News
With the Election Commission winning the public trust and acclaim for holding what many observers described as the most peaceful presidential election, counting began amid…
Peaceful election throughout country; EC says complaints resolved promptly By Sandun Jayawardana A late surge in voter turnout was witnessed across the country as polls…
Sri Lanka’s presidential election garnered more than $48,000 in wagers on the global prediction platform Polymarket. The website allows people around the world to use…
Sports
Dimuth Karunaratne, who shared a formidable second-wicket partnership of 147 runs with Dinesh Chandimal, expressed confidence that adding another 150 runs would put Sri Lanka…
Sri Lanka Men’s football team has moved up to the…
Business Times
Consumers at the new Manning Market at Peliyagoda on Friday stocking up on vegetables ahead of the presidential poll. Pic by Gayan Amarasekara…
Sri Lanka’s drive towards agricultural modernisation has brought to the fore children of farmers to be trained to man the smart technology – drones for…
Sri Lanka recently repaid US$400 million to India, along with an additional $200 million towards a $2.2 billion debt owed to the Asian Clearing Union…
Sunday Times E-Paper
Editorial
By the time this newspaper hits the streets and is read at homes today, there will be some indication of the choice the people have made to lead the country; whether it is more of the same; a change of pillows or going into unchartered waters. The real winner, however,…
Columns
Sajith meets diplomats and, in controversial request, urgesthem to push for a curfew International Crisis Group believes the winner won’t get a majority vote and highlights the importance of eradicating…
My dear Sri Lankans, I am writing to you at a crucial yet most exciting time. As you read this, most of you would have voted and would…
Whoever is elected the ninth executive president of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka will face unprecedented challenges, including formidable economic challenges. The recovery of the economy…
The Jaffna High Court on Friday dismissed a defamatory case filed by Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda against the local Tamil daily Uthayan for republishing a WikiLeaks article on…
On a dusty road from Monaragala to Siyambalanduwa in the Uva Province where scenes of extraordinary natural beauty contrast with the extreme poverty of the population, a man…
As the nation awaits to join the chorus singing hosannas to a new president—whoever that may be—to be announced in the course of the day, he will be…
By the time this paper goes to print the voting at the Presidential Election of 2024 would have been completed and the country’s citizens would have given expression…
When this column appears this morning, it is quite unlikely we would know who the country’s president, elected by the people instead of a dubious collective of representatives…
Plus
After two charged evenings when the stage at the Bishop’s College auditorium pulsated with all the drama and emotion of Shakespeare’s timeless plays, it was…
Magazine
By Dilushi Wijesinghe There was excitement in the air at the Footwork Dancesport Championship 2024 as dancers from various dance schools competed for 50 titles…
Sunday Times 2
The 160th birth anniversary of Anagarika Dharmapala was marked at a solemn ceremony at the London…
Education
The Student Parliament of St Paul’s Girls’ School, Milagiriya was inaugurated recently. Secretary General of Parliament…
Magazine
By Dilushi Wijesinghe There was excitement in the air at the Footwork Dancesport Championship 2024 as…