20 more occupations to be off limits for children
More new laws are being drafted to protect underaged children from potential abuse following the death…
Mistaken identity and Lanka Chang gets a taste of northern anger
A protest aimed at the military based in the north, opposing the acquisition of private lands…
UNHRC puts Govt. in a spot, diplomacy deficient
Funds obtained for secretariat on human rights issues in Lanka, while UK Govt. pushes hard for…
Protest against plan to place universities in military jacket
Incredible, as it may seem, the present SLPP Government has started stoning the same hornets’ nest…
Grant our wishlist or we’ll disrupt exams: Teachers
Last year’s Ordinary Level examination practicals and this year’s Advanced Level exam duties and marking will…
Coconut producers dismayed by plans to import coconut oil
Coconut growers and producers this week expressed concern over plans by the Trade Ministry to import…
Little known French connection and the battle of Trinco
Sober Island in the Trincomalee bay is now a popular holiday resort, converted by the Sri…
Spreading the green message
For the past two decades, Kanchana Weerakoon has been making the case that small changes can…
Kelaniya University Teachers protest against KNDU Bill
On Wednesday, the Kelaniya University Teachers’ Association held a protest march against the Kotelawala National Defence…
CA Sri Lanka students ace June Business Level exams to secure top merit and subject prizes
Students of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) comfortably aced through…
‘For the Sri Lankan Elephant’
Asian elephants are said to be even more endangered than their African relatives, not due to…
News
At last the AstraZeneca vaccine has come
Finally the much awaited second consignment of the AstraZeneca vaccine was brought to Sri Lanka from Japan yesterday. About 600,000 people who got the first…
Oman shows interest in SLAF HQ land and Chalmer’s Granary
An Omani Government investment arm has shown initial interest in the property on which the Air Force Headquarters is situated in Colombo 2 and the…
Former Solicitor General was interdicted on distorted and doctored tape recording
The tape recording of a telephone conversation between former Solicitor General Dilrukshi Dias Wickramasinghe and Avant Garde Chairman Nissanka Senadipathi which resulted in the interdiction…
RTIC rules MPs’ educational qualifications must be disclosed, but no MP has given details
AstraZeneca second dose to be given from today
Upsurge in COVID deaths and cases, but Govt. wants normal work from tomorrow
Minister Weerasekera loses two key institutions
Plane from Russia brings Delta variant to China; fourteeen provinces hit
Police provide polythene separators
KDU running on borrowings: National Audit Office
Aussie Lankans’ donations flow for COVID project sans politicos back home
Ranawaka’s Contempt of Court Bill: Justice Minister says Govt. will announce its stance soon
Tug o’ war over Wayamba’s new medical unit
Some 20,000 Jaffna district families left out of housing schemes
Lanka receives 728,000 doses of Japan’s AstraZeneca vaccine
20 more occupations to be off limits for children
Death of Bathiudeen residence domestic: AG’s Dept. raises suspicions over scene of the crime
Second autopsy: Focus on sex abuse
More NewsSports
Yupun’s meteoric rise to 100m stardom
By Shehan Daniel reporting from TokyoTakes honour of qualifying Sri Lanka in Men’s 100m after 25 years at Olympics
Like jumping straight to the last pages of a novel before reading the middle of the book, you already know how this story has ended.…
Discipline in focus
Having soft-peddled for years on player discipline, Sri Lanka Cricket…
Yupun exits Olympics with a below-par performance
Udana joins the retired club
Defending champions outclassed
Sanga sympathises with Stokes
Aelian dominates cager courts
The unspoken godfather for many cricketers
Will fresh legs for football make the right passes?
Times ahead will be better – NSSF
Mathilda and Chopin
‘Tables are turning’ – Russel Arnold
Sri Lanka Paralympics contingent on ‘Road to Tokyo’
Yevan David in Top 5 at European Karting Championship
Olympian gymnast Milka aiming high
Four players share top spot
Chanaka and Taniya draw first blood
Business Times
Examining the debt crisis
CA Sri Lanka on Friday organised a CEO’s forum on Sri Lanka’s debt crisis at the Shangri-La hotel in Colombo. From left are – Maninda…
Firms hire corporate spies to get necessary dollars
Sri Lanka’s foreign exchange crisis has come to such a head that companies have resorted to employing banking espionage tactics to source scarce US dollars…
Ceylon Tea weathering the storm
Sri Lanka’s tea exporters are likely to sell Kenyan teas in future if the current scenario on fertiliser creates unfavourable conditions to produce the quality…
China’s engagement in Freight Service Supply centre in Colombo
SriLankan Airlines seeks a new CEO
Government to prune welfare expenditure to tackle fiscal deficit
Economic woes
Losing GSP+ is like operating with one hand tied behind our collective backs
NFC directed to steer the local cinema industry revival
Dammika appointed new MBSL CEO
New SEC Act: Preparing Sri Lanka’s capital markets for the future
Uplifting the lives of persons with disabilities
NDB shows strong performance in H1 2021 amidst pandemic
Sri Lanka needs medium and long term plan to overcome debt crisis
BOC celebrates its 82nd anniversary on an austere note
HSBC Sri Lanka garners Asian Banking awards
Chinese company continues e-train smart card ticketing project
Local start-ups Niftron and Magicbit to represent Sri Lanka at EWC Global Finals
More Business TimesSunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
Killer coal not for Lanka
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s “SAY NO TO COAL” is a decision that has to be welcomed unreservedly. This is what he told the Ceylon Electricity Board officials when he met them a fortnight ago. Unlike his controversial but determined policy to say “No” to chemical fertiliser, which is fraught with dangers…
Columns
- Political Commentary
UNHRC puts Govt. in a spot, diplomacy deficient
Funds obtained for secretariat on human rights issues in Lanka, while UK Govt. pushes hard for major action Farmers, teachers and others intensify protests, while COVID and economic…
- 5th Column
Man in the news for all the wrong reasons
My dear Rishad, I thought I must write to you because you are very much in the news these days, unfortunately for all the wrong reasons. You and…
- The Economic Analysis
Are we resolving the economic crisis?
The island’s economic problems are gaining momentum. Farmers are protesting against the lack of fertiliser, loss of incomes and livelihoods. Food prices are rising far above those reflected…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Mistaken identity and Lanka Chang gets a taste of northern anger
A protest aimed at the military based in the north, opposing the acquisition of private lands in extent of 617 acres, seemingly to extend a naval base in…
- Focus on Rights
Hundred victims here, thousand victims there, what does it matter to the state?
Amendments certified on the 15th of July 2021 to Sri Lanka’s Code of Criminal Procedure Act (1979) and to the Convention against Torture (CAT) Act (1994) are, to…
- Sunday Punch
Protest against plan to place universities in military jacket
Incredible, as it may seem, the present SLPP Government has started stoning the same hornets’ nest lying in the Groves of Lanka’s Academe, not even three years after…
- In the National Interest
Easter Sunday attacks–the truth yet to unfold
Nearly two and a half years after the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks, the country is no closer to unravelling the truth. Although there was a security failure, not…
- Thoughts from London
Path found but where is it heading
If Alice could say curiouser and curiouser to happenings in Wonderland what would she have said if confronted with Sri Lanka’s foreign policy or what passes off for…
Plus
Back to where the Big Cat roams
On the trail of the ‘one and only’ magnificent Big Cat in Sri Lanka, they trekked across the pristine wilds of the largest National Park…
Little known French connection and the battle of Trinco
Letters to the Editor
Appreciations
Spreading the green message
Making lime a fruit for all seasons
More PlusMagazine
Opening up young minds to leopard conservation
Leopard deaths are increasingly reported in the news and while snares appear to be mostly the cause, it is merely an outcome of larger threats…
Giving an e-platform to artisans from around the country
A page turner by two best friends during lockdown
Healing people with medicine and music
Fast & Furious 9’ beats pandemic
ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill dead at 72
More MagazineSunday Times 2
After vilifying the UN, US returns to the world body
UNITED NATIONS (IPS)—Ed Koch, a former New York city Mayor (1978-89), stopped short of using a…
Militarisation, hybridisation and democratisation of Lanka
Postal bombs for murder: The 1948 case that shocked Sri Lanka
More Sunday Times 2 >>Education
Kelaniya University Teachers protest against KNDU Bill
On Wednesday, the Kelaniya University Teachers’ Association held a protest march against the Kotelawala National Defence…
No online classes until teachers’ demands are met, strikes to continue
Govt. to set up new judiciary training centre
More Education >>Magazine
Opening up young minds to leopard conservation
Leopard deaths are increasingly reported in the news and while snares appear to be mostly the…
