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President meets Macron during summit for a new global economic order

President meets Macron during summit for a new global economic order

On the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, President Ranil Wickremesinghe participated in the Global Leaders’ Summit for a New Global Financing Pact on June…

Tax net widens to rope in professionals

The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has released details of professional bodies of doctors, accountants, engineers, bankers and others and instructed them to open tax files…

Amid serious shortage of drugs, Health Ministry fails to clear WHO donation

A World Health Organisation (WHO) donation of meningococcal vaccine that arrived in Sri Lanka early last month is still stuck with Customs after the relevant…

Business Times

High level meetings

High level meetings

President Ranil Wickremesinghe, during high level meetings overseas, has said the debt restructuring process will be finalised by September. Here he is meeting IMF Managing…

SL DDR: Still honeymooning phase

After some clarity on Sri Lanka’s domestic debt restructuring (DDR) that local banks will not be entitled to a haircut, some stakeholders were relieved but…

Coconut cultivators convinced of Synergy organic fertiliser

A bold initiative to introduce organic liquid fertiliser, to a market that faced the worst crisis in adopting this eco-friendly system of agriculture, has been…

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Editorial

New global economic pact: The French disconnection

France took the initiative this week to introduce some fresh thinking into how the economically developed world must reform the post-World War II Bretton Woods agreement that relied on international lending institutions based in Washington, like the IMF and the World Bank, helping economically poor nations out of the woods…


Columns

Sunday Times 2

Has Yoga been of benefit to the land of its origin?

Has Yoga been of benefit to the land of its origin?

Indian Premier Narendra Modi demonstrated to the world his country’s power — Soft Power as he…

Good? Bad? Who Knows?

UN chief refuses to list Israel for killings of children

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Education

Acts of kindness

Acts of kindness

An event to donate school bags was held recently at the Gangaramaya temple in Colombo. The…

VCs push back on student intake increase

COPA looks at several issues in education sector

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Magazine

Hitting a heartfelt note

Hitting a heartfelt note

By Shannon Salgadoe International operatic soprano Kishani Jayasinghe made a triumphant return to a packed Lionel…

A taste of Jehan’s original musicals on stage

‘Lake Avenue’: Tranquil in the city

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