Hundreds of rallies to shore up support
President Ranil Wickremesinghe in Batticaloa. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana By Kasun Warakapitiya More than 300 rallies…
Three dead, one missing in a week of thunderstorms
The Meteorology Department Director General Athula Karunanayake has said that the heavy rains being experienced in…
Lions claim battle in Bradby war by a whisker
Shan Althaf peaked when his team needed it the most, as Trinity College clinched a nail-biting…
PM explains President’s plans for future Sri Lanka
Says Puluwan Sri Lanka will emerge as a political force for other elections Notes most people…
Municipal Councils, police all set to remove poll publicity materials that fall foul of the law
By Nathara Abeywickrema Election publicity material displayed in public without permission are being removed by the…
India-Sri Lanka ferry service helps religious and business visitors
By S. Rubatheesan With the annual festival of Nallur Kandaswamy temple currently underway, the recently resumed…
Preserving wonder: The vital role of Colombo Zoo in conservation, children’s lives and urban ecology
By Arefa Tehsin It was a sweltering afternoon. We were surrounded by the chatter of excited…
Aero Bash 2024 thrills audiences in Trinco
An educational, technical and trade exhibition, organised by the Sri Lanka Air Force Academy China Bay,…
Jetwing Jungle Lodge, Yala : Sustainable luxury
Newly refurbished Jetwing Jungle Lodge (formerly known as Jetwing Safari Camp) has emerged in the wild…
Election talks and promises
Sri Lanka has a history of “election promises” over its three-quarter century old democratic governance. As…
Plethora of dance forms that lit up Epic Black
Naomi Rajaratnam’s dance company ‘With My Feet’ is well known in Sri Lanka and there is…
News
Scramble for passports: Passport to hell
While Sri Lankans are scrambling for passports to go abroad, largely for employment, amidst a bungled passport tender scam, the second picture shows a group…
Sri Lanka rejects UN Human Rights Chief’s strictures
Sri Lanka has rejected several strong strictures made by the United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner, Volker Turk, stating that the decline in the living…
IRD warns of fake taxmen fleecing business community
The Inland Revenue Department has cautioned the people that a suspected organised group is collecting the outstanding tax arrears, targeting businesspeople in the guise of…
Electoral reforms: No input from major political parties
Repeater shotguns for MPs
Social media platforms give content-removal assurance to EC
New passports within a month; until then only 1000 will be issued a day, says Immigration Chief
Hundreds of rallies to shore up support
Election violations: EC says over 900, PAFFREL says 222
I will make a decision after I speak to my people in Ratnapura, says Thalatha
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Root leads England to victory over Sri Lanka in first Test
Joe Root’s gritty unbeaten 62 guided England to a five-wicket win in the first Test against Sri Lanka at Old Trafford on Saturday. Set 205…
Brave Sri Lanka battle to keep themselves in a game which repeatedly looked hopeless
Cricket can be a cruel game. Hours of hard work…
Thigh injury rules England’s Wood out of fourth day against Sri Lanka
Niroshan Dickwella admits to doping charges
Mighty Mushfiqur’s 191 gives Bangladesh 117-run lead over Pakistan
Lions claim battle in Bradby war by a whisker
Dons regain R.I.T. Alles Trophy
The process of creating genuine pacemen
Inaugural Colombo Club tourney from August 29
Is school rugby tainted by drugs?
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Mobile photo studio
Photographer Sanka Gallage has come up with an innovative concept – a mobile studio. He has converted a bus which contains a photo studio and…
On arrival visa issues, daunting challenge for Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s visa crisis has triggered many concerns for foreign visitors as some have been turned away at the airport while there is still absolute…
IRD to freeze 900 high tax defaulters’ accounts
Sri Lanka’s key revenue agencies Inland Revenue, Customs, and Excise Departments have collected Rs.1,680.2 billion in the first half of the year, representing 44 per…
SEC gets six responses for derivatives exchange
Sri Lanka’s rubber industry to trial new cocktail mix
Presidential election debate by Ceylon Chamber
Wages on plantations hard to come by
Visit-visa syndrome
Election talks and promises
Sri Lanka enters economic crossroads amid Presidential race and IMF reforms
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Editorial
Campaign finance: The check beyond the cheques
In a country where even foreign loans and aid are not properly recorded in the official books according to the Auditor General, the monitoring of this week’s announcement that each presidential candidate is allowed to spend a maximum of Rs. 1.8 billion, or Rs. 109 per registered voter, will be…
Columns
- Political Commentary
PM explains President’s plans for future Sri Lanka
Says Puluwan Sri Lanka will emerge as a political force for other elections Notes most people have forgotten that we’re still in debt and insists President’s economic programme…
- 5th Column
Torn between two leaders
My dear Thalatha, I thought I should write to you when I heard that you had suddenly left the ‘telephone’ party. I must confess this didn’t come as…
- The Economic Analysis
Policies of presidential candidates decisive for country’s economic future
The presidential election in less than a month is of paramount importance for the country’s economic future. The economic policies of the new president and the government to…
- Talk at the Cafe Spectator
Major ITAK split over presidential candidate
Ilankai Thamil Arasu Katchchi (ITAK) leader S Shiritharan extended his support to presidential candidate P Ariyanenthiran despite his party yet to make a final decision on which candidate…
- Focus on Rights
Asking to choose between the elections and the economy is a false narrative
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court ruling this week that President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s defiant action in postponing Local Government polls in 2023, citing a purported lack of funds in the…
- Sunday Punch
JVP’s Anura Kumara Dissanayake: A man for all religions, for this election season
For lifelong self-professed atheist JVP leader Anura Kumara, to whom all modes of religions are nothing but anathema, it has been a metamorphosing week from cocooned irreligious worm…
- In the National Interest
Government unrepentant in the face of SC decision on LG polls
The government’s response to recent decisions of the Supreme Court has raised alarm bells for the future of democracy and the Rule of Law in the country. Several…
- Thoughts from London
Welcome to alms and now to arms
Somebody quite perceptively named the upcoming rush for the presidency “an election like no other.” As though there isn’t enough evidence to justify this, the government, in its…
- Lobby
Presidential politics at play in Parliament: Thalatha quits making Ranil-Sajith unity appeal
By Chandani Kirinde It could be the last few weeks of the Ninth Parliament of Sri Lanka, but even on a single sitting day this week, there was…
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A determined odyssey to where few have dared tread
Sunela Jayewardene was a child of the wilderness in that her extended family would regularly holiday in places like Wilpattu or Kumana where village trackers’…
Plethora of dance forms that lit up Epic Black
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A journey through the ages with a tapestry of ritual and dance
Changing architecture of Jaffna’s temples
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All set to give what audiences love; a good comedy
The cast of ‘Caught in the Net’ — the sequel to Cooney’s ‘Run for your Wife’ talks to Sajani Ratnayake about the upcoming play Imagine…
Appreciating biodiversity through art
A decade long celebrations of theatre around the world
Glenrock earns spotlight in Nat Geo Traveller (UK)
‘Universe to Emma’: A tribute song to Emma Watson
Jetwing Jungle Lodge, Yala : Sustainable luxury
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Ambassadors of Myanmar, Vietnam, and Zambia present credentials
Marlar Than Htaik was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Union of…
Lanka Alzheimer’s Foundation walk, run to raise awareness on disease
Rotaract 51st installation
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Buddhist Ladies on the march
Buddhist Ladies’ College, one of the premier government-approved private schools in Colombo, celebrated its 66th…
Cluster school system to share teacher and physical resources
NCE and Informatics digitalise teacher trainee recruitment
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All set to give what audiences love; a good comedy
The cast of ‘Caught in the Net’ — the sequel to Cooney’s ‘Run for your Wife’…
