News
A child in Dambulla is seen ticking off a macaque in his form for the first-ever census on selected animals causing problems to agriculture crops…
By Kapila Bandara Sri Lanka has hired a foreign consultant to prepare for regional scrutiny of its regime against the economic crime of money laundering…
By Ranjith Padmasiri The Fraud Investigation Bureau (FIB) informed the Mt. Lavinia Magistrate’s Court that a statement had been recorded from Trade Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe…
Sports
With the current Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) administration, led by Shammi Silva, all but certain to secure a third consecutive term in office at the…
Kamil Mishara delivered a breathtaking knock, crafting an unbeaten 158,…
Business Times
As usual, International Women’s Day was celebrated on a grand scale here in Sri Lanka and abroad. 5-star hotel tamashas and extravagant events were held…
The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) is set to integrate with the Excise Department operations as the first step towards merging all tax-related functions under one…
Government plans to commence work on two key projects in the Colombo Port, the West Container Terminal II and the North Port to be operational…
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
The Right to Information (RTI) Act has been a rare victory for Sri Lankans, who are more often mutely subjected to bad laws passed upon them by governments indifferent to their collective woes. The RTI Act was rated third in the global ranking of ‘sunshine laws’ across the world when…
Columns
According to Matara magistrate’s court order, Deshabandu’s CCD team was on an illegal mission By Our Political Editor In recent weeks, Sri Lanka has found itself unexpectedly thrust…
My dear Uncle Ranil, I thought I must write to you because everyone is talking about you once again, although you say you are not in active politics.…
The government has made it clear that it will not privatise state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Operating them efficiently as state enterprises is a formidable challenge fraught with considerable difficulties…
With the return of Donald Trump to the US presidency, American foreign policy has been turned upside down and downside up. It has sent even its own diplomats…
Has anyone spotted the very large elephant in the ‘Batalanda’ torture chamber, I wonder? The ruse of ‘tabling’ the Commission Report To be perfectly clear, this is not…
The knife-point rape of a female doctor on Monday night, following her return to her hospital quarters after finishing her day shift to wait on call at the…
The latest challenge facing the country is the damage caused to agricultural crops by invading animals which has left the populace at a loss to counter. Agriculture has…
It was the day after the Ides. The Ides of March, that is, the one that got Julius the Genius straight in the solar plexus. But this was…
By Sandun Jayawardana The state of the agriculture and plantation industries; two sectors vital for the country’s food security and economic prosperity, were the subject of intense discussion…
Plus
Disturbing’ facts with regard to school-aged adolescents are out in the open, begging urgent attention and action to break and reverse these trends. An increasing…
Magazine
By Namali Premawardhana “Dembaya,” an Irish short animated film produced by Sri Lankan-Irish Shauna Cullen won Best Short Film (Animation) at the IFTA (Irish Film…
Sunday Times 2
By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS (IDN) — The primary mandate of the United Nations is to…
Education
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met with a delegation from the Federation of University Teachers’ Association (FUTA)…
Magazine
By Namali Premawardhana “Dembaya,” an Irish short animated film produced by Sri Lankan-Irish Shauna Cullen won…