News
With an unprecedented surge in the COVID-19 pandemic this week, and the death toll topping 5,000, the signs of the catastrophe are seen in this…
The Government has decided to continue the ban on imports of vehicles for next year also and issued strict guidelines to all ministries on the…
Terabytes of information attached by pharmaceutical companies to their applications to the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) for registration and licensing of medication have “disappeared”…
Sports
Sri Lanka Cricket’s (SLC) revenue took a sharp dip in 2020 following the cancellation of as many as six inbound tours from the seven listed…
Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) has decided to indefinitely postpone the…
Business Times
A gas shortage after Laugfs Gas stopped imports owing to a dispute with the government over a price hike, continued this week. Picture by Eshan…
The government has selected a bidder from China for the import of organic-based fertiliser inputs initially for paddy cultivation alone with tests expected to commence…
A US company has expressed interest in developing a Trincomalee Harbour site and its precincts by setting up a mega oil refinery at an investment…
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
Health experts kept warning ad nauseam of yet another post-Avurudu surge in detected cases – and that rising fatalities from the COVID-19 virus were on the cards. Given the country’s precarious economic situation, the Government opted to ignore the health voices and yield to the pressure from other voices to…
Columns
Govt. decides to recruit 20 top diplomats from blue-chip companies COVID-19 pandemic at worst levels, specialists say relaxation of restrictions was ill-planned and provoked by impatience Association of…
My dear Delta, I thought I should write to you as you have invaded us like no one has ever before and are claiming the lives of dozens…
There is euphoria in the government after the loan repayment of US$ one billion on July 27, the due date for repayment. The country’s record of not defaulting…
In recent times, India’s Union Ministers and State politicians are calling for further people-to-people connectivity between Sri Lanka and India for tourism purposes as most of the tourists…
The Court of Appeal’s issuance of an interim injunction this Tuesday preventing further action being taken against a senior state counsel caught in the purposeful cross hairs of…
HEALTH MINISTER PAVITHRA REVEALS 47,000 CHILDREN HAVE TESTED COVID POSITIVE Govt. rules out lockdown despite medical experts sounding alarm: ‘These two weeks will be crucial’ The glossy rainbow…
There is consensus across the board that the COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka is taking a turn for the worse. The Sri Lanka Medical Association and the Association…
So that is that. Period. The President has spoken. The declaration is carved in stone as it were. There is no U-turn in the Government’s policy banning the…
As medical specialists warned that the country was about to be engulfed in a “COVID-19 tsunami,” the Government and the opposition spent much of their time in Parliament…
Plus
Majestic and dignified, they crossed the main road, as ooh and aahs of “thava enawa” greeted them, unperturbed by a few humans even revving motorcycle…
Magazine
Fashion, beauty and lifestyle brands under one roof with a uniquely local twist — Wear House (WH) opened the doors to its flagship store last…
Sunday Times 2
World War III has been going on for a year and a half. More than a…
Education
Outgoing vice chancellor of the University of Peradeniya, Prof. Upul B. Dissanayake placed the “Meterboard”, commonly called…
Magazine
Fashion, beauty and lifestyle brands under one roof with a uniquely local twist — Wear House…