Pomp and pageantry amidst call by President to overcome difficulties
No show by SJB, JVP and Catholic clergy at official celebration 74th Independence Day celebrations Overcoming…
CDA chairman defends minister’s son; driver made fall guy
An attempt by Coconut Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Keerthi Weerasinghe to defend the son of his…
Gerandi Ella tragedy brings to surface rules for bathing in unknown waterbodies
Listen to area people, look for warning signs, and avoid getting into unknown waters, experts warn…
Rs 75 Sathosa nuts promise rings hollow amid runaway prices, shortages
Prices that Sri Lankans pay at grocery stores and wet markets for their essentials such as…
Price slide puts Kalpitiya farmers in hot water
For Kalpitiya’s radish farmers, a bumper harvest is no good news this time as prices have…
Murder at mid-sea: Northern fisherfolk reach breaking point over Indian raiders blamed for deaths
A northern fisherman set fire to his boat and fishing gear on Thursday, in a protest…
Don’t get complacent because Omicron is less virulent, says DG Health
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Turmeric will remain pricey despite grow local campaign
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Road to economic independence
Political independence is the outcome of political freedom. We just celebrated the 74th anniversary of gaining…
The Gypsies: Back on the road again
‘The Gypsies’, one of the popular and most successful musical outfits in the Sri Lankan music…
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Veterans go driving in
The main Independence Day ceremony was held at Independence Square on Friday with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa presiding . One of the highlights was the parade…
CPC to buy crude from Cypriot firm on unsolicited tender
Cabinet has approved the procurement of 450,000 barrels of Omani light crude oil for the Sapugaskanda oil refinery from a Cypriot commodity trading firm on…
No access to public places, if you are not fully vaccinated
Those who failed to be “fully vaccinated” against COVID-19 will not be allowed to access public places including public transport from April 30 onwards, the…
Covid cases and deaths on the rise; get your booster
G.L goes to India, seeks meeting with Modi
SLPA quotes in US dollars for information
Lanka seeks 2 credit lines from India, Australia to buy essentials for Avurudu
Finance Ministry hits out at Power Ministry
Govt. suffers huge revenue losses as stone quarries are exploited
Parliament sittings likely to be curtailed
Goodbye Haren: Our hearts will miss you
Three drown in Ellawala water fall
Kandy hotel and environmental laws – Right of Reply
X-Press pearl insurers pay US$ 1.75mn interim compensation to fishing community
Pomp and pageantry amidst call by President to overcome difficulties
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Will Sri Lanka spring a surprise?
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A seemingly balanced-looking Sri Lankans would be taking on World Champions Australia in a five-match T20 series come Friday (11) with the tour-opener set for…
Player managers to be regulated
Following allegations that some player managers had “a field day”…
Thinula, Naveen shine in drawn match at Kotahena
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Visakhians and Joes make a splash in the waters
Sri Lanka Cricket launches programme to donate cricket equipment to 650 schools
Business Times
Sri Lanka’s largest fisheries harbour
Sri Lanka’s largest fisheries harbour (above), with technical assistance of the Lanka Hydraulic Institute, a leading Sri Lankan engineering consultancy firm, has been constructed in…
IMF helping SL but not with money
Has Sri Lanka finally sought assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)? This is the million dollar question being asked in political and economic circles…
Israel-SL ties focus on counter terrorism, agriculture
Sri Lanka and Israel will continue its cooperation on defence and assist in the area of counter terrorism in addition to supporting advances in agriculture…
Private banks await CB input to help pay CPC bill
Exporters in a fix as state scrambles to source fuel
Rubber plantations in disease crisis
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Road to economic independence
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Editorial
Lanka’s unfinished freedom struggle
What ought to have been a day of celebration was marked on a sombre note, with little to celebrate other than a military parade and a cultural pageant at the spot where the formal papers were presented handing back sovereignty after 443 years of colonial domination – from a crumbling…
Columns
- Political Commentary
Public relations blunders cost the government dearly
Questions over Easter Sunday massacre probe likely to become latest addition to Lanka’s woes at UNHRC; Bachelet to seek more funds to extend the term of the ‘war…
- 5th Column
Failure to launch
My dear Mother Lanka, I thought of writing to you because you were ‘celebrating’ what we called ‘independence’ just the other day. There was a long ceremony at…
- The Economic Analysis
A less recognised cause of our underdevelopment
Two days ago the country celebrated 74 years since Independence. For most of the country’s 22 million, it was not a day of celebration. They are in severe…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
CDA chairman defends minister’s son; driver made fall guy
An attempt by Coconut Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Keerthi Weerasinghe to defend the son of his boss, State Minister Arundika Fernando, during a news conference ended in total…
- Focus on Rights
Reflections on Sri Lanka’s past kings and present day beggars
It is a paradox without parallel that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa saw fit to invoke the names of Sri Lanka’s great kings and their liberation struggles against ‘foreign invaders’…
- Sunday Punch
Can pomp and pageantry alone soothe Lanka’s traumatic hour
The people were given a saccharine coated, jasmine scented fast-relief puff of a breather from the suffocating traumas of daily strife when the government went into celebratory mode…
- In the National Interest
Independence Day reflections: The glass is half full, not half empty
Sri Lanka celebrated its 74th Independence Day while going through what is undoubtedly the bleakest period in its post-Independence history. As people struggle to carry on daily, amid…
- Thoughts from London
Lanka’s thoughtless Cabinet or one without thinkers
Sometime last November DEW Gunasekera, the leading light in the pro-Moscow Communist Party here and a one-time MP and cabinet minister, made some scathing remarks about Sri Lanka’s…
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200 years ago a green haven began to grow
The Royal Botanic Gardens Peradeniya, beloved to Lankans and known simply as the Peradeniya Gardens celebrates a rare milestone on February 21 – its bicentenary.…
Weaving surreal urban landscapes into corrugated cardboard
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Classical music’s in the air again
February 19 sees the SOSL musicians break silence after many months. Presented at the Lionel Wendt theatre, this concert features the young musicians of the…
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He was more than just a colleague, he was my friend
Harendra Wijeratne Throughout our professional lives, we often classify the people with whom we work and…
Getting out of a debt hole: Some advice for Lanka’s establishment
Democracy, narcissism and playing hide and seek with IMF
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Children must develop skills and talents that will contribute to economic growth: President
A number of education reforms are taking place in the country to create more productive citizens,…
Presidential scholarship programme suspended due to COVID situation: Ed. Ministry
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Classical music’s in the air again
February 19 sees the SOSL musicians break silence after many months. Presented at the Lionel Wendt…
