Tons of produce and food dumped every day
By Nadia Fazlulhaq Post-harvest losses and food waste are at high levels in Sri Lanka despite…
Homemakers wonder why bakers get eggs and not families
By Nadia Fazlulhaq The search for eggs this week has been far less fun than an…
Eight arrested over tree felling on Wilpattu border
Eight persons have been arrested for cutting down a range of old trees in the Wilpattu…
Strawberry cultivation promoted as a home industry
Story and pix by K R Rajamanthri Strawberry cultivation is being promoted among housewives as a home…
A call for blessings
Story and pix by Eshan Fernando The Gammadu festival, which seeks blessings from the deity Paththini,…
Increase in tourism: Russia a big player, roadshows planned for China
Sri Lanka’s tourism industry has seen a significant rise in recent months with a 17 percent…
Sun directly over Sri Lanka till April 15; people told to take precautions
Scorching heat and high humidity to continue till end of this month, says Met Department Chief…
CFW takes a bow with bold look
By Shannon Salgadoe Pix by M.A. Pushpa Kumara Impressing the need for inclusivity of society and…
‘Mountbatten Courtyard’ The traditions continue at Hotel Suisse, Kandy
By Sanath Weerasuriya Kandy is the most preferred destination in Sri Lanka for all visiting overseas…
NCHS Language Center
Language is a key component of communication skills and personality development. It is the gateway to…
New international monetary system?
Everybody loves dollars, but not anymore. Some countries are interested in replacing the US dollar with…
News
Easter: The time to celebrate the promise of a better tomorrow
As Christians the world over celebrate Easter Sunday today, recalling the resurrection of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion, in Sri Lanka, too, devotees attended midnight…
Foreign companies allowed to sell fuel below CPC price
Agreements to be finalised later this month, operations to begin next month By Damith Wickremasekara Three foreign companies entering Sri Lanka’s retail fuel market will…
NMRA orders withdrawal of three batches of Indian injections
The National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) has ordered the withholding of three batches of injections manufactured in India. The NMRA order has been issued to…
SC suspends import of drugs from unregistered Indian company
X-Press Pearl disaster: AG to file law suit in Singapore
Genesis Market: Popular cybercrime website shut down by police
CEA recommends alternative route for proposed highway
Police blamed for Kalubowila hospital morgue crisis
RTI Commission orders release of Port City Agreement
Pamunuwa: Where people come, see the prices and leave
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Dimuth to reconsider decision to quit Test captaincy
By Champika Fernandocricket
Test skipper Dimuth Karunaratne has agreed to reconsider his decision to step down from captaincy following a request from cricket selectors. After Sri Lanka were…
Test cap for Dushan Hemantha against Ireland?
Dushan Hemantha, the leg-break bowler from BRC who rose to…
Fairfirst, HNB, CDB, Hayleys win
Malwatte Valley claim Inter-Plantation 7s title
St. Servatius thrash St. Thomas’ by 157 runs
Mahanama demolish DSS
Sri Lanka suffer another series defeat despite a dramatic final over
Ministry of Sports takes the cake to Sri Lanka Football
RTC Governor’s Cup on April 15
Tennis development strategy
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Less crowds for Avurudu shopping
There were fewer crowds seen during Avurudu shopping at Nugegoda on Friday. Pic by Eshan Fernando…
New agri policy to focus on entrepreneurial agriculture
A new agriculture policy focused on entrepreneurial agriculture is to be introduced once the new draft is approved by Cabinet by the end of this…
CPC, CPSTL staff default billions of rupees obtained as loans
The Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminal Ltd (CPSTL) and Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) are now facing serious financial consequences as a result of defaulting loans taken…
Bad news for apparel after the holidays
Softlogic Life planning overseas expansion
From housemaids to housekeepers
New international monetary system?
Sri Lanka Telecom under restructure for the second time after 1996
Sri Lanka on to recovery phase, says ADB
Manufacturing and services moving into RE sector to cut costs
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Editorial
Aragalaya, one year on: ATA is spoiling the party
This week marks the first anniversary of what was a momentous, if slightly controversial, chapter of contemporary Sri Lankan history: the Aragalaya or the ‘Struggle’. The Aragalaya was a spontaneous mass uprising — like the French and Russian revolutions of yore and the Arab Spring of recent times which succeeded…
Columns
- Political Commentary
Government gives priority to national unity and reconciliation
21-member commission to be set up with wide investigative powers; President to appoint chairperson Anti-Corruption Bill to be presented in parliament this month, President says it’s the toughest…
- 5th Column
One year later
My dear friends who were at the ‘aragalaya’, I thought of writing to you today because most people seem to have forgotten that it was exactly one year…
- The Economic Analysis
Prospects of a further improvement in the external finances this year
The external finances of the country have improved and are improving. The improvement in the country’s external finances is expected to be enhanced during the course of the…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Move to regularise ayurvedic spas; most of them are now brothels
Indigenous Medicine Industry State Minister Sisira Jayakody said new laws would be introduced to regularise ayurvedic spas. Ayurvedic spas have mushroomed throughout the country and a significant number…
- Focus on Rights
An ‘old fox’ constitution and a confused anti-terror bill
If the Executive Presidency was foisted on Sri Lanka by her ‘Old Fox’ President, JR Jayawardene in 1978 tying the country’s constitutional systems up in knots that could…
- Sunday Punch
The rebellion on the Green that brought down the Rajapaksas
One year to the day when people power awoke a nation’s conscience Exactly last year to the day, Lanka was in horrible flux. It wasn’t only the rising…
- In the National Interest
Aragalaya strengthens case for abolishing Executive Presidency
Last year’s aragalaya (the peoples’ struggle) was unprecedented in more ways than one and achieved for the country a brief respite from hitting rock bottom economically and otherwise.…
- Thoughts from London
Going after the corrupt, but will they ever be caught
In a few days, the country’s hard-pressed populace will be munching their aluth avurudha KKK (kevun, kokis and kiributh), waiting for the new dawn promised by president Ranil…
- Lobby
Rare bipartisanship on privilege issue as Law College fails to act on Parliament vote
By Sandun Jayawardana It is not often that both government and opposition MPs find common ground on an issue. Parliament’s final sitting day before the National New Year…
Plus
What would avurudu be without bulath
Nimal Samaratunga sits in his shed in the backwoods of Minuwangoda, half hidden amidst veritable mountains of betel leaves. Selling ‘bulath’ is not only his…
A love for literature and discovering the writer in her
Times may change, but that air of expectancy never dims
Letters to the Editor
Appreciations
Easter: A time to rejoice in God’s love and redeeming grace
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CFW takes a bow with bold look
By Shannon Salgadoe Pix by M.A. Pushpa Kumara Impressing the need for inclusivity of society and the environment, the sustainable platform that is Colombo Fashion…
Video competition in search of justice for Easter Sunday attack
Action packed fantasy
‘Mountbatten Courtyard’ The traditions continue at Hotel Suisse, Kandy
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Fast, on-the-ground military intelligence gleaned from social media, thanks to AI
By Shanika Karunasekera In times of disaster, military attack, mass uprising and political unrest, social media…
What’s the impact of Poya Day political Bana
Aalul Mahfil Union office bearers for 2023/24
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‘The Super Mario Bros’
An entertaining animation adventure around a Brooklyn plumber Hollywood’s newest animation adventure ‘The Super Mario Bros’,…
Unique opportunity for a World-recognised Ph.D. programme from the MSU Malaysia
A Beautiful Lampshade in a House Without Electricity
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CFW takes a bow with bold look
By Shannon Salgadoe Pix by M.A. Pushpa Kumara Impressing the need for inclusivity of society and…
