Bring those responsible to court, Bandarawela Magistrate orders police
Fact Finding Committee halts investigation after both parties fail to cooperate One year after a catastrophic…
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Adios Padre: Final goodbye to people’s Pope
More than 400,000 mourners gathered in Vatican City yesterday to bid farewell to Pope Francis, a champion of the poor who strived to forge a…
Lanka seeks US plans to defuse tariff crisis
During talks with US trade chief, Govt. delegation pledges to import more US goods, revise tariffs By Damith Wickremasekera Sri Lanka has sought proposals from the…
President to take part in UN Vesak celebrations in Viet Nam
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is to undertake an official visit to Viet Nam early next month to attend the 20th United Nations Day of Vesak.…
Post-mortem must for all deaths of children under 5
Trial-at-Bar appointed to hear case against Keheliya and eleven other accused
Kashmir attack: FM says SL ‘neutral’ after President expresses solidarity with India
EU team here tomorrow: Lanka to seek enhanced quota under GSP+ scheme
Priests and nuns stood shoulder to shoulder with lay people in respectful silence
Remembering the Pope with special church services and candlelight vigil
Looking back: When the Pope visited Sri Lanka in 2015
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Authorities’ blunder sinks potential diver’s Olympic hopes
Diving
Sri Lanka’s top diver Dulanjan Fernando has made a heartbreaking decision that could change the future of the watersport in the island nation. The 25-year-old,…
Concerned parents reach Sports Minister over tyranny by coach
A group of parents has raised serious allegations against a…
Bring those responsible to court, Bandarawela Magistrate orders police
Desperate ‘glasshouse’ faction switch to ‘throwing stones’ mode
From dusty fields to Asia’s best
Asia Rugby leadership faces scrutiny amid governance controversies
Sri Lanka women stickers record AHF Cup win vs Uzbeks
Thomians run riot in Mount Lavinia Derby
Exciting RTC Magic Million Cup today
Trinity rout hometown rivals St. Anthony’s far away from home
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Ocean conservation with bar reef cleanup
NDB Bank recently partnered with Clean Ocean Force Lanka to support marine conservation through underwater clean-ups. To date three dives have been completed at the…
Public debt interest soars, hurt SL’s public investment future
While Sri Lanka’s economic stability is in the making, a glaring imbalance in the nation’s national budget is ringing alarm bells among economists: nearly Rs.…
Diplomats negotiate markets while industries waltz to other regions
Many Sri Lankan companies are gearing to set up bases in Africa and other regions while the Export Development Board (EDB) with the Commerce Department…
US-SL bilateral ties to firm up in May
SL unable to share tariffs with US buyers
Online traffic fines to go island-wide
EU pressure mounts to amend Online Act
Well….now onto EU GSP+
Sri Lanka’s FTAs: A tale of missed opportunities
Rs. 10.56 m Drone scandal at Arthur C Clarke Institute exposed
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Editorial
Beware the traps on the tariff track
Addressing an election rally in Ratnapura earlier this week, President A.K. Dissanayake announced that a ‘Joint Statement’ would be issued as an outcome of the meeting between the Sri Lanka delegation in Washington and the US side to ‘negotiate’ preferential tariffs with the US government and that the talks have…
Columns
- Political Commentary
Disillusionment grows over Govt. handling of Easter Sunday probes and shift in Cardinal’s stance
Presidential Commission findings presented to Speaker and AG in 2021 during Gotabaya Rajapaksa government; AG initiated CID inquiry and legal action Report supports FBI conclusion and highlights Zahran’s links…
- 5th Column
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread, but you are no fool
My dear Gammanpillayan, I thought of writing to you now because you are constantly in the news these days, arguing your case for your new found friend, Pillayan.…
- The Economic Analysis
Negotiating Trump’s tariffs and coping with global uncertainties and recessionary conditions
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has announced that he has taken measures to minimise the impact of US tariffs on our exports and sent a team to the US…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
India makes amends, sends HC to meet ex-presidents denied Modi meeting
Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha called on former Presidents Mahinda Rajapaksa and Ranil Wickremesinghe this week. Both the former leaders were not afforded opportunities to meet Indian Prime…
- Focus on Rights
Whence presidential promises of ‘justice’ for Sri lanka’s Easter Sunday victims?
In early October 2024, then just-elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake was permitted, with the blessings of the Roman Catholic Archbishop, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith looking benignly on, to speak…
- Sunday Punch
Pope Francis: Not a Prince of the Church but Servant of the People
++SUNDAY PUNCH TRIBUTE TO POPE FRANCIS: THE PEOPLE’S POPE ++ Who will be chosen by divine will to follow the steps of the people’s Pontiff? Pope Francis died…
- In the National Interest
Curbing the rising tide of crime: Time for urgent action
Not a day seems to pass in the country without a killing or attempted killing which is increasingly a matter of concern for the public. The nation, already…
- Thoughts from London
Waiting for Godot or any godsmacked fool ready to rule
WAITING FOR GODOT OR ANY GODSMACKED FOOL READY TO RULE- There was a time not too long in our post-independence history when we were drawn to Samuel Beckett.…
Plus
Going beyond fixing bones
The emotion is tangible – her tear-filled eyes say it all………a little boy who was beyond any healer’s help. A six-year-old from Galle who had…
A lioness in summer
Letters to the Editor
APPRECIATIONS
A carpet of yellow that lights up the dry zone
Travel stories that instruct and entertain
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Finding the perfect recipe for rom-com
A British-Sri Lankan Jeevani Charika has been shortlisted for this year’s British Romantic Novel Awards for her novel The Winner Bakes It All By Yomal…
New-look GFLOCK opens at Battaramulla
A birthday gift to the Queen of silver screen
Ravindra’s comedy play in town
Kumara’s debut play goes on the boards
Chinese Dragon Café opens seasonal outlet at Alpine Hotel, Nuwara Eliya for April season
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UNESCO’s front-runner with a dynamic vision
Mexican nominee Gabriela Ramos in Sri Lanka, second country on campaign trail By Kumudini Hettiarachchi She…
EXCO installation of KDU Comperes’ Club
Korean Navy ship commander says visit highlights strategic importance of Lanka
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Automated book machine
The Sri Lanka Inventors Commission under the Ministry of Science and Technology recently organised a competition…
Education Ministry to establish sports schools for each province
Ingrin and Japan Lanka Industrial Development Council join to train Sri Lankan graduates
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Finding the perfect recipe for rom-com
A British-Sri Lankan Jeevani Charika has been shortlisted for this year’s British Romantic Novel Awards for…
