The Sundaytimes Sri Lanka » Columns http://www.sundaytimes.lk Official website of the Sunday Times Newspaper in Sri Lanka Sat, 14 Aug 2021 18:25:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Who is Sri Lanka’s ‘doctor’? http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210815/sunday-times-2/who-is-sri-lankas-doctor-452356.html 14 August 2021 @ 6:23 pm In his lucid analysis of the Sri Lankan economy in the debate on the Central Bank annual report (2020) in parliament recently, opposition parliamentarian Eran Wickremaratne diagnosed the critical diseases ailing the economy and recommended a cure: Change the doctor and not the medications. Wickremaratne, however, did not identify the doctor treating the Sri Lankan economy that was gasping for b... Feather-ruffling reforms to break barriers over English http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210815/sunday-times-2/feather-ruffling-reforms-to-break-barriers-over-english-452353.html 14 August 2021 @ 6:19 pm [caption id= quot;attachment_452354 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;420 quot; caption= quot;Book facts: English Initiatives for Schools, Universities amp; Vocational Training By Prof Rajiva Wijesinha Published by Godage amp; Brothers quot;] lt;img class= quot;wp-image-452354 quot; title= quot;Tara-book-review-cover quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210815/uploads/2021/08/Tara... UN preaches transparency but fails to practise it in its own backyard http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210815/sunday-times-2/un-preaches-transparency-but-fails-to-practise-it-in-its-own-backyard-452350.html 14 August 2021 @ 6:17 pm [caption id= quot;attachment_452351 quot; align= quot;aligncenter quot; width= quot;1100 quot; caption= quot;UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka addresses the Secretary-General rsquo;s Townhall. Calling the townhall-style meeting an opportunity to build the relationship between the Organisation rsquo;s leadership and civil society, she said it is ldquo;part and parcel of our moveme... Recalling that narrow escape http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210815/sunday-times-2/recalling-that-narrow-escape-452345.html 14 August 2021 @ 6:12 pm One of the most unforgettable days in my life was Sunday, July 31st 1987, the day on which we almost witnessed the assassination of both our President and Prime Minister. A few days before this, the Indo- Sri Lanka Agreement had been signed between President J.R. Jayewardene and Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi of India. Just two days later, both the President and the Prime Minister had invited the mem... Sr Lanka Day goes global http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210815/sunday-times-2/sr-lanka-day-goes-global-452342.html 14 August 2021 @ 6:08 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-452343 quot; title= quot;event quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210815/uploads/2021/08/event.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;300 quot; height= quot;387 quot; / gt;LOS ANGELES mdash; When the annual Sri Lanka Day was firstcelebrated in Pasadena in 2019 visitors watched the lsquo;Pageant of Lanka, rsquo; parading on the streets of Los A... Investing in global vaccine equity acknowledges our shared fate http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210815/sunday-times-2/investing-in-global-vaccine-equity-acknowledges-our-shared-fate-452327.html 14 August 2021 @ 5:48 pm lt;p align= quot;center quot; gt; lt;strong gt; lt;em gt;By Rosemarie Muganda, exclusively for the Sunday Times in Sri Lanka lt;/em gt; lt;/strong gt; lt;/p gt; NAIROBI ndash; The extraordinary global effort to develop safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines in record time highlights the power of vaccines to bring us closer to our loved ones and to a more prosperous, equitable world in which every...