Foreign Minister attends funeral of Iranian President
Foreign Affairs Minister M.U.M. Ali Sabry led a high level delegation to Teheran on May 22…
Diplomatic Vesak celebrations
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a Vesak celebration this week, which was attended by the…
Presidential Polls: EC Chief Gets Rs 10 Billion
SLPP raises issue during Joint Strategic Committee over elections President Wickremesinghe thereafter makes a statement…
SL among countries highlighted in report on curtailment of social media
Centralisation of power with the executive in Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh has resulted in regulatory…
Talent galore of past and present
Past and present students of sister schools Bishop’s College and S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia, lit…
SW monsoon deluge: Take weather warnings seriously
Eight have died, and 45,344 have been badly affected by the onset of the Southwest monsoon…
Jetwing Hotels awarded 17 Travellers’ Choice Awards
Jetwing Hotels announced that 17 of their hotels and villas have been recognised by TripAdvisor as…
Heavy downpours not a damper in spreading the joy of Vesak
Heavy showers did not deter people across the country from celebrating Vesak on a grander scale…
Dansals back in a big way
Four years after the COVID pandemic and the economic crisis that followed kept people away, Lankans…
Lessons on safari parks from China
Armed with major skills and experience, a Sri Lankan expert on many things wild and also…
Chimneys: Spreading a warm old world charm in the hill resort
Cosy, luxurious and secluded, Chimneys in Nuwara Eliya is that small boutique hotel that rekindles the…
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Diplomats lend a hand at Vesak Dansala
Joining in the spirit of Vesak and giving, foreign diplomats volunteered to serve food to visitors at a 500-seat rice dansala organised by the Presidential…
Some 80 state enterprises to be restructured under sweeping reforms
Restricting Treasury guarantees for loss-making state-owned enterprises, controls on their finances, and the policy on restructuring the institutions will be included in a bill to…
Audit report exposes multibillion rupee scandal by Customs
Sri Lanka Customs officials have distributed billions of rupees as reward money among themselves since 1988, based on an internal circular prepared by the department,…
Sri Lanka’s envoy slams OHCHR report as flawed, biased and self-generated
JVP studying report for comment
Beware: Gusty winds and heavy rains today
Man electrocuted in illegal power grab for Vesak lanterns
MTV, Lanka Broadcasters Guild and Media Law Forum go to SC over Telecom Bill
WNPS seeks court intervention over Mannar wind power project citing irreparable, irreversible harm to ecosystem
Foreign Minister attends funeral of Iranian President
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End of road for Paralympian Dinesh Priyantha Herath
World Para Athletics Classification Committee concludes Herath ineligible to compete in F46 category // Tokyo Paralympic gold medalist to miss Paris Gamesathletics
Celebrated Sri Lanka para-athlete and two-time Paralympic medalist, Dinesh Priyantha Herath, has been forced to end his athletic career, following a reclassification process carried out…
Dambulla and Colombo women record wins
Dambulla Women and Colombo Women came out victorious in the…
Sri Lanka shine at World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe
Dambulla Thunder’s blunder: Owner pleads for bail, but rejected
Nations Trust Golf Championship to tee off next weekend
Cummins eyes another title as Hyderabad face Kolkata in IPL final
Despite glamour, LPL reputation at stake
Mentalist Paul Annacone saga and Europe’s slow red clay tennis
Lankan born British swimmer, David Wilkie, passes away
St. Peter’s College felicitate rugby team sponsors at gala ceremony
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Tourism on a roll
The Sheraton Colombo Hotel was the venue of an interesting discussion on tourism on Tuesday. The panellists at the discussion titled “Tourism on a roll”…
Sri Lanka to become regional hub for aircraft recycling
Sri Lanka will become a regional base to recycle aircraft through a new investment by Aitken Spence Ltd that is set to commence operations at…
SL crime fighting authorities on a roll
At least 10 money laundering convictions are on the cards at the higher courts, after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) nudged Sri Lankan authorities to…
Dialog wins network hosting contract of Police
Hayleys to implement first power wheeling project
Visa free travel set to boost economy – SLTDA
MSMEs get new impetus with Rs.5 bn loan package
Colombo bourse shortens settlement cycle
Scary? AI as a tool
Higher salaries and lower prices
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Editorial
OHCHR’s Lanka report and fig leaves for some
Last week’s UN report on Sri Lanka from the Office of its High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), if one was to use a Churchillian phrase, was a ‘riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma’. For one, the release of the report’s timing gave the show away. It was…
Columns
- Political Commentary
Presidential Polls: EC Chief Gets Rs 10 Billion
SLPP raises issue during Joint Strategic Committee over elections President Wickremesinghe thereafter makes a statement to ministers Assures he will hold presidential elections first Developments came after…
- 5th Column
The state of the state minister
My dear ‘Miris Kudu’ Prasanna, I thought I should write to you when I saw that you were in the news again, this time for assaulting a worker…
- The Economic Analysis
Economic recovery hindered by political uncertainty and social unrest
The coming months could be a period of social unrest, political uncertainty and political instability that would hinder economic recovery and growth. Widespread strikes and protests could hamper…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Allegations against Lankan and Bangladesh peacekeeping troops: UN defends screening process
Following the release this week of an investigative documentary alleging that Bangladesh and Sri Lanka sent officers implicated in torture and extrajudicial killings on United Nations peacekeeping missions,…
- Focus on Rights
Whose ‘national security’ is the state supposed to safeguard?
Amidst the not-so-happy transformation of Vesak from the serene marking of an incomparably sacred event in the Buddhist calendar to an indulgent if not excessive race to compete…
- Sunday Punch
Siddartha’s great renunciation to free mankind from sorrow’s siege
In the far-off plains of northern India, Prince Siddartha sat on his gold gilt seat, wrapped in deep thought. Gone was the cheer. Gone, too, the exuberant spirit,…
- Lobby
Govt. pushes for 2 ‘economic bolstering’ bills while Opposition points to economic crimes
By Sandun Jayawardana The government on Wednesday (22) presented two more key draft bills which it said is essential to continuing the country’s economic recovery. The opposition however,…
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Dansals back in a big way
Four years after the COVID pandemic and the economic crisis that followed kept people away, Lankans all across the island celebrated Vesak on a grand…
Lessons on safari parks from China
Bold flavours see Brin to UK MasterChef win
Letters to the Editor
APPRECIATIONS
A tale of horror that fills a gaping lacuna of the 87-90 period
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Talent galore of past and present
Past and present students of sister schools Bishop’s College and S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia, lit up the Bishop’s College auditorium as they joined hands…
From designing for rag dolls to bespoke tailoring
Ravindra Randeniya: Celebrating Golden jubilee in the Silver screen
Jetwing Hotels awarded 17 Travellers’ Choice Awards
‘Arundathie Mama Manamalai’ on June 2
‘SubraMania Global Fusion’: A celebration of Indo-Sri Lankan harmony
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Reckoning with a new authoritarian bloc
BERLIN – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent visit to China—his first trip abroad since being “re-”elected”—highlights…
Kithu Dana Pubuduwa celebrates Pentecost with all-night service
New Additional Solicitor General takes oaths
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Cleaning up the mess: All for one, and one for all
Educational activities in the Puttalam District were interrupted earlier in the week due to adverse weather…
COPA displeased with state of NEMIS, calls for reports
A/Level classes to begin June 4 to ensure no school drop-outs
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Talent galore of past and present
Past and present students of sister schools Bishop’s College and S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia, lit…
