News
Newly formed United Republic Front leader Patali Champika Ranawaka and a delegation from the front met President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday at the United National Party…
Concern over foreign tourists running illegal businesses in Sri Lanka The Department of Immigration and Emigration has granted 14 days from Friday (February 23, 2024)…
By Bandula Sirimanna The salaries of Central Bank employees have been adjusted by proportions of 29.53% to 79.97% under a triennial pay revision, despite the…
Sports
Injured Sri Lankan seamer Dushmantha Chameera will miss out Sri Lanka’s white-ball series against Bangladesh starting early next month as cricket selectors have opted for…
Wanindu Hasaranga will miss the first two T20 internationals against…
Business Times
A Sunday Times Business Club (STBC) discussion titled “Sri Lanka in a troubled world order: Red Sea crisis in shipping” was held this week at…
The State-Owned Enterprises Restructuring Unit (SRU) will make recommendations to the Cabinet to have a regulator for Litro Gas with the divestiture of its entities,…
Bowing to pressure from many quarters, the government has suspended the imposition of the parate execution law against micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) but…
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
These last few days have seen increased VVIP traffic through Colombo by competing geopolitical players beginning with an Israeli Minister followed close on her heels by the Iranian Foreign Minister, two US Undersecretaries and a French Ambassador for the region. Away, a Sri Lankan delegation was in Brussels this week…
Columns
My Dear Field Marshal, I wanted to write to you because you are still making headlines, some 15 years after the end of the war. Some would say…
Increasing tea production and exports is vital for improving the country’s exports and trade balance. Reversing the declining trend in tea production with a long-term investment plan is…
The Ceylon Electricity Board’s (CEB) already battered reputation took another serious hit this week of its own making, after its “spokesperson,” Noel Priyantha’s comments during a live discussion…
As much as lawyers, activists and civic conscious citizens, South Asia’s judges seem to be fighting with their backs proverbially against the wall in these extraordinarily fraught times.…
Revelation that bank served staff staggering pay rises invokes envious outrage Next time you stroll down Galle Face Green, lengthen your walk to pass the old Parliamentary building…
Two Sri Lankan Government spokesmen made remarks that placed the Government in an embarrassing situation last week and had the Government scrambling to ensure damage control. The first…
This column should have appeared last Sunday. But my technological illiteracy, among other things, intervened while I was writing this. My initial foray into Minister Harin Fernando’s sudden…
By Sandun Jayawardana An adjournment debate on the “Current Situation of the Country” on Wednesday (21) saw vastly differing views on the prevailing situation and forecasts for the…
Plus
Standing outside the doors, staring up at the big M, Master Chef Australia Season 14 contestant Dulan Hapuarachchi knew that, that moment right there would…
Magazine
There were no safe bets taken in putting together the Matara Festival for the Arts (MFA) inaugural edition in the Matara Fort and town. The…
Sunday Times 2
HelpAge Sri Lanka (HASL) recently constructed a fully-fledged new candle manufacturing centre at Kayts Divisional Secretariat…
Education
The 10th National Scout Jamboree, which was held at the Koneswara Hindu Vidyalaya Stadium in Trincomalee,…
Magazine
There were no safe bets taken in putting together the Matara Festival for the Arts (MFA)…