http://www.sundaytimes.lk Official website of the Sunday Times Newspaper in Sri Lanka Sun, 19 Sep 2021 05:43:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210919/columns/sri-lanka-faces-the-gallows-as-political-savagery-crucifies-the-nation-455902.html 19 September 2021 @ 6:23 am lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-455903 quot; title= quot;kishali quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210919/uploads/2021/09/kishali3.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;225 quot; height= quot;127 quot; / gt;Are we a nation of savage beasts that a drunk State Minister, ironically tasked to oversee prisons reforms, can lsquo;allegedly rsquo; (a caveat that we are duty bound t... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210919/columns/as-the-word-spread-let-there-be-liquor-civic-conscious-citizens-flocked-to-do-their-duty-455863.html 18 September 2021 @ 10:13 pm [caption id= quot;attachment_455864 quot; align= quot;aligncenter quot; width= quot;400 quot; caption= quot;Crawling under shutters what will people say ...: As soon as this picture was taken the shop owners hurriedly proceeded to close shop. Pic by Indika Handuwala quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-455864 quot; title= quot;_MG_6877 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210919/uploads/2... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210919/columns/alls-not-well-in-the-public-service-after-the-20th-amendment-455821.html 18 September 2021 @ 9:22 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-455822 quot; title= quot;National-Interest-logo-col quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210919/uploads/2021/09/National-Interest-logo-col2.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;181 quot; height= quot;138 quot; / gt;As a result of the institutional decay that followed the installation of the Executive Presidency in 1978, there have been adverse i... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210919/columns/lack-of-strategy-puts-sri-lanka-in-geneva-quagmire-455814.html 18 September 2021 @ 9:19 pm lt;div gt; lt;ul gt; lt;li gt; lt;strong gt;Sri Lankans let down by Foreign Ministry rsquo;s failure to respond effectively to the UNHRC chief rsquo;s charges lt;/strong gt; lt;/li gt; lt;li gt; lt;strong gt;Bachelet declares Council has an information and evidence repository of 120,000 items regarding human rights violations lt;/strong gt; lt;/li gt; lt;li gt; lt;strong gt;Govt. falls... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210919/columns/5th-column/behind-bars-the-new-entertainment-venue-for-some-455810.html 18 September 2021 @ 9:15 pm lt;p style= quot;text-align: left; quot; align= quot;center quot; gt; lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-455811 quot; title= quot;RypVanWinkle quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210919/uploads/2021/09/RypVanWinkle2.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;200 quot; height= quot;107 quot; / gt;My dear Lohan, lt;/p gt; I would be shirking my responsibilities if I didn rsquo;t write ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210919/columns/legal-volleys-being-aimed-at-elephant-release-455719.html 18 September 2021 @ 8:03 pm Multiple legal actions are being prepared to challenge the government rsquo;s move to effectively legitimise the keeping of elephants allegedly seized from the wild, and the two court decisions that shore up that move. The Attorney-General rsquo;s Department this week defended the two controversial decisions by the Colombo Magistrate Court to release 14 elephants from government care and give t... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210919/columns/lohans-prison-rumpus-tightens-govts-noose-455661.html 18 September 2021 @ 6:34 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-455664 quot; title= quot;Sunday punch logo quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210919/uploads/2021/09/Sunday-punch-logo2.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;229 quot; height= quot;90 quot; / gt;On Monday morn, while UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet in Geneva was firing another scathing salvo on the Lankan Government for repeatedl... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210919/columns/tough-going-at-geneva-t-20-455656.html 18 September 2021 @ 6:23 pm Thankfully it was only a verbal update on Sri Lanka by United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet. Had it been an extensive report on the country rsquo;s performance since the UN human rights body passed a highly critical resolution in March, then Sri Lanka might have well ended up like our struggling cricketers at the Premadasa Stadium recently -- eating humble pie. Still ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210919/columns/resolving-the-economic-crisis-and-facing-challenges-with-reforms-455624.html 18 September 2021 @ 4:50 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-455625 quot; title= quot;nimal quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210919/uploads/2021/09/nimal2.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;250 quot; height= quot;116 quot; / gt; ldquo;Our country is facing a severe foreign exchange crisis. Data from the Central Bank shows that the country rsquo;s net foreign exchange reserves are close to zero, whic...