http://www.sundaytimes.lk Official website of the Sunday Times Newspaper in Sri Lanka Sun, 16 May 2021 11:05:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210516/columns/covid-19-resurgence-a-severe-threat-for-economic-revival-444127.html 16 May 2021 @ 3:23 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-444128 quot; title= quot;nimal quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210516/uploads/2021/05/nimal2.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;250 quot; height= quot;116 quot; / gt;The resurgence of COVID-19 and its rapid spread in most regions of the country is a serious threat to the economy. The much expected economic revival in 2021 may face serious... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210516/columns/the-grim-sin-of-the-easter-sunday-attacks-and-a-states-failure-444124.html 16 May 2021 @ 3:20 pm The outgoing Attorney General rsquo;s pronouncement this week that charges and indictments against lsquo;conspirators and abettors rsquo; of the 2019 Easter Sunday jihadist attacks on churches and hotels could not be presented during his tenure of office due to lsquo;incomplete rsquo; investigations by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is an indictment on Sri Lanka rsquo;s entire just... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210516/columns/maldives-speaker-bounces-back-as-foreign-ministry-gives-him-new-name-444117.html 16 May 2021 @ 3:17 pm [caption id= quot;attachment_444121 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;400 quot; caption= quot;A smiling Speaker Nasheed at the Male Hospital quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-444121 quot; title= quot;CAFE-SPECTATOR-MAY-16-2021-1 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210516/uploads/2021/05/CAFE-SPECTATOR-MAY-16-2021-1.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;400 quot; height= ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210516/columns/with-some-3000-covid-cases-a-day-a-do-or-die-battle-for-govt-444102.html 16 May 2021 @ 2:59 pm lt;div gt; lt;ul gt; lt;li gt; lt;span style= quot;font-size: small; quot; gt; lt;strong gt; lt;em gt;Strong criticism for failure to impose an early lockdown in seven worst affected districts lt;/em gt; lt;/strong gt; lt;/span gt; lt;/li gt; lt;li gt; lt;span style= quot;font-size: small; quot; gt; lt;strong gt; lt;em gt;Concern over who is deciding on what as medical experts sound alarm... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210516/columns/a-sinking-ship-444096.html 16 May 2021 @ 2:55 pm lt;p style= quot;text-align: left; quot; align= quot;center quot; gt; lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-444097 quot; title= quot;RypVanWinkle quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210516/uploads/2021/05/RypVanWinkle2.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;200 quot; height= quot;107 quot; / gt;My dear Gota lt;em gt;maamey lt;/em gt;, lt;/p gt; I thought I must write to you even if... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210516/columns/is-sinhala-only-the-cause-of-the-countrys-ills-444029.html 15 May 2021 @ 8:31 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-444032 quot; title= quot;National-Interest-logo-col quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210516/uploads/2021/05/National-Interest-logo-col2.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;181 quot; height= quot;138 quot; / gt;Most people have their own ideas as to why the country has not progressed as much as expected in the post-Independence period. So... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210516/columns/plea-to-boris-give-us-the-jab-and-well-finish-the-job-443992.html 15 May 2021 @ 6:15 pm [caption id= quot;attachment_443993 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;400 quot; caption= quot;MAKE APPEAL TO BRITAIN rsquo;S PM: Give Boris the chance to make the British relive lsquo;their finest hour rsquo; quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-443993 quot; title= quot;NINTCHDBPICT000582082146 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210516/uploads/2021/05/NINTCHDBPICT000582082... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210516/columns/the-days-of-low-and-odour-443988.html 15 May 2021 @ 6:07 pm lt;strong gt; lt;em gt;One law for all, they said. lt;/em gt; lt;/strong gt; The citizenry roared in approval. For what seemed like eons the populace of the Resplendent Isle had been waiting for just leaders. At last the princes and paupers were to be judged under the same laws. How low can they get, thought the upper crust and the deal makers, to try us along with the hoi polloi. lt;img c...