http://www.sundaytimes.lk Official website of the Sunday Times Newspaper in Sri Lanka Sat, 14 Aug 2021 18:24:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210815/columns/health-emergency-why-opposition-leader-should-assist-govt-452558.html 14 August 2021 @ 10:24 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-452565 quot; title= quot;National-Interest-logo-col quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210815/uploads/2021/08/National-Interest-logo-col1.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;200 quot; height= quot;152 quot; / gt;The independent group of experts convened by the World Health Organisation in a report released last week have alerted the country t... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210815/columns/sumanthrirans-dinner-discussion-with-us-envoy-doesnt-go-down-well-with-rest-of-tna-452559.html 14 August 2021 @ 10:19 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-452561 quot; title= quot;cafe-spectator quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210815/uploads/2021/08/cafe-spectator1.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;260 quot; height= quot;116 quot; / gt;Constituent parties within Tamil National Alliance (TNA) were furious this week when they came to know that the party spokesperson Parliamentarian M. A. Sum... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210815/columns/confusion-and-uncertainty-on-banning-chemical-fertiliser-452448.html 14 August 2021 @ 8:30 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-452449 quot; title= quot;Econ-cartoon quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210815/uploads/2021/08/Econ-cartoon1.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;400 quot; height= quot;470 quot; / gt;There is considerable confusion and uncertainty as to whether the ban on chemical fertiliser was lifted or not. Is it or is it not? lt;strong gt;Confusion l... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210815/columns/covid-crisis-at-explosive-point-medical-specialists-plead-for-tough-measures-or-lockdown-452440.html 14 August 2021 @ 8:27 pm lt;div gt; lt;ul gt; lt;li gt; lt;strong gt; lt;em gt;Doubts grow over official statistics; in Gampaha district, the August 11-12 official figure was 35, but the real figure was in four digits lt;/em gt; lt;/strong gt; lt;/li gt; lt;li gt; lt;strong gt; lt;em gt;Cabinet reshuffle likely soon; Basil may get tourism also, GL as foreign minister? lt;/em gt; lt;/strong gt; lt;/li gt; lt;li... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210815/columns/the-hippocratic-oath-and-the-hypocrites-452433.html 14 August 2021 @ 8:23 pm lt;p style= quot;text-align: left; quot; align= quot;center quot; gt; lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-452436 quot; title= quot;RypVanWinkle quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210815/uploads/2021/08/RypVanWinkle1.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;200 quot; height= quot;107 quot; / gt;My dear Sudarshini, lt;/p gt; I write to you because you seem to be the only person who i... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210815/columns/the-right-to-say-no-to-vaccination-by-force-452333.html 14 August 2021 @ 6:03 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-452334 quot; title= quot;Sunday punch logo quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210815/uploads/2021/08/Sunday-punch-logo1.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;229 quot; height= quot;90 quot; / gt;Like lambs to the slaughter, can the non-conformists be led to compulsory vaccination which fear, born of ignorance, has made the world believe that th... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210815/columns/cleansing-social-media-or-thought-control-452330.html 14 August 2021 @ 5:51 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-452331 quot; title= quot;thoughts quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210815/uploads/2021/08/thoughts1.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;300 quot; height= quot;73 quot; / gt;Where are we heading with proposed laws to curb social media? Admittedly social media is not perfect. Then governments, whatever their ideological proclivity, are not pe... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210815/columns/sri-lankas-politics-of-vaccinations-and-confusion-worse-confounded-452322.html 14 August 2021 @ 5:46 pm lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-452323 alignright quot; title= quot;kishali quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210815/uploads/2021/08/kishali1.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;225 quot; height= quot;127 quot; / gt;Confounding its claim to an ancient and painfully established legal heritage of some note in South Asia, Sri Lanka is degenerating to a primordial nation-state, where the...