http://www.sundaytimes.lk Official website of the Sunday Times Newspaper in Sri Lanka Sun, 15 Dec 2019 15:06:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/191215/sunday-times-2/cheers-to-20-382874.html 14 December 2019 @ 9:08 pm [gallery link="file" columns="4" orderby="rand"] It’s been 20 years since the launch of the Journalism Awards for Excellence programme by The Editors' Guild of Sri Lanka (TEGOSL) and as journalists from all three language media walked through a newspaper-lined canopy to the Ballroom of the Mount Lavinia Hotel on Tuesday for the much-anticipated annual awards, there was an air of celebration a... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/191215/sunday-times-2/modi-skips-nam-summits-india-opting-out-of-non-alignment-for-american-alignment-382833.html 14 December 2019 @ 8:16 pm [caption id="attachment_382835" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="A friendship sealed with a bear hug: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump during Mr. Modi's visit to Washington in 2017"][/caption] It took India almost 44 years to shift from a mixed Nehruvian economy encompassing much of the Gandhian philosophy to an open economy with greater reliance on ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/191215/sunday-times-2/the-last-admiral-from-h-m-cy-s-coastal-forces-382812.html 14 December 2019 @ 8:10 pm [caption id="attachment_382814" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Commanding Officer Lieutenant Aubrey Wise, Actg. Sub Lieutenant Clancy Fernando seated in front with a dog at his feet with ship’s complement of H.M.Cy.S. Aliya at ‘Honey Moon Cottage Pier’ at Naval Dockyard Trincomalee. Interestingly enough the cap tallies of the sailors carry the words H.M.Cy.S. Coastal Forces."][/cap... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/191215/sunday-times-2/a-living-saint-who-exemplifies-humble-leadership-382802.html 14 December 2019 @ 8:06 pm I firmly believe that a person should be appreciated during his life time. Therefore, it is with a deep sense of gratitude and honour that I write this short biography of His Grace the Archbishop Emeritus Nicholas Marcus Fernando, while reflecting upon his holy and saintly qualities I have found in him. [caption id="attachment_382805" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Archbishop Emeritus N... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/191215/sunday-times-2/trumps-racist-ban-on-anti-semitism-382852.html 14 December 2019 @ 8:02 pm NEW YORK – US President Donald Trump thinks that anti-Semitism is a serious problem in America. But Trump is not so much concerned about neo-Nazis who scream that Jews and other minorities “will not replace us,” for he thinks that many white supremacists are “very fine people.” No, Trump is more worried about US college campuses, where students call for boycotts of Israel in support of t... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/191215/sunday-times-2/fights-of-his-life-notes-from-a-champion-boxers-diary-382622.html 14 December 2019 @ 5:57 pm It is rarely that sports personalities choose to express themselves in prose or poetry. A rarity locally could be found in an autobiography ‘A Moment in Reckoning’ authored by a former champion amateur southpaw boxer Wazir Sourjah. Sourjah expresses himself by sourcing facts and information from his personal diaries! He claims to have diarised life events from his early teens as a student h... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/191215/sunday-times-2/award-winning-bangladeshi-film-on-itn-tonight-382618.html 14 December 2019 @ 5:56 pm To mark the 48th Victory Day of Bangladesh that falls on December 16 (tomorrow), the Bangladesh High Commission in Colombo has arranged to telecast a contemporary feature film  “Kingdom of  Clay Subjects”  on ITN tonight at 10 p.m.. The 88 minute  film that falls  under the genre of  family drama, is about a  10-year-old boy, Jamal who loves his carefree life and lives with his m... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/191215/sunday-times-2/takes-oaths-as-all-island-jp-382612.html 14 December 2019 @ 5:54 pm P. J. Trevor Gamini Perera of 584/8 Subha Sadaka Mawatha, Arawwala, Pannipitiya took his oaths before Gangodawila Additional Magistrate H.U.K. Pelpola as an all-island Justice of Peace on November 27. Mr. Perera works as an additional manager at Wijeya Newspapers Limited.  He is a member of the trustee board of the Arawwala Egodawatte Shri Wijeyanandarama Viharaya. He is also a member of s... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/191215/sunday-times-2/uttama-pooja-at-gothami-viharaya-382609.html 14 December 2019 @ 5:54 pm An Uttama Pooja religious ceremony was held to mark the birthday of the Ven. Omalpe Sumanaratna Thera, the chief incumbent of the Gothami Viharaya at Narahenpita. Former Western Provincial  Councillor and Pragna Pradeepa founder Jayantha de Silva is seen presenting a set of books to the thera.  ...