President and SLPP leaders sort out issues over election
At meeting with Mahinda, Basil and others, Wickremesinghe says another election will follow President hits out at…
Foreign worker e-vehicle permit scheme riddled with irregularities: CoPF report
By Chandani Kirinde A scheme to grant permits for the import of electric vehicles by Lankans…
Authorities change heads to cure Chavakachcheri hospital headache
By S. Rubatheesan Last Friday, a 14-year-old girl who sustained minor injuries to her hand after…
Dons beaten Black and Blue
By Riyad Riffai S. Thomas’ College showed much grit and composure as they easily overcame a…
Campaign Finance Act: Top EC official laments non-inclusion of tough punishment
By Dilushi Wijesinghe The Election Commission’s initial proposal for the Election Expenditure Act was that a…
Aggrieved Sri Lankans want worker grief resolved
By Ishu Bandara The Railway Station Masters and Controllers Union and the Executive Grade Officers of…
Eagles’ Quadrangle Cup concludes at China Bay
The Sri Lanka Air Force and the Eagles’ Golf Links and Course hosted the Eagles’ Quadrangle…
90 ICAM ABACUS Students Shine at Genting International ABACUS Competition, Earning Best ABACUS Institute Award!
The Genting International ABACUS competition recently concluded with great success at the National Conference Hall in…
Havelocks partner with FlyHiSports to launch Rugby Academy with international flavour
Havelocks Sports Club launched a fully-pledged rugby academy in partnership with FlyHiSports, an Australian based business…
“Fruit of the tree that was planted”
“Ceylon has tasted the fruit before she has planted the tree.” This is a famous statement…
Sri Lanka launches locally-produced fortified rice
The Government of Sri Lanka recently announced that Sri Lanka has now gained the capacity to…
News
Colour-wash for Election Commission
With the Election Commission getting busier for the presidential election in the coming months, the Commission’s head office in Rajagiriya was yesterday being colour-washed as…
Presidential poll: EC announcement at the end of the month
Opposition parties pushing for July 17 date Commissioner says sufficient time to conduct the poll The Election Commission (EC) will make its announcement at the…
India and Sri Lanka work out massive Govt.-to-Govt. LNG supply contract
By Namini Wijedasa An Indian government proposal, which Sri Lanka has accepted, will see the New Delhi-headquartered Petronet LNG Ltd. (PLL) supply liquefied natural gas…
China grants Rs. 1.5bn worth humanitarian assistance to fisherfolk in north and east
Ministers and MPs get final notice to declare assets and liabilities
More complaints: Alleged paedophile teacher’s bail revoked
Three-year-old dies in water tank tragedy
AG files objection to Hirunika’s bail plea
All medicines will require NMRA label from August 1
Sri Lanka, Indonesia boost apparel exports to EU
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The dawn of Charith Asalanka era in T20s
Charith Asalanka, the former Sri Lanka Under-19 skipper, is set to take over as Sri Lanka’s T20 captain on a permanent basis from the forthcoming…
History ‘fuels’ Djokovic Wimbledon title bid against Alcaraz
London, United Kingdom, AFP: Novak Djokovic believes the prospect of…
Kandy Samp Army court case to commence next month
Sri Lanka earns promotion to Davis Cup Group III
Four new meet records set; St. Joseph’s, Mahamaya, Lyceum Wattala take lead
Clinical Green Machine scrape through gritty Trinity
Bamba Brigade record fourth successive win
Tankers prevail over Tigers at Maradana
Kingswood record first win
Dons beaten Black and Blue
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Negative image of Sri Lanka
Tourists stranded at the Hatton Railway Station with security forces on guard this week due to a strike by railway employees. The strike was called…
Strikes, congestion force vessels to bypass Colombo Port
By Sunimalee Dias The Colombo Port is currently facing a crisis due to the increased congestion and drop in volumes in June as a result…
Sri Lankan banks on guard after Fitch downgrades Maldives
By Duruthu Edirimuni Chandrasekera Sri Lankan banks are on high alert after international credit rating agency Fitch downgraded the Maldives in June warning that the…
Road, flyover construction picks up pace
Two more luxury hotels added to Sri Lanka’s portfolio
AOD-9604 Peptide: Potential Properties
Aid funding flows in after debt-restructuring success
Workers demand Rs.50,000 basic wage
“Fruit of the tree that was planted”
A West Asia without oil!
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Editorial
Campaign financing
The Elections Commission (EC) was in full flow this week explaining to the media how the new election laws pertaining to campaign financing work. On the eve of scheduled Presidential elections by October and an expected Parliamentary election to follow soon thereafter, this topic has always been brought up before…
Columns
- Political Commentary
President and SLPP leaders sort out issues over election
At meeting with Mahinda, Basil and others, Wickremesinghe says another election will follow President hits out at SLPP General Secretary for insisting he should get party membership, says he…
- 5th Column
Pora talk
My dear Basil, I thought of writing to you after hearing you speak at a ceremony in Kalutara last week to ‘felicitate’ ‘Raththaran’ Rohitha’s 27 years in politics.…
- The Economic Analysis
The danger of elections provoking communalism and destabilising the economy once again
Election-linked communal violence has destabilised the economy many times. One of the main rea-sons for the country’s postindependence economic underperformance has been ethnic violence from time to time…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Lanka pushed deeper into a hole, while rich nations reap climate fund benefits
It is no wonder that when it comes to climate change, Sri Lanka is among the more vulnerable nations in the region, despite its relatively low carbon footprint…
- Focus on Rights
On ‘Loku Patty’, ‘tattoo’ and the IGP’s dances around the law
Smuggled away in an inconspicuous media news item this week, an interesting fact surfaced regarding Sri Lanka Parliament’s Committee on Ways and Means expressing ‘strong displeasure’ over the…
- Sunday Punch
Dubai drug mafia’s revenge attack on Club Wasantha in daring salon sting op
REVEALED: MASTERMIND IN FRANCE, INSTRUCTIONS FROM DUBAI, EXECUTION IN SUBURBAN SALON Little did Club Wasantha know that the man who invited him as chief guest to open his…
- In the National Interest
Is the govt. mishandling the issues surrounding trade union demands?
The spate of strikes taking place in the country are inevitably creating difficulties for the ordinary people. For instance when railway workers go on strike, large number of…
- Thoughts from London
And so they did it their way; no surprise there anyway
When, some weeks ago, a headline for one of my columns started with the words “Games they play…”, no reference was intended to Sri Lanka’s cricket on and…
- Lobby
To confuse or not to confuse: Govt. and Opposition battle it out over bill regarding President’s term
By Sandun Jayawardana As the clock ticks down to the Election Commission (EC) declaring the date for the upcoming presidential election, opposition parties continue to allege that President…
Plus
Home away from home: The silent service of the Mission to Seafarers
By Renuka Sadanandan This morning – the second Sunday of July – will see unusual activity at a historic church, virtually hidden amidst Colombo’s commercial…
Appreciations
Shaping Colombo’s creative landscape
A look back at the paths explored
Beauty of the ballpoint
Award-winning Chef gives her touch to Alpine classics at London Grill
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Kiara’s debut concert in Colombo
An evening of arias and musical theatre with Menaka de Fonseka Sahabandu Kiara Wickremasinghe’s life and career trajectories have always incorporated a balance of academia and…
Brimming with new talent ‘Rag – The Musical’ is set for the boards
Diwerse pop-up market of local handicrafts
‘Amazed by Sri Lankan talents in cinema’- Indian stars
Marriott Colombo launches First Female Chauffeur Service
‘With Love – Nadika and Dinupa’ maiden concert
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Launch of General C. S. Weerasooriya’s memoirs
Duty and Devotion: The Unfiltered Story of a General and Ambassador It was a balmy Sunday…
Dr. Gamini Jayasinghe, a key figure in the dissemination of Buddhism across the US
Book launch
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‘Celebrating 100 years at Reid Avenue’ presented to leading Old Boy
The first copy of the Royal College Magazine ‘Celebrating 100 years at Reid Avenue’, a coffee…
Executive grade officers union of non-academic staff call off strike
Sri Lanka and Latvia discuss cooperation in higher education sector
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Kiara’s debut concert in Colombo
An evening of arias and musical theatre with Menaka de Fonseka Sahabandu Kiara Wickremasinghe’s life and career…
