News
Protesting university students appeared to be having a fun time by taking selfies and photographs, perhaps to share them on the social media. The pictures…
EC chairman says fresh dates for postal votes need to be announced if Treasury does not give Rs 500mn by Wednesday Government Printer also has…
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), amidst lower tax revenue and rising government spending, is offering an unusually large sum of Rs 300 billion…
Sports
Sri Lanka had claimed the initiative on the first two days of the first Test, but New Zealand managed to swing the momentum their way…
Fears are growing over Test cricket’s fate as Boards around…
Business Times
Dr. Bilesha Weeraratne, Research Fellow and Head of Migration and Urbanisation Research at the Institute of Policy Studies, (right) speaks at a discussion on migration…
Buoyed by the impending approval of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) facility on March 20, Sri Lanka will implement an ambitious plan to boost foreign…
The Sri Lankan rupee has been strengthening against the dollar and its impact was severely felt this week at the rubber auction where nothing got…
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
There can always be a slip between a verbal agreement and a formal one, but by all accounts, the long-awaited, eagerly anticipated International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout for Sri Lanka seems a fait accompli. There is no ‘free lunch’ on the table by the IMF for their US dollars 2.9…
Columns
Basil and others learn to grin, embrace and move forward with Wickremesinghe’s approach Moves to revive SLPP at grassroots level for local council polls and big May Day…
My dear Maco Nimal, I am writing to you after a couple of months because the date for the elections you promised us has come and gone –…
The improvement in external finances this year has led to a positive expectation in the balance of payments and the external reserves by the end of the year.…
Health Ministry officials were galvanised into action to ensure that spare parts and materials needed for vital medical equipment at the Colombo National Hospital were obtained after the…
The recent Supreme Court interim order to the Secretary, Ministry of Finance preventing him from withholding allocated funds in the 2023 Budget for the local government polls, has…
The President made a welcome departure from being the habitual harbinger of bad news to become the herald of approaching good times when he told Parliament this week…
As the country battles the economic crisis, a spate of protests, demonstrations and expressions of dissent have dotted the political landscape during the last several months. Many of…
While some Air Force cadets and invitees who attended the passing out parade in Trincomalee recently might still be pondering President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s homily on parliamentary democracy how…
By Sandun Jayawardana Alleged attempts by President Ranil Wickremesinghe and his government to stop the 2023 local government election came under a barrage of criticism from opposition parties…
Plus
A much-visited National Park (NP) in Sri Lanka is losing its charisma and charm due to bad human behaviour. All hope though is not lost…
Magazine
The Drama Society of the Colombo International School will present an adaptation of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible Set in the Puritan settler colonies of Massachusetts…
Sunday Times 2
UNITED NATIONS (IDN)—When Nina Davuluri became the first Indian American woman to be crowned Miss America…
Education
Universities have started registering new batches of students to ensure they could go ahead with academic…
Magazine
The Drama Society of the Colombo International School will present an adaptation of Arthur Miller’s The…