Health Ministry scrambles emergency plans to deal with drug shortage
Health authorities are scrambling emergency plans to overcome the medicinal drugs shortage brought about by the…
Fuel tab burns a hole in home budgets, traders reeling from shock
Yet another steep increase in fuel prices means the troubling effects are cascading to every sector…
Idiosyncratic, eccentric cast of characters steals the show at fuel stations
Every part you play, dramatists say, is a character. There are plenty of them characters converging…
Litro’s hot air fills cooking gas cylinders; disappointed people suffer in long queues
Uncertainty continues over the supply of cooking gas, as Litro Gas, the main supplier, keeps on…
Flat dwellers being inspired to stir the pot for communal meals
Recent political unrest and bankruptcy have worsened a severe food shortage and the majority of Sri…
Manitha and Senesh elated to represent Sri Lanka at Red Bull Paper Wings World Finals
The official Paper Plane World Championship, Red Bull Paper Wings, was concluded in Salzburg, Austria recently.…
AIESEC Sri Lanka concludes the largest youth leadership development conference of the year
At AIESEC, we are determined to develop young people. To make this happen, AIESEC Sri Lanka…
Bona Ekamai Wadey
It seemed the baila baton left behind by the legend Sunil Perera was idling and no…
Satan in guardian angel clothing
I am not surprised about today’s economic crisis in Sri Lanka, but I am very sad…
IRD ready to implement tax revenue resurgence plan
The Inland Revenue Department’s (IRD) vastly experienced top management team wants the new administration to immediately…
SL’s economy will struggle through a contraction this year
Sri Lanka’s troubled economy will see its worst contraction ever (negative growth) with many jobs lost…
News
Sri Lanka in dire straits, prepare for the worst
Both Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and Central Bank Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe have in recent days been explaining to the people what dire straits the economy…
Joint account with WHO to obtain urgent medical aid
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Health Ministry are implementing a mechanism to establish a joint bank account that will accept assistance from foreign…
Why did SL not respond to China’s emergency diesel offer?
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has directed officials to discuss with China to reactivate its offer to provide emergency diesel supplies, a senior official said. The…
Worsening trend of packing SL overseas missions with political appointees impacts country’s diplomatic relations
PM to appoint high-powered committee to stabilise economy
Black Monday violence: State insurer’s total loss over Rs. 1 bln
Saudi Arabia approves 1,585 Hajj pilgrims from Lanka, but big question over dollars
Health Ministry rejects Treasury proposal for medical staff’s allowance cuts
Big-time electricity users to pay more; Power Ministry to present Cabinet proposal
HRCSL expert panel visits Rambukkana
India sends kerosene to island fishermen in north
Mobile app nets in around 2000 vehicles topping up fuel more than once
Blessings for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee at London Buddhist Vihara
Missing child in Atulugama: Body found near her house
Shashi Weerawansa case: Action against ex-passport chiefs
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Sri Lanka women concedes 3-0 whitewash
cricket
A shocking batting collapse which included five run outs helped Pakistan Women win the third and final T20 by 4 wickets to wrap up the…
Asia Cup to be shifted to UAE?
The Asia Cup is to be shifted to United Arab…
SLBA denies own team from FIBA Asia Cup Pre-Qualifiers
SLHF desperately hunting for funds to send three players for Asian Qualifiers
Sri Lanka Cricket’s magnanimous gesture to hospitals
India agrees to play T20 series against crisis-hit Sri Lanka
National Schools Under-15 team events from June 2-5
NOC to decide CWG contingent on Monday
Lankans move to fourth in Test Championship after epic win
Hiruna, Dhanuja shine in Galle Zone’s big win
Trinity take honours in drawn game
Ace Capital stun star-studded SSC
Business Times
New pharma production facility
Sri Lanka’s first and largest general oral solid and liquid dosage pharmaceutical manufacturing facility by Morison Ltd at Homagama recently began production. Picture shows a…
Food crisis: Worst-hit citizens in SL cities
Sri Lanka’s city dwellers are likely to be the worst hit by the impending food shortage for which the government is currently making plans to…
$5.5 bln spent to defend rupee
Sri Lanka Parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) is to recommend a special commission to investigate and punish officials who were responsible for the action…
Tourists: Please visit and save Sri Lanka
Firms hit by runaway inflation, fuel hike
Fate of thousands of garment workers
Rising interest rates
Satan in guardian angel clothing
IRD ready to implement tax revenue resurgence plan
Basil’s proposal providing Rs.4 mln each to local authorities suspended
CCC view on reducing presidential powers
SL’s economy will struggle through a contraction this year
Factories on “hand to mouth” existence
SL tea industry warns of industry grinding to a halt
Colombo Dockyard builds ship for Norwegian client
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Editorial
Lifelines and chokeholds
The Central Bank Governor spoke in plain and lucid terms to the Press Club earlier this week giving a grim but realistic picture of the state of the economy. He said the people will have to brace themselves for the long haul while the authorities try to fix the crashed…
Columns
- Political Commentary
PM warns of horrifying situation to come
Chilling message that economic situation is worse than he feared it was; credit lines fast drying up Controversy over 21st Amendment; several positive aspects of 19A missing; Gota…
- 5th Column
The tools for the job?
My dear brand new Cabinet ministers, I thought of writing to you because you are the latest lot of ministers entrusted with saving our nation from what is…
- The Economic Analysis
Foreign assistance imperative to revive the economy
Reviving the economy amidst political instability and social unrest, soaring import prices and negligible foreign reserves is a massive challenge. The economy can be revived to its potential…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Kachchativu: TN Chief Minister leads efforts for India to take back control
Since the 1974 agreement was reached between Sri Lanka and India on demarcating each country’s territorial waters and international maritime borders, there was burning resentment from Tamil Nadu…
- Focus on Rights
An infant’s death and Colombo’s talking mandarins
In Haldummulla, amidst Sri Lanka’s verdant tea-green landscapes of extraordinary beauty, an infant died this week as her desperate parents were not able to obtain sufficient petrol to…
- Sunday Punch
Will a half-baked 21A avatar pass the people’s acid test?
As the gathering clouds further darken not allowing a single streak of light to fall on this godforsaken island, where an economic crisis rages unstoppable in the backdrop…
- In the National Interest
What happened to Sri Lanka’s plan to export electricity to India?
In 1976 when the then Power and Irrigation Minister Maitripala Senanayake laid the foundation stone for the Polgolla dam as the first phase of the Mahaweli Diversion Programme,…
- Thoughts from London
Crossing and double crossing to save the nation
If Sri Lankan politics looks like a marketplace for second and third-hand goods, should anybody be really surprised? From the time I could remember local politicians have been…
Plus
‘I feel utterly unworthy when I think of past greats who won this medal’
In what is probably the highest accolade paid to a Sri Lankan naturalist ever, this year’s Linnean Medal for Zoology was bestowed on Tilak Rohan…
Dambegoda statue: In awe of a spectre of a curious, esoteric past
Purple blooms to beautify Radella shortcut
Letters to the Editor
Appreciations
Drawn from the ‘hidden recesses’ of Ashok’s mind
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Apex Legends Mobile: A new Champion has entered the field
Ever since Apex Legends was launched in 2019, Battle Royale games took on a whole new level of play. Sure Fortnite and Call of Duty…
Lending a hand to alleviate fuel sourcing
Bona Ekamai Wadey
‘Top Gun – Maverick’ hit Lankan screens
A thriller movie in two languages
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Aussie ex-PM Morrison was all at sea when it came to integrity
After four years of despair, and millions of dollars spent by the Australian government to incarcerate…
Consent in the world of the Internet
Lessons from Dutch history
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O/L exams centres in Puttalam relocated
Torrential rains in the Puttalam area forced education authorities to relocate examination centres for G.C.E. O/L…
Education Minister seeks Auditor General’s report on student admissions
National Education Policy in the works
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Apex Legends Mobile: A new Champion has entered the field
Ever since Apex Legends was launched in 2019, Battle Royale games took on a whole new…
