News
The SLFP, embroiled in crisis after crisis, saw its headquarters being sealed yesterday as a crime scene, while the party’s one-time general secretary is seen…
Price control likely if super-profit-earning traders fail to act responsibly By Damith Wickremasekara With the rupee set to appreciate further against the US dollar, the…
By Bandula Sirimanna Given the current favourable macroeconomic headwinds and economic resurgence, Sri Lanka is optimistic about finalising debt-restructuring talks in London with international creditors…
Sports
After Sri Lanka’s women cricketers secured a historic 2-1 victory against South Africa in the Women’s T20I series last week, team captain Chamari Athapaththu posted…
Dilana Damsara’s impressive knock of 67 runs set the stage…
Business Times
A week before the Avurudu celebrations, shoppers were busy in Pettah looking for clothes for the family. Pic by Priyankara Samaraweera…
Sri Lanka’s shrimp farmers and exporters in 2024 face the challenge of being wiped out on the back of rising operational costs, declining demand from…
The spat between Sri Lankan hoteliers and tour operators is about to reach its climax next month when a judgment from the Supreme Court is…
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
It was a matter of time before the upcoming general election campaign rhetoric in India was to spill over to Sri Lanka. This time it was no less a persona than its Prime Minister who obliged with his choir of senior ministers in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) joining…
Columns
SLPP prefers general elections first, but Rajapaksa says they will leave the decision to President Basil urges President to woo members from SJB and smaller parties for polls…
Gnanasara hamuduruwaney, I am not sure where I should direct this letter hamuduruwaney, whether it is to the prison, to the prison hospital or even whether it should…
The continuation of the International Monetary Fund’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) is vitally important for the economy’s stability and growth. However, complying with the conditions of the agreement…
The Presidential Secretariat has ordered a full investigation to determine whether disciplinary action should be taken over the conduct of certain Western Province graduate teachers during the ceremony…
National People’s Power (NPP) presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s pronouncement in Jaffna earlier this week that he did not come to bargain for votes by assuring that he…
Days before the Sun God has even begun his annual transmigration in celestial spheres, an astrological rebellion on earth in Lanka strikes fear and confusion Days before the…
In an article published in the Colombo Telegraph website last week former Supreme Court Judge and current Parliamentarian Dr. C.V. Wigneswaran raised the question as to what the…
As though our nation does not have enough problems with conspiracies that remain vague and undisclosed and conspirators who remain unnamed, even the stars seem to be conspiring…
By Sandun Jayawardana The lack of a large number of speakers from both the government and opposition forced a temporary halt to proceedings during Parliament’s final sitting a…
Plus
Avurudu has been celebrated in the island for millennia, an indigenous practice that probably harks back to yaksa and naga times. The Veddahs follow it…
Magazine
‘Ahuti’ the second collaboration between Nrityagram and Chitrasena ensembles to premiere in Sri Lanka By Namali Premawardhana In a rare meeting of the dance forms…
Sunday Times 2
During the height of World War II, on Easter Sunday, April 5, 1942, the Japanese bombed…
Education
The Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka kept another foot forward, enabling the CMA students in…
Magazine
‘Ahuti’ the second collaboration between Nrityagram and Chitrasena ensembles to premiere in Sri Lanka By Namali…