News
Thai Deputy Commerce Minister Suchart Chomklin, in the country for official talks, yesterday visited the Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara to invoke blessings on those affected…
Six agreements in all; electricity connectivity project among them By Chandani Kirinde The defence sector agreement to be signed between Sri Lanka and India next…
The Sunday Times Deputy Editor–Investigations Namini Wijedasa has been selected as one of the recipients of the US Secretary of State’s 2025 International Women of…
Sports
On Monday (March 31), with no one daring to contest his authority, Shammi Silva will reassume the presidency of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) for an…
Colombo holds a lead of 121 with three wickets in…
Business Times
Cargills (Ceylon) PLC Deputy Chairman/CEO Ranjit Page (centre), Group Managing Director Imtiaz Wahid (left), and Independent Director Dr. Dushni Weerakoon (right), in conversation at Cargills…
Residential land values of Colombo have risen by high double-digit rates in the second half of 2024, while high-priced condo deals increased in the third…
Sri Lanka will find it hard to meet the increased demand for coconuts during the Sinhala and Tamil New Year due to low crop production…
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
The British Government has gone the extra mile to showcase its duplicity when speaking of human rights. It is surpassing its own track record, seeing human rights with a Nelsonian eye. This week, it announced sanctions against four Sri Lankans directly involved in the downfall of an internationally banned terrorist…
Columns
National carrier’s new chairman begins dispute settlement dialogue with Airbus over issues arising from the corruption-ridden purchase deal in 2013 In talks with President Dissanayake, Indian Prime Minister…
My dear Sajith, I thought of writing to you because you seem to be at the centre of a controversy every now and then these days, though you…
Sri Lanka faces three formidable challenges: Achieving national unity, eradicating corruption and economic growth. Each of these is difficult to achieve. Achieving all of them is nearly impossible.…
Police broke up a student protest outside the Health Ministry premises early Friday, arresting 27 of them. The protest had been organised by the Inter-University Students Federation (IUSF),…
A significant ruling by the Sri Lankan Supreme Court on 18th March 2025 (Madurapperuma v Kelum Sangeeth, Sub-Inspector of Police and Others,) has cast a pale of doubt…
In the glaring absence of an immediate Foreign Office response to Britain’s decision to impose sanctions on three former Lankan Armed Force Commanders, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa…
The United Kingdom’s recent sanctions against four Lankan officials for alleged human rights violations during the civil war has stirred controversy within Sri Lanka. While hardline factions decry…
It was bound to happen. Sri Lanka’s career diplomatic service has long had a troubled past. That is not to say a really bad time away from home,…
Plus
It dominates the plains of Anuradhapura, the white bubble and spire you see from Tissa Wewa rising above Rajarata jungle. The Ruwanweli-seya is the most…
Magazine
By Shannon Salgadoe For many, the world of fashion and modelling has always been a source of fascination, but for some, it is not just…
Sunday Times 2
Buddhists across the country have joined protests after monks at the Mahabodhi Temple were forcibly removed…
Education
A special student parliament session of Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo was held at the Old Parliament Chamber…
Magazine
By Shannon Salgadoe For many, the world of fashion and modelling has always been a source…