Two wheels now only option for workers
Cycling to work is now being explored by state and private sector companies to ride out…
Potentially serious sky drama and on-the-ball piloting by UL crew
The debt-ridden national carrier, Sri Lankan Airlines (UL), was in the news this week not on…
Reduce at source to cut food waste
By Nadia Fazlulhaq While the state-sponsored cultivation drive has begun experts believe there is a need…
Big time millers profiteering by starving market of rice, allege traders and small scale millers
Fear of a looming food crisis has seen a public already burdened by lack of fuel…
Where have all the tourists gone?
Pix and text by Kanchana Kumara Ariyadasa Due to shortages in electricity, gas and fuel, the…
Community kitchens step up in spite of hurdles
By Yoshitha Perera Large pots filled with boiled vegetables and steaming rice are a common sight…
Believing in bringing therapy out of the therapist’s room
An advocate of ‘Positive Psychotherapy’ Dr. Tayyab Rashid from the University of Toronto, Scarborough,Canada talks to Kumudini Hettiarachchi…
15 murders since May 30 and cops say they are stretched to the limit
It was mid-noon Tuesday when Nipun Chandana Perera, 23, came out from a nearby ATM booth…
Aquinas College of Higher Studies
Established in the year 1953 by the late Rev.Fr. Peter A Pillai OMI with the blessings…
APIIT to provide HCL 200 top IT graduates annually
The Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology( APIIT) inked a signature MoU with HCL Technologies to…
Golden Jubilee for Chandral Fonseka of ‘Kings’
By Sanath Weerasuriya ‘Music does not lie, nor compromise Veteran musician, singer and music director Chandral…
News
Jak dansala for drivers at filling station
Though this looks like a Poson dansala, it is a pathetic picture of lorry, truck and bus drivers who had to wait in a queue…
As fuel crisis worsens; Govt. goes for unsolicited proposals
Only three shipments due this month; India, China yet to respond to Lanka’s requests The Government has opted to consider unsolicited proposals for fuel supplies…
Seasonal influenza spreading rapidly; 14 deaths
Deaths of 14 people due to a flu have raised concern among health professionals who warn the public to be cautious of a seasonal influenza…
Information blackout as fuel stocks run out
Official letters show CEB Chairman was instructed to facilitate Adani projects
Fuel crisis: Most schools closed next week
The Sunday Times wins Publishers’ award for investigative reporting
National airline’s liabilities greater than its assets, audit report reveals
CEB’s bid for new gas turbines at Kelanitissa blows a fuse, once again
Ban ends, hundreds of mechanised Indian fishing trawlers in Lankan waters again
Low-fuel flashing light on; country grinding to a halt
Two wheels now only option for workers
Human kindness and racketeers’ wickedness intersect at fuel sheds
Pic of the Pix
Athurugiriya fuel station clash: Seven suspects remanded till tomorrow
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Oozing with confidence, Sri Lanka look for second win
cricket
Hosts Sri Lanka will definitely come out as a confident lot at the third ODI against Australia at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in…
Shoulder injury may delay KJP’s return
After a long delay, Kusal Janith Perera may finally travel…
The cheque that bounced big
Can Sri Lanka repeat the 2016 Test whitewash against Aussies?
Big blow for Sri Lankan swimmers
Struggle of a swimming champ in hunt for Commonwealth glory
SLC to take charge of Diyagama Stadium?
Ryan hits record breaking 252
Visakha and Joes claim 46th National Age Group Championships
Sri Lanka win six medals at Western Asian Youth Chess Championships
Business Times
New 20 rupee coins
New 20 rupee coins have come into circulation. The coin was released a few months back to mark 150 years of the Census of Population…
Controversy over LPG supplier in ‘influential’ deal
State-owned Litro Gas Lanka Ltd with a market share of 75 per cent of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) is to make a costly change by…
Electricity Act amendment may see new power plants
The amendment to the Sri Lanka Electricity Act has been welcomed by those in the power sector and already some are canvassing for power plants,…
Coconut prices set to skyrocket amid crisis
Inverters: Beating the power crisis
Tourism moratoriums need extension
Right royal mess
Paying foreign debt from domestic income
Excise Department goes for digitisation to enhance tax revenue
Colombo YMBA helps digital entrepreneurs contribute to economy
SL’s legendary biscuit maker passes away
CSE sponsors key debating competition
SL apparel industry highlights impact of crisis on its workers
Port City Development Regulation irregularities come to the forefront
The Russians who are leaving
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Editorial
There’s nothing called a free shipment of fuel
Hardly a fortnight after the Tamil Nadu state government made a much-publicised donation of humanitarian assistance to the suffering people of Sri Lanka, including kerosene for the fishermen of the Northern Jaffna peninsula, the familiar armadas of bottom trawlers have come charging from the state’s coastline illegally into Sri Lanka’s…
Columns
- Political Commentary
Strong doubts over passage of 21 A
Why the Cabinet discussion did not take place last Monday President may approve a fresh term for CB Governor despite no recommendation from Finance Minister GL turns up…
- 5th Column
A ‘suspended’ sentence for the ‘Hon’ Minister
My dear (A)Prasanna, I thought of writing to you because you are making history, being a cabinet minister while at the same time being a person convicted in…
- The Economic Analysis
Economic reforms imperative for economic stability and growth
The main preoccupation of the Government and the concern of the people are the severe shortages of their basic requirements. These require immediate foreign assistance to resolve them.…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Potentially serious sky drama and on-the-ball piloting by UL crew
The debt-ridden national carrier, Sri Lankan Airlines (UL), was in the news this week not on the usual focus of how many billions of rupees it is losing…
- Focus on Rights
Throttling a nation; Lanka’s deadly ‘king-politicians’
From Mullaitivu to Kurunegala to Athurigiriya, fury erupts among snaking lines of Sri Lankans hopelessly waiting for days on end for fuel. Finally, unity binds the Sinhalese, the…
- Sunday Punch
A convict in the Cabinet Can Prasanna sit without qualm in the House?
Cabinet Minister Prasanna Ranatunge sits comfortably in the House when, had it not been for a judge’s leniency, he should be doing hard labour at another Government institution:…
- In the National Interest
Govt. must take steps to avert a humanitarian crisis in the health sector
At the risk of stating the obvious, it is the poor and vulnerable who are hardest hit by the economic crisis brought about by rank incompetence and mismanagement…
- Thoughts from London
Trying to take the world for a ride
Foreign Minister GL Peiris must surely find his right hand terribly sore. Turn over the pages of local newspapers and even some news sites and there he is…
Plus
Far from a ‘Wonderland’
Come with an open mind – don’t expect the usual Alice in Wonderland story” cautions the cast. Co-director Reihan Stephen adds, “Our play takes everything…
An uphill, upcycle venture
A ‘home’ of many stories
A 40-year island chronicle seen from the front seat
June Distractions by CMSC
It’s a first for Sri Lanka! A ‘Family-oriented Caesarean’
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Key Apple announcements at WWDC 2022
By Mahesh De Andrado Apple’s recently held WWDC (Worldwide Developer Conference) had a slew of new things that the company brought to the table. Just…
‘Hora Uncle’ premieres in Milano
Film premiere in Italy, a dream come true- Harshana
‘The Game’ begins
Political comedy play in town
Drama, Music, Dance courses at Swami Vivekananda cultural Centre
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1952 premier stakes: How and why of the controversy over Dudley’s appointment
Today is the 111th birth anniversary of Sri Lanka’s second Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake By the…
Gods have made Lankans cricket mad but should not prolong national crisis
Maneka (Mickey) Wickremasinghe: Entrepreneur and artist
More Sunday Times 2 >>Education
Poson Poya ceremonies in schools
Poson Poya was marked with religious ceremonies in schools this week. One of the ceremonies was held…
Next year’s school supplies will be bought through Indian and Chinese credit lines: Ed. Minister
Online appeals for schools with scholarship results
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Key Apple announcements at WWDC 2022
By Mahesh De Andrado Apple’s recently held WWDC (Worldwide Developer Conference) had a slew of new…
