http://www.sundaytimes.lk The Sunday Times is the largest selling independent English language weekly newspaper in Sri Lanka. It is widely respected for its fair, balanced and accurate reporting. en-us Sun, 23 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT Sun, 23 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT 2006 Wijeya Newspapers Ltd ramesh@sundaytimes.wnl.lk http://www.sundaytimes.lk/common_library/logo2.gif http://www.sundaytimes.lk http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060723/plus/pp1.html The steam engine bearing the inscription 'Sir Thomas Maitland' pulled into Mount Lavinia Station. Descendants of Sir Thomas Maitland and Sir Robert Brownrigg, former Governors of Ceylon and special invitees disembarked from the royally furnished 'Viceroy' carriage to a red carpet welcome. Mount Lavinia Hotel was celebrating its Bicentenary..... Sun, 23 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060723/plus/pp1.html http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060723/plus/pp3.0.html Unable to walk, talk or move around, she yearns for companionship. A visit to the little garden, in her mother’s arms to feel the evening breeze that comes from the Lunawa beach side is a luxury for her. Yet most of her days are spent confined to the bed or a mattress inside a small house.... Sun, 23 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060723/plus/pp3.0.html http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060723/plus/pp5.0.html American Jim Ranalli spent two years in Sri Lanka as an English Language Teahing Consultant at the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies. When he returned to the US this month, Jim’s pet cat Pottu went too. But it turned out to be one incredible journey for this little feline as Jim Ranalli writes ..... Sun, 23 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060723/plus/pp5.0.html http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060723/plus/pp7.0.html Tea is a household name in Sri Lanka, nay, in the whole world and Ceylon Tea is renowned for its quality. So how is it that most of us know so little about it? "Though we have a long history of tea in our country, most Sri Lankans are not aware of the planting process, manufacture and marketing of tea," says Tikiri Kobbekaduwa, Governor of the Central Province. Keenly interested in the tea industry, the Governor decided to organise an exhibition at the Ceylon Tea Museum in Hantana, Kandy. "Ceylon Tea" Pride of the nation will be held on August 4, 5 and 6 from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. This exhibition, which is focused on reviving the tea industry, will be a unique event, says Mr. Kobbekaduwa ...... Sun, 23 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060723/plus/pp7.0.html http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060723/plus/pp8.2.html The Chitrasena Dance Foundation's tribute to the legendary dancer Chitrasena who died last year is now in its last day. The exhibition honouring his life and work at the Harold Peiris Gallery open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m ends this evening with the curtain also falling on the dance performance The Art of Chitrasena Memorial Performance' being held at the Lionel Wendt Theatre tonight at 7 p.m. Showcasing a collection of the best work of Chitrasena, this memorial event will incorporate all the dance, culture and aesthetics which have become hallmarks of the great Chitrasena ..... Sun, 23 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060723/plus/pp8.2.html http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060716/plus/pp1.html How many of us are aware of the health, social, environmental and economic consequences of smoking and alcohol consumption? Despite these issues being a focus of our society for many years, no significant measures had been taken to safeguard the present and future generations from this deadly menace. Sun, 16 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060716/plus/pp1.html http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060716/plus/Travel.html Warsaw - Forget the names of Stoczynska, Sawicki or other tongue-twisters like the Lieratka or Pod Lososiem restaurants and replace them with Smith, Brown or the Ritz, and hey presto, the city looks like Paris, London. Sun, 16 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060716/plus/Travel.html http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060716/plus/pp4.1.html The Sinhala villages in the Kebitigollewa divisional secretariat area first came under LTTE threat during the Eelam war II. These threats intensified and several villages were attacked around 1990. Sun, 16 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060716/plus/pp4.1.html http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060716/plus/pp5.html The aroma from a variety of spices wafts through the air, the aroma of mouth-watering Pakistani food. Although Colombo does not boast of many Pakistani restaurants, the demand for this cuisine has never.... Sun, 16 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060716/plus/pp5.html http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060716/plus/pp9.html Every marriage has both good times and bad. The age-old wedding vows and traditional ideals state that one weds a person, "for better, for worse, for richer and for poorer";. Yet today it seems that there is less tolerance for the 'bad times' of marriage and a greater tendency to abandon the relationship under ..... Sun, 16 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060716/plus/pp9.html http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060709/plus/pp1.html Shaking his head vigorously and answering his own question, Peter Smith, a pro-life lobbyist, armed with reams of paper and rubber models of a womans womb with foetus and all, hollers out a resounding. It is a deadly choice; he propounds, explaining that if a person doesnt have the right to life from conception to natural death, every other right comes to naught. Sun, 09 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060709/plus/pp1.html http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060709/plus/pp3.html You don't know the value of a journalist, mother, since you are a teacher. I can go a long way in the field of journalism, so please don't stop me, but help me and encourage me instead.This is what my son always used to tell me, said the grieving mother of slain journalist Lakmal Sampath De Silva. Lakmal, 23, was brutally killed on July 1, and his body found on a street in Dehiwela Sun, 09 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060709/plus/pp3.html http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060709/plus/health.html How does a week of fasting sound to you? When missing a single meal is insufferable, doing so for a week is out of the question, wouldn't you agree? It is not torture,insists German naturopath Annett Annighofer-Mahrdt, adding that You will have to try it to see how it can enhance your awareness, feeling of wellness and relaxation. Sun, 09 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060709/plus/health.html http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060709/plus/appriciations.html SriLankan Airlines last week refuted statements by several passengers on a London-Colombo flight that had an emergency landing in Germany due to a technical fault in the aircraft, that the airline was found wanting in providing basic services on the ground. Sun, 09 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060709/plus/appriciations.html http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060709/plus/pp16.0.html In July and August, the fruit stalls here present an extra colourful picture. Rambutan, that rather strange looking oval fruit with bright crimson or yellow skin covered with short fleshy hairs is in season Sun, 09 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060709/plus/pp16.0.html