All eyes on Ukraine as Lanka fears conflict will hit already battered economy
As fighting escalates between Russian and Ukranian security forces, Sri Lanka is watching nervously on how…
Sparks fly as pandemic-hit people now suffer power cut woes
Long rolling power cuts are crippling businesses, disrupting education and affecting the daily activities of people…
Adding public ire to fuel
Tourist vehicle drivers go from shed to shed on motorbikes in search of fuel Bus operators…
Sea cucumber farming spells death to traditional coastal fishing in north
Once a fisherman, Manualpillai Thoms Dehol (56) now makes a living solely by repairing fishing nets…
Young blood Vinuja Ranpul’s date with dream and desire
Sri Lanka’s U-19 speedster Vinuja Ranpul having featured in the recently-concluded World Cup declared and divulged…
After A/L Gain a Holistic University Experience of International standard Right Here in Sri Lanka
With the long-delayed G.C.E. A/Level examination coming to an end in the first week of March,…
Breaking barriers in the foothills of the Himalayas
Against the snowy Annapurna Hills, rising jagged like a vision of heaven, are the green foothills…
Suduwelipotha: Ruk Rakaganno on a reforesting mission in Sinharaja
When Ruk Rakaganno was founded in 1975 by a group of concerned naturalists including Irangani Serasinghe,…
Bureaucrats and aristocrats
A couple of weeks ago, I received a mail from one of my British friends, Matthew…
Muddling through Lanka’s foreign exchange crisis
There are many debates these days as to why Sri Lanka must or must not reach…
SLIM Research Bureau holds ‘Accelerating Women’s Economic Empowerment in Sri Lanka’ forum
Aims to issue new policy paper on inclusive economic growth The SLIM Research Bureau, the newly…
News
From the Kandy Lake, a plea for peace
With Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine plunging the world into further chaos amidst a pandemic and world economies in recession, in Sri Lanka, this…
Basil will go to the IMF in April
Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa is to visit the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in April when the two lending institutions hold their…
Indian IT firm given SDP status for US$ 10.25mn investment here
The local subsidiary of an Indian multinational IT company has been granted ‘Strategic Development Project’ (SDP) status with multiple tax breaks in exchange for an…
Financial relief for Ukrainian tourists stranded here?
Beer and wine for tourists at home stays, guest houses
Govt. urged to declare fuel supply as essential for power generation
Zoo remains headless for fifth consecutive week; probe on DG’s complaint continues
West Container Terminal project: Agreements signed with Adani Ports, other partners
Sunday Times journalist receives diploma in journalism
CEB to go to the people with energy conservation mechanisms
Airline offices’ dollar payments to principals pile up
Dec. 3 blackout: Committee recommends police probe
Bandula Padma Kumara: Prominent voice for free media stilled
SriLankan pilots fly the roster, claiming airline boss failed to honour pledge on pay-cut
Chamuditha says he has no faith in police probe on attack on his home
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India thrash butter- fingered Sri Lanka
cricket
AFP: Shreyas Iyer smashed an unbeaten 74 as India hammered Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the second Twenty20 international to clinch the series on…
Indian series swansong for senior seamer Suranga Lakmal
Come Friday, would mark the first of the last two…
Tamil Union outclass Police SC by 10 wkts
Colombo stares at Jaffna’s jumbo total despite Roshen’s 147*
Waduge’s ton lifts Galle out of danger
Cops put Reds in shackles at Police Park
‘Remain or leave’- Chief selector slams at ‘sloppy’ cricketers
This year’s 143rd Battle of the Blues in July!
SSC honours it’s Immediate Past President William Tissa Ellawala
Police unit to dig deep into doping incidents
Chaminda Mendis shines as Petroleum Corporation clinch NSCA T20 title
Sylvesters win by 8 wickets
Business Times
IMF help
The Sunday Times Business Club (STBC) conducted a lively discussion titled “Going to the IMF: Pros and Cons” on Tuesday at the Taj Samudra hotel.…
Multiple impacts in Sri Lanka from Ukraine war
Sri Lanka is facing multiple impacts from Thursday’s Russian invasion of Ukraine with the immediate crisis being the hit on tourism, tea and the cascading…
Central Bank once again rules out rupee float
The Central Bank has once again rejected proposals by government experts to float the rupee against the US dollar rate and allow it to stabilise…
CSE discussing with firms flouting minimum float to delist
Government explores other options to re-introduce SGST
Grin and bear
Bureaucrats and aristocrats
WindForce delays Senegal project
SLIC to help transform farmers to entrepreneurs
Muddling through Lanka’s foreign exchange crisis
SL’s financial literacy rate low at 35 %
Fertiliser importers in a fix
Attygalle appointed to SL FEB
NDB records strong performance for 2021
Amana Bank 2021 PBT up by 42%, crosses Rs. 1b milestone
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Editorial
State of the economy: State the truth
With Europe ablaze with yet another war, the ripple effect on the rest of the world will be felt if it is to continue for much longer in rising prices of gas, petrol, wheat, freight and the disruption of the supply chain of goods from that continent. Sri Lanka is…
Columns
- Political Commentary
Sri Lanka facing worst crisis on multiple fronts
Cost of Living soaring and further increase likely with Ukraine war Govt. likely to seek IMF bailout package, but long-procedure may take Lanka to brink of bankruptcy GL…
- 5th Column
Only God knows why
My dear Pujith and Hemasiri, I am writing to both of you because you were acquitted of all charges against you with regard to those deadly Easter attacks…
- The Economic Analysis
No prospects or policies for resolving the economic and financial crisis
Much like the COVID pandemic, the economic and financial crisis has come to stay with no resolution of the problem in sight. New normal? Is the new normal…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Easter Sunday Massacres: 88 volumes of hard copies given to MPs, request for soft copies
After numerous requests by MPs, the Presidential Secretariat on Tuesday handed over to Parliament previously withheld volumes of evidence in the final report of the Presidential Commission appointed…
- Focus on Rights
The mills of god and the grinding of justice overseas
Of what use are Ministers and the panoply of Government for that matter, if it takes the Executive President clothed in the awful constitutional powers of the Head…
- Sunday Punch
Sri Lanka: Waiting for Godot in the Theatre of the Absurd
In the abject manner natives of the British Empire’s far flung islands used to wait for the mothership to arrive bearing the essentials for their survival 200 hundred…
- In the National Interest
Govt. should not be averse to consultation with stakeholders
Compounding the multiple crises in the country today is the confusion within Government ranks and the dissension within the constituent parties of the Government. At times of national…
- Thoughts from London
As Kaputas begin to gather in Geneva
After weeks of laying siege to Ukraine, the Russian leader did to one of the founding socialist republics of the now defunct Soviet Union, what his predecessors did…
- Lobby
No light shed on burning issues despite big din
Amidst a countrywide fuel shortage and daily power cuts lasting over five hours, Parliament echoed with sounds of protests and angry exchanges. Yet, rather than discuss solutions to…
Plus
Akuna strikes new dramatic note at Lionel Wendt
It is a play not to be missed, says Founder and Artistic Director of the Workshop Players, Jerome De Silva, of the Lionel Wendt Workshop…
Breaking barriers in the foothills of the Himalayas
Letters to the Editor
APPRECIATIONS
Suduwelipotha: Ruk Rakaganno on a reforesting mission in Sinharaja
A prescription for good governance
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Ones to watch out for!
It was a stunning start to CFW’s Summer 2022 edition by Lanka’s emerging designers. Overlooking Colombo’s fast-changing skyline, Day One of HSBC’S Colombo Fashion Week…
Golden jubilee for ‘Godfather’
‘Death at an Antique Shop’ back at Wendt
Thornton’s theatre in town
A play on an ordinary day events that defined a decade
‘Api Thamai Apiwa Danne’ Sings Madhavee
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World’s custodian of peace remains glaringly irrelevant
UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – As a new political twist to an old saying goes: the dogs…
Did US provoke Putin’s war?
Buying dollars with rupees
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Political comedy goes on the boards
‘BallothEkka Baa – 2’ Ravindra Ariyarathne’s popular comedy play “Balloth Ekka Behe – 2” will be…
IUSF protests outside Education Ministry
Teachers for e-learning, video and radio lessons sought after
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Ones to watch out for!
It was a stunning start to CFW’s Summer 2022 edition by Lanka’s emerging designers. Overlooking Colombo’s…
