Spreading COVID-19: Ruling alliance faces charges of hypocrisy
Given the Government’s accusation that opposition parties and trade unions are spreading COVID-19 through public protests,…
CPC decision will trigger next wave of price hikes
Yet another wave of price hikes has been set in motion with the Lanka Indian Oil…
SLPP launches go-it-alone political campaign in A’pura
President and PM make aggressive speeches and give lofty promises at rally held on Basil’s initiative…
Illegal feeding blamed for three elephant attacks in Yala
While tourism returns to normal in Yala, a number of elephant attacks were reported this week…
Seized Indian vessels go under the hammer: Rs. 5.2mn raised
Despite India’s objections, the Fisheries Department went ahead this week with the auctioning of some 150…
Vehicle market running on low gear
The used Mercedes Benz C180 cost the marketing executive Rs 7mn in August 2021. He had…
Only despair grows in this model organic village
Although Laggala-Pallegama in the Mahaweli F Zone was declared a ‘sustainable development model village for organic agriculture’…
Burying Indian Ocean Peace Zone in the high seas
UNITED NATIONS (IPS) — A former Indian ambassador once told an American audience that one of…
SLR resolute to see the winning post, despite commercial setbacks
The usual Inter-Club Rugby League Championship, which runs with a sponsor’s tag in front, this year…
Convocation Ceremony 2021 of BCAS Campus
Held Successfully at the BMICH to Felicitate 1740 Graduates The annual convocation ceremony of BCAS Campus…
News
Patients painfully waiting, but no medicine
With the National Hospital and other public hospitals crippled by strikes, people who came for treatment were not able to get medicines and had to…
CPC calls for fuel price increase; proposes more than LIOC hike
A second price increase of petrol and diesel within two weeks is expected if a request by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) to the Ministry…
As cost of living soars, people eating less or switching to cheaper and less nutritious food: FAO
Sri Lanka’s vulnerable households have apparently reduced their food consumption or switched to comparatively cheaper but less nutritious foods, with an overall negative effect on…
COVID death toll continues to rise
Auction of Rolls Royce, Lamborghini abruptly stopped
Public hospitals crippled for sixth day, unions defy presidential and court orders
Renewable energy: Shocking indictment on CEB failure
All-party consensus on slashing the number of local council members
CIABOC law to be amended; cases can be filed with one commissioner’s signature
Talks on paying compensation to victims draw no response from gas companies
CEB appoints consultants with monthly pay of Rs. 1 million each
Leprosy cases on the rise during pandemic; eradication deadline revised
Now no licence required to import bovine, goat and swine semen
Mahinda College OBA appointments challenged; enjoining order against principal
For once a House not divided as Mangala is remembered
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Record breaking Sarangi could create history at Asian Games
athletics
Sri Lanka has never won a long jump medal at the Asian Games but if Sarangi Silva can replicate her yesterday’s performance of 6.65m, Sri…
Havies hold their nerves to snatch close win over CH
Havelocks maintained their unbeaten run in the SLR Inter-Club League…
SIU alert over match-fixing approach
Sri Lanka resolute to win 150th T20i today
Tame draw at Katugastota
Anjalika, Thehan continue title winning spree
Cops down Airmen
Match fizzles out to a draw
Akram shines for Trinity
Chamika Gunasekara — a star in the making
New water sports centre at Ports City
Madushan and Nikita rule the waves at Hikkaduwa
Business Times
Handicrafts on show
A crafts-woman at work at the recently-held National Industrial Exhibition at the BMICH, Colombo. Pic by Akila Jayawardana. …
Soaring inflation, exchange rate make value added exports profitless
Sri Lanka’s mounting inflation paired with an artificially restricted exchange rate have put value added exports on the back foot amid rising fears that these…
Sri Lanka Tourism in legal travails
Sri Lanka’s state tourism officials are purportedly sailing into hot water as they attempt to keep under wraps what is today public knowledge. The Tourism…
SL fuel procurement tenders face corruption allegations
Uncertain future for the local printing industry
COVID-19 strikes factories again
Dipping into people’s savings
Re-playing “beauty and the beast”
SL faces crisis of overspending without proper revenue
Residential energy storage using Lithium-Ion batteries
INSEE Cement, major cement supplier to the Uma Oya Project
Unilever’s ‘Saubhagya Programme’ awards 42 more schols to schoolchildren
Aitken Spence, only SL company in Top 100 Global Companies for Sustainability 2022
decrypt launched in Sri Lanka
Govt.’s failure to reimburse COVID-19 relief triggers possible Samurdhi Bank crash
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Editorial
Data protection or data secrecy?
In an era of information disclosure that Sri Lanka has pledged to be part of after passing a world class Right to Information (RTI) Act in 2016, it is puzzling why a Bill on Data Protection presented to Parliament recently by the Prime Minister must revert to ancient terminology by…
Columns
- Political Commentary
SLPP launches go-it-alone political campaign in A’pura
President and PM make aggressive speeches and give lofty promises at rally held on Basil’s initiative GL’s New Delhi visit draws India closer to Sri Lanka; Jaishankar promises…
- 5th Column
To forgive and forget
My dear Ranjan, I thought I must write to you because a few weeks ago there was a lot of talk about you being given a presidential pardon…
- The Economic Analysis
Post-independent weakening of pre-conditions for economic development
A striking feature of post-independentSri Lanka is the weakening and deterioration of the pre-conditions for the nation’s development. This is especially so in the latter decades. Looking back…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Spreading COVID-19: Ruling alliance faces charges of hypocrisy
Given the Government’s accusation that opposition parties and trade unions are spreading COVID-19 through public protests, the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna’s (SLPP) decision to hold a public…
- Focus on Rights
Waving the red flag to a salivating trade union bull
Sri Lanka’s contemporary politicians have, without exception, developed the robbing of the public coffers into a fine art. Gross monetary debauchery It makes little difference if they have…
- Sunday Punch
Pushpika loses her crown as mentor Rosy turns foe
CONTINUING SAGA OF ONE WOMAN’S FAILED BID FOR MRS. WORLD TITLE Ex-Mrs. Sri Lanka now faces Rs. 900m legal demands for ‘indiscretions’ Poor, pathetic, pitiful Pushpika de Silva.…
- Thoughts from London
Sri Lanka’s day in March soon to come
When the Soothsayer warned Julius Caesar to beware the Ides of March, Mighty Caesar brushed it aside haughtily. But before the day was done Caesar was done for.…
- Lobby
Opposition hits out at EPF, ETF levy and ‘eyewash’ PTA amendments
Articles in the Surcharge Tax Bill that pave the way for the imposition of a 25% levy on the Employee Provident Fund (EPF) and Employee Trust Fund (ETF)…
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Rediscovering joy of childhood through her art
While studying for an architecture degree at the University of Moratuwa and then working as a professional architect, Bhagya Madanasinghe discovered a love for drawing.…
Giving muscle to encouraging strong women
Letters to the Editor
Appreciations
Another chapter in CFW’s ethical fashion drive
A story of contrasts, a story of success
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Homemade with love
With the work-from-home lifestyle gaining ground, home-based kitchens are growing in popularity due to their efficient ordering process. While cooking is a hobby pursued by…
“I want folks to say, oh that’s Melissa when they hear my songs”
Gayan Gunawardana: Versatility is his brand name
Moulding tomorrow’s filmmakers
Mövenpick celebrates Valentine’s Day
“A Death at an Antique Shop” in Negombo
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China’s triangulation gambit
NEW HAVEN – History’s turning points are rarely evident with great clarity. But the February 4…
Burying Indian Ocean Peace Zone in the high seas
The Reader’s Digest as propaganda: A review 71 years ago
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Vavuniya University formally opened
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa accompanied by Education Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Sampath…
University of Vavuniya formally opened by President Rajapaksa
Professions with a high job demand need to be identified: President
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Homemade with love
With the work-from-home lifestyle gaining ground, home-based kitchens are growing in popularity due to their efficient…
