News
With the September 21 presidential election campaign reaching its climax next week, these enthusiastic young girls are seen reading a model ballot paper displayed on…
EU observers say they haven’t ‘applied’ for accreditation The Election Commission (EC) has disallowed diplomats of European Union (EU) missions in Colombo to be part…
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation will arrive in Sri Lanka two weeks after the presidential election is concluded to make an assessment for a…
Sports
Royal College ended this season’s silverware drought with a gripping 26-20 win against S. Thomas’ College as they retained the Michael Gunaratne Trophy for the…
Sri Lanka’s recent strides on the international stage, capped by…
Business Times
Who says the reading habit is dying? Going by the success of second-hand bookseller 75-year old Sarath Thewara Hennadige (see pic) at the ubiquitous McCallum…
Sri Lanka’s apparel industry is currently on a rebound with order books keeping factories busy and having plans of increasing its workforce by about 10-15…
Sri Lanka Bureau for Employment (SLBFE) is facing serious bribery and corruption allegations owing to malpractices due to system manipulations leading to a nearly Rs.2…
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
A crucial election (all elections are considered crucial) negotiates the bend, with a week to go for V-Day (Voting Day). Everyone wants an election in haste often to repent later. The last presidential election in 2019 was a textbook example of the pre-election hype of large crowds at public meetings,…
Columns
People are brought to rallies in buses from faraway places, but attendance is still not large Political science professor says political literacy among young voters has grown Sept…
My dear voters, I thought I should write to you because a majority of you will be making your way to polling booths at the end of this…
We are entering the crucial week when people will decide on the country’s economic future. Indeed, the nation’s future. Decisive Perhaps never before have people gone to the…
The election campaign has given rise to many new businesses, but none as novel as the one carried out by companies that provide manpower services. Several of them…
All that is wrong in Sri Lanka’s culture of political servility is encapsulated by the spectacle of a young girl walking up to the stage of an election…
There is no need to beat about the bush. For the last two years we have marched on our stomachs, and next Saturday we shall arrive at the…
One of the issues in Sri Lankan politics that has hogged the headlines in recent times has been the pervasive nature of corruption in governance in the country.…
As the election draws near day by crucial day the more messages and comments I receive. It makes one wonder whether to erupt in uncontrollable laughter or burst…
Plus
The movers and shakers of the pungently colourful milieu of Sinhala drama often do day jobs and, as we met some of them in office…
Magazine
By Vinuri Gunaratne Imagine stepping away from the bustle of daily life, and finding yourself with a bow in hand and a target in sight.…
Sunday Times 2
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – As the devastating 11-month-old Gaza conflict keeps escalating, with…
Education
The Times School of Higher Education, a subsidiary of Wijeya Newspapers Limited, was launched on Thursday.…
Magazine
By Vinuri Gunaratne Imagine stepping away from the bustle of daily life, and finding yourself with…