What happened to school-going children like the idiom what happened to the man who fell from the tree and got gored by the bull. For this entire week, secondary school principals, teachers, non-academic employees and external staff across the country have stopped online teaching, condemning the ham-handed action that subjected…
Columns
- Political Commentary
Government hoping for near normalcy by September amid multitude of challenges
Plans to vaccinate all under 30 within next 75 days; military playing key role in battle against pandemic Basil moves fast into forefront of policy making and diplomacy;…
- 5th Column
Saving the gentleman’s game
My dear Namal baby, I thought I should write to you because everyone is concerned about something that is very near and dear to most of us and…
- The Economic Analysis
How will the economic crisis be resolved?
The country is in a multiplicity of inter-related and intertwined crises and widespread social upheavals. Apart from solutions to the specific grievances, drastic changes in economic policies are…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
SJB, UNP leaders pow- wow in the making?
Nuwara Eliya Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Palani Thigambaram has been missing from Parliament in recent months. It turned out that he had been abroad on a personal…
- Focus on Rights
On militarised universities and a government’s harebrained folly
Friday (July 16th) was an eventful day for Sri Lanka. Just as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was holding forth to obediently head-nodding members of the Maha Sangha comprising the…
- Sunday Punch
Govt’s ‘Aloysius Special’ poured back to the bottle
A whopping one for the road was offered on the house by the Excise Department two weeks ago to ‘bond scam’ first accused Arjun Aloysius to help the…
- In the National Interest
Litro Gas fiasco yet to be resolved
It is both inconceivable and incomprehensible that laws are applied selectively in a democratic society where the Constitution itself postulates that all are equal before the law and…
- Thoughts from London
Course correction on the cards
Cometh the miracle man: Accolades and bouquets from members and supporters of the party that the new finance minister put together from scratch continue. Like the three “Wise…
Plus
In step with Ves as national symbol
Dr Sarath Amunugama’s latest book ‘Kohomba Kankariya- The Sociology of a Kandyan Ritual’ has just been released. Many who know the author as a prominent…
Hope takes root with home gardens in parched land
Letters to the Editor
Appreciations
Revering a Bodhi tree devoid of false beliefs
Little ant lost
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Power of empathy through song
One in four women in Sri Lanka (24.9%) have experienced physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15 by a partner or non-partner,…
Local heavy metal goes global with Stigmata’s Spiral Coma
IX 2021- Innovative web designs by undergrads
‘We Are The People’:
New wave from ‘Los del Rio’
‘Nobody’ in cinemas now
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Legion of Mary centennial jubilee celebrated
The hundred years of apostolic service of the Legion of Mary was solemnly declared and the…
No more pillow changing, Lanka finds cure for headaches
Health guidelines misused to thwart rights of peaceful protestors
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Education unions in protest across the island
On Friday, Members of the Ceylon Teachers Union and other education unions held a protest in…
KNDU Bill should be scrapped entirely, no amendments: IUSF
Online modules for home based education
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Power of empathy through song
One in four women in Sri Lanka (24.9%) have experienced physical and/or sexual violence since…
