Print Edition - The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka

‘Vas Aradhana’ ceremony at Gangaramaya temple

A ‘Vas Aradhana’ (Rain retreat ceremony) was held at the Gangaramaya temple, in Colombo yesterday.…

Weapons and drugs make a dangerous combo, triggering a rise in crimes

By Chandani Kirinde Inter-gang rivalries and the fight for control of the illegal narcotics market amidst…

Direct link to city and port will help logistics operations

By Minaza Hassan Easy access for container trucks to the Colombo Port and reduced traffic in…

Parties peddling promises labour to ring more doorbells

By Kasun Warakapitiya Leading political parties are gearing up for the upcoming presidential election by preparing…

Nearly one year on, these resettled families still groping in the dark

By S. Rubatheesan When Peduruppillai Amalathas returned to his village in Palaly North last year after…

Qatar Charity donates drugs and medical equipment

The Qatar Charity in Sri Lanka signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of health…

Experts’ take on debt restructuring outcome and economic diplomacy

The 4th LKI Foreign Policy Forum, which highlighted the outcome of Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring…

Sri Lanka’s “hidden poor”

Last few weeks, I was engaged in a couple of meetings, discussions, and interviews related to…

New faculty of Allied Health Sciences at Ruhuna Uni

Restructuring loss-making public institutions will enable the Government to allocate more resources to education and healthcare…

RIDHMA 2024: The Annual Performing Arts Festival of Royal Institute International School

Royal Institute International School is excited to announce Ridhma 2024 – the annual performing arts festival.…

Many responses: Launch of the final season of ‘To Lunuganga’

By Yomal Senerath-Yapa ‘To Lunuganga’ by the Geoffrey Bawa Trust captures the ‘echoes’ of the…

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Message of national unity from children

Muslim preschool children took part in a Bakthi Gee programme titled ‘Sanda Diya Dhara 2024’. Accompanied by their mothers, students, who took part in the…

Nominations for presidential election in mid-August, voting on September 21

By Damith Wickremasekara Nominations for the presidential election are set to be accepted only in mid-August, not earlier, with the announcement of the exact date…

Sirisena acquires ten state properties for himself under Swarnabhoomi

By Ranjith Padmasiri Former President Maithripala Sirisena has acquired 10 state properties for himself using “Swarnabhoomi” title deeds awarded when he was President. This was…

Vehicle import ban to continue till next year

Goods retailers determined to hold high prices despite tariff trimming

More than 50 Lankan students stuck in B’desh as violence escalates

Indian Coast Guard fights fire on Colombo-bound container ship with dangerous cargo

MP Sabri Raheem surrenders to police, gets bail

Binura, Chamindu, Chandimal and KJP make it to the T20 side

cricket

Binura Fernando, Chamindu Wickremasinghe, Dinesh Chandimal, and Kusal Janith Perera have earned their places in the national T20 side to face India in the three-match…

Gunaratne leads Sri Lanka to easy victory over Bangladesh

After Sri Lankan bowlers restricted Bangladesh women to a below-par…

Aspiring pugilist Nimesha realises KFL dream

Inuki, Melesha, Methvan, Nithila win doubles titles

‘Goodbye to Jimmy and to part of ourselves’

Sports Ministry distributes cash rewards worth Rs. 120mn to international athletes

Hundred hero Hodge stars for West Indies as England toil without Anderson

Will the boomerang effect on selectors and skippers end with Asalanka?

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Business Times

Old ways of tapping toddy

A toddy tapper uses ancient methods of tapping toddy during a familiarisation tour in Chilaw and Marawila of production facilities of the family-run Rockland Group,…

Indian interest in SLA resumes; state scouts strategic investor

Serious interest from major Indian operators have been seen flowing in for national carrier, SriLankan Airlines for the past few months and some are likely…

BIA second terminal project to begin soon following JICA’s funding renewal

The second terminal construction of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) extension project will begin shortly after the delay of over one year under a concessionary…

Some 2% of Sri Lanka’s tea lands to brew coffee

New regulations for leasehold UDA lands to prevent malpractices

International experts propose viable oil palm standards

Garnering migrant workers support

Sri Lanka adopts smart destination management and IoT to attract more tourists

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Sunday Times E-Paper

Editorial

The forthcoming presidential election seems to have given the wrong message to trade unions and their handlers that it is an opportune time to ‘strike’. The JVP’s presidential candidate admitted to this newspaper that his party was masterminding the string of strikes unleashed in recent weeks. The railway strike, for…

Columns

Political Commentary
Presidential election likely on September 21; EC to make announcement on July 24 or 26: Nominations on August 14 or 15

Wickremesinghe to contest as independent candidate; SLPP awaits formal letter on policy matters before declaring support Rishad’s ACMC to back Wickremesinghe; as President gradually increases campaign momentum In…
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5th Column
The importance of Maco’s Raahu

My dear new ‘Maco’ Rathnayake, I am sorry to write to you at this time when you must be very busy, what with an upcoming election and an…
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The Economic Analysis
Vicious cycle: Price increases trigger wage demands, fuelling further price hikes

The past few weeks have been characterised by a spate of strikes in public services that brought the country to almost a halt. Fortunately, these have been called…
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Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Politics to the fore: National Sports Games downplayed

President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Tourism, Lands, Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Harin Fernando were set to attend the 48th National Sports Games at the Sugathadasa Outdoor Stadium on…
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Focus on Rights
Is the president intent on subversion of the constitution?

Consternations reign in Sri Lanka following President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s directive to gazette an inconsequential 22nd Amendment to the Constitution feared to be, in truth, a political ruse to…
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Sunday Punch
Election fever hits new high as D-Day countdown begins

How tension-gripped UNP and SLPP scramble in haste at the eleventh hour to make final ‘candidate’ decision Election fever hit a new high on Wednesday as sole electoral…
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In the National Interest
State health sector must remain high on priority list, notwithstanding economic crisis

Among the social indicators that Sri Lanka is rightly proud of are achievements in education and health. In both these spheres, the provision by the State to provide…
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Thoughts from London
Ranil hits back: Price drops and other goodies as elections near

It was just last month that firecrackers were bursting here and there. Sky rockets were aiming for the stars as though India and China were competing to grab…
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