News
By N. Thayalan Salvage efforts are underway to remove a barge with a tug boat carrying 22 tonnes of oil that had got into difficulties…
SPC buys insulin from Ukraine; More and more waivers from NMRA to bypass on quality By Namini Wijedasa As medical procurement controversies continue to plague…
By Damith Wickremasekara President Ranil Wickremesinghe is set to make an official visit to China in October, his first to that country since becoming the…
Sports
Sri Lanka can count on some of the leading batters and bowlers at the Cricket World Cup Qualifier, while Netherlands will turn to their proven…
Angelo Mathews and Akila Dhananjaya shone for Colts against Panadura…
Business Times
The 67th Convention of the Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) is underway this weekend at the BMICH in Colombo. Seen here is the audience…
Sri Lanka’s banking sector is now saddled with additional pressure from the ever increasing non-performing loans (NPLs) given to COVID-19 hit businesses and individuals under…
Farmers in Sri Lanka are likely to face a difficult year in 2024 as the Maha cultivating season is expected to be hit by a…
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
The Anti-Corruption Act straining to seek passage through Parliament this week has now been put off for later in the month due to delays in making last-minute changes to it while accommodating Opposition requests. And yet, questions linger if this is just old wine in a new bottle – for…
Columns
Speaker names Basil loyalist Sagara Kariyawasam as chairman of select committee; several other loyalists also serve as members PSC to ascertain factors that led to the economic crisis…
My dear citizens of Paradise, I thought of writing to you today to remind you that it is exactly one year ago that you took power into your…
The government’s controversial domestic debt restructuring (DDR) plan has been approved by parliament. This is a necessary condition for the restructuring of the foreign debt and stabilising the…
The diplomatic community has weighed in to a seemingly nonsensical tweet by a foreign tourist who was critical of Sri Lankan cuisine. This has ignited the local Twitter…
This week’s order of the Colombo High Court granting bail to comedian Nathasha Edirisooriya imprisoned under Section 3(1) of the much abused International Covenant on Civil and Political…
As Muthu Raja is flown to a Thai haven after years of a Lankan hell, were Thai corns trampled after ‘hands off temple elephants’ protest? As Muthu Raja was…
The Government last week obtained approval from Parliament for its Domestic Debt Restructuring Plan now referred to as Domestic Debt Optimisation. The resolution adopted by Parliament gave authority…
That was a holiday that was. Five days in a row and the great minds that earn more than their living from the House at Diyawanna Oya were…
The Second Reading of the Anti-Corruption Bill was passed in Parliament without a vote on Thursday (6) after the opposition protested a proposal by the government to further…
Plus
‘Serendipitous’ is how director Afdhel Aziz describes the 12 days his team spent filming five Geoffrey Bawa buildings: Kandalama; the Lighthouse Hotel; Red Cliffs; Lunuganga…
Magazine
On a life’s mission to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents, Johann Peries talks of his most recent expedition to Denali…
Sunday Times 2
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS– In Asia, some of the countries dependent on remittances from migrant…
Education
Adverse weather conditions had an impact on educational activities this week. Schools in the Hatton Education…
Magazine
On a life’s mission to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents, Johann…