News
Hajj pilgrims pray around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca. While Saudi Arabia and a…
Justice Minister says bill will be presented to Parliament next week to give sweeping powers to new body By Damith Wickremasekara The Government intends to…
India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will be here next Thursday to review the ongoing Indian-funded projects in Sri Lanka, including those in the pipeline,…
Sports
Despite a shaky start and sitting behind by a mere point at halftime, Trinity College made a solid comeback to seal a commanding 31-8 win…
Royal College sent a resounding message to other contenders by…
Business Times
Chinese robotics researchers have created humanoid robots which can move their arms, make different facial expressions, and respond to human conversation. (pix courtesy – https://newatlas.com/robotics/chinese-humanoid-robots-realistic)…
Sri Lanka’s film production, distribution and screening at cinema halls will be given an official recognition as an industry by overhauling and modernising the outdated…
Sri Lanka’s present foreign currency-denominated debt volume has increased as a result of rupee fluctuations despite the suspension of all external debt repayments, Finance Ministry…
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
Next to water, tea it is said, is the most consumed beverage in the world. And at the United Nations headquarters in New York last week, the spokesman for the world body referred to Sri Lanka in glowing terms (for paying its annual membership fees in full despite its financial…
Columns
He will make two special statements in parliament before that; the first major meeting in Matara on June 30 Social media speculates presidential term extension, citing constitutional loophole,…
My dear Wanindu and team, I thought of writing to you at a time when you have been knocked out of the T20 World Cup with such certainty…
Once again, in the run-up to the forthcoming elections, we are witnessing political parties making extravagant promises for which the country has no resources. They are also promising…
Sri Lanka’s digital literacy definition, which is much simpler than that of UNESCO, has led to Sri Lankans being classified as “digitally literate,” even if they possess below-average…
The proposal by President Ranil Wickremesinghe to grant a six months service extension to Sri Lanka’s Attorney General has put the hapless holder of that office in the…
Even before the ink had dried on the 13th Amendment to the Constitution in 1987, a storm of protests had gathered to howl in Lanka’s southern and western…
Sri Lanka’s failure to enter the Super 8 of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will naturally disappoint the country’s cricket fans no end. The why and wherefore…
Out there somewhere, the country’s national cricket team has been battered by bouncy and uneven pitches, weather and off-the-field discriminatory conditions that have not applied to some other…
Plus
“Poya sande sanda kiranin, lowe andura duru wewa” ‘From the light illuminating from the full moon, may the darkness in the world heal’- this line…
Magazine
By Shanali Fernando “It was time to place Sri Lanka on the world’s creative map. And we had a chance to show the entertainment world…
Sunday Times 2
The Institute of Digital Media and Journalism (IDMJ) conducted a workshop and certificate awarding ceremony at…
Education
The Future Minds Educational exhibition which opened at the BMICH on Friday will conclude today. A…
Magazine
By Shanali Fernando “It was time to place Sri Lanka on the world’s creative map. And…