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Tearing down history
The tenants of the De Soysa Building, a 150-year-old building in Slave Island, Colombo have begun…
Pick of the Pix
From our readers Shutterbugs out there, we would once again appreciateyour contributions to this picture…
Frightened Lankans say leaving Afghanistan is harder now
Mostly comprising NGO staff and employees of companies that provided secondary services to these NGOs, 25…
A spectacle with no spectators
The final Randoli Perahera of the Dalada Maligawa will parade the streets of Kandy under strict…
Where are the forlorn elders dumped outside the hospital?
The plight of a group of elderly people abandoned by their families outside the South Teaching…
Mutilated tusker avenged by swift action
An elephant lying near a tank with part of its head missing and its trunk chopped…
COVID positives force Sri Lanka to pull out of FIBA 3×3 U18 WC
Sri Lanka had to unwillingly pull out of the FIBA 3×3 Under-18 World Cup, after six…
As controversy rages over covid webinar, JSC mulls clarification
In the wake of controversy surrounding the webinar titled “Matters relating to judicial proceedings in the…
Were US war profiteers — the arms industry — the ultimate winners in Afghanistan?
UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – As the 20-year-old occupation of Afghanistan came to an inglorious end last…
Jackson turns to ‘Jathaka Katha’
Actor, filmmaker and script writer Jackson Anthony is ready with his newest movie based on a…
A daring journey of a mother
Christy Shelton Fernando’s newest teleplay ‘Sakuna Piyapath’ is now being telecast at 7.30 pm on every…
News
lockdown fuels long queues
People queued at fuel stations, supermarkets and other shops following the sudden announcement that a 10-day long lockdown would come into effect at 10.pm. on…
Omani investment arm interested also in Hilton and GOH
Shumookh Investment and Services SAOC of Oman which recently expressed interest in two prime Colombo properties –the Chalmers Granary land and the Air Force Headquarters–is…
Steep rise in prices of essential drugs and medical equipment
The government yesterday revised the Maximum Retail Price (MRP) upward by 10 per cent for some 60 vital medicines and medical equipment. This came while…
Four new mutations: No cause to panic yet
COVID-19 death toll exceeds 7000
Indian tourists welcome from next week despite continuing spread of COVID there
Critical to stop Delta from rampaging in other provinces as it has done in WP, says expert
“Pressure must be applied on the Chinese” – PB on Port City
NMRA to grant blanket renewal for registered drugs after data disappearance from Lanka Government Cloud
Lockdown announcement leads to “panic buying” once again; long queues seen outside many pharmacies and supermarkets
Beware of deadly dengue doing the rounds too
Sri Lanka “keenly observing” Afghanistan situation, prepared to take action if necessary: Foreign Ministry
CAA introduces hefty fines for violators
Group tears down black flag protests
Senior police officers ask monk to shield them
Tearing down history
Pick of the Pix
Frightened Lankans say leaving Afghanistan is harder now
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The Three Musketeers concede with appeals
by Champika FernandoMendis, Gunathilaka and Dickwella plead SLC and MoS to reconsider ban
Banned cricketers Kusal Mendis, Danushka Gunathilaka and Niroshan Dickwella have appealed to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and the Sports Ministry to reconsider their suspensions and…
COVID positives force Sri Lanka to pull out of FIBA 3×3 U18 WC
Sri Lanka had to unwillingly pull out of the FIBA…
RCB signs Hasaranga and Chameera for UAE leg of IPL
Chandimal returns, four rookies called in
COVID takes away four sports personalities within a week
Karting prodigy Yevan eyes F1 circuit
US Open series, the last leg
A medal apiece
Winfield Sports deliver groundbreaking 3D VR signage
The Tokyo Olympics must bury old sins and unearth new hopes!
India drown England to win second Test at Lords, but……..
Manel Dharmakeerthi reelected as head of SLWF
Sri Lanka’s first ever Formula 1 e-Racing Championship to flag off
Business Times
Dollar crisis
Owing to a shortage of US dollars in the market, the kerb (unofficial) market has picked up with those urgently seeking dollars forced to buy…
Central Bank losing the battle on the ground
Economic realities are decided on the street and not in the confines of policymakers’ rooms. This was amply displayed when local banks with fast depleting…
Essential commodity importers to undergo a quota system
The government is to introduce a quota system for importers and for the issue of direct user licences for essential commodity import for the disbursement…
Freight rates rising sharply
Forgotten factory workers toil on normal work conditions
12 more firms queuing up to go public
Bullock-cart solutions
Economy and “educated youth”
Many Sri Lankans likely to holiday abroad in Nov-Dec
New Ministry of Development Coordination gets wide powers
UK Study Group fund to help SL students
Dankotuwa Porcelain collaborates with AOD for novel design opportunities
99x secures $20 m investment from Scandinavian investor
De facto rationing of dollars arising out of forex crisis
Central Bank acknowledges deviation in formal and informal exchange rates
New SLID chairman says public institutions are important
Softlogic to manufacture its own electronic goods
Hemas’ continues focus on consumer and healthcare, delivers strong 1Q performance
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Editorial
Some steps in the right direction at last
Better late than never, though some might say what’s the point of locking the stable door after the horse has bolted. Events seem to have overtaken the Government’s feet-dragging decision-making process to clamp a lockdown of the country as the COVID-19 virus began galloping. The people seem to have decided,…
Columns
- Political Commentary
Cabinet reshuffle like changing the batting order in cricket
Namal gets plum position as sign he is being groomed for leadership; GL to the fore to address key international issues; Pavithra unhappy about the change Questions as to…
- 5th Column
A new broom can sweep, but the old broom knows where the dirt is
My dear Pavithra, I heard that you had been removed from overseeing the Health Ministry, in what was a called a ‘Cabinet reshuffle’, and asked to look after…
- The Economic Analysis
Widening trade deficit weakening balance of payments and eroding external reserves
The widening trade deficit in the first half of this year and a likely increase in import expenditure in the second half are weakening the balance of payments…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Finally a lockdown after garbled messaging, confusion and blind panic
Garbled messaging, confusion and blind panic marred the government’s announcement on Friday of a 10-day countrywide lockdown in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had…
- Focus on Rights
The ‘black death’ of a political plague ravishing this beautiful land
The black flags that the head of Sri Lanka’s Roman Catholic Church has requested his flock to hoist this Saturday in silent protest against the Government’s inaction to…
- Sunday Punch
The great American betrayal in the Graveyard of Empires
World condemns Biden’s Afghan botch-up by hasty pullout AFGHANS FLUNG TO TALIBAN MERCY MARKS TRILLION DOLLAR LEGACY OF US OCCUPATION No matter the excuses now pathetically trotted out,…
- In the National Interest
Lockdown at last; thecountry heaves a sigh of relief
Finally the Government announced a lockdown in the country on Friday. This decision of the Government followed two to three weeks of expectations in the minds of people,…
- Thoughts from London
Will chop and shuffle end the trouble
In those golden days when there was no pandemic to hide from and the forces of law and order respected the law and applied it equally, there was…
- Lobby
House unites for Covid Bill, yet sees lockdown prescriptions and prognoses on protests
With the country being battered by COVID-19 and the daily death toll nearing 200, what was supposed to be four days of Parliament sittings was curtailed to just…
Plus
A reflection on what it means to remember
On the weekend I settle down to read Anuk Arudpragasam’s latest novel, recently longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize, pictures of exhausted Public Health Inspectors…
Mapping a mystery
Letters to the Editor
Appreciations
Nikini Poya : First congregation of Buddhist monks to preserve the teachings of the Buddha
Flak jacket, helmet at hand…
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Young and outspoken, their podcast breaks barriers
Unravelling the controversies behind the taboos, debating over what could be considered politically incorrect and connecting with their audiences over shared emotions such as grief,…
New clothing store
Soul Sounds soloists win Gold at World Virtual Choir Festival
For Japanese food lovers these burgers are a must
The first ‘Star Wars: Visions’ trailer turns a galaxy far, far away
Jackson turns to ‘Jathaka Katha’
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SSP Ibrahim Hamid
As an alumnus of Zahira College, Colombo, I am saddened to learn of the demise of…
Were US war profiteers — the arms industry — the ultimate winners in Afghanistan?
Lanka’s pre-2015 human rights discourse: A personal narrative
More Sunday Times 2 >>Education
Teachers take to YouTube for protests
Teacher trade unions have restricted their public protest campaigns due to the COVID-19 situation. However protests…
Gurugedara programme to be aired on seven TV channels; Vision FM launched last week: Ed. Ministry
New Bachelor of Education degree by NIE, available at 45 centres island wide
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Young and outspoken, their podcast breaks barriers
Unravelling the controversies behind the taboos, debating over what could be considered politically incorrect and connecting…
