http://www.sundaytimes.lk Official website of the Sunday Times Newspaper in Sri Lanka Sun, 19 Sep 2021 05:43:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210919/plus/beginnings-of-the-bhikkhuni-sasana-and-binara-poya-455472.html 18 September 2021 @ 1:24 pm lt;div gt; [caption id= quot;attachment_455473 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;300 quot; caption= quot;Section of a mural being painted by Avanti Sri Nissanka Karunaratne of Theri Sangamitta rsquo;s arrival in Sri Lanka quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-455473 quot; title= quot;PHOTO-2021-09-15-10-12-18 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210919/uploads/2021/09/PHOT... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210919/plus/chugging-to-life-a-vanished-rail-heritage-455466.html 18 September 2021 @ 1:21 pm lt;div gt; [caption id= quot;attachment_455467 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;500 quot; caption= quot;A1330 NG rail car: Watercolour by Sisara Liyana Arachchi quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-455467 quot; title= quot;2 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210919/uploads/2021/09/27.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;500 quot; height= quot;369 quot; / gt;[/captio... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210919/plus/anuks-story-that-unfurls-like-smoke-shortlisted-for-booker-455455.html 18 September 2021 @ 1:16 pm lt;div gt; [caption id= quot;attachment_455463 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;300 quot; caption= quot;Anuk Arudpragasam quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-455463 quot; title= quot;landscapepic quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210919/uploads/2021/09/landscapepic.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;300 quot; height= quot;225 quot; / gt;[/caption] Sri Lankan w... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210919/plus/letters-to-the-editor-5-455448.html 18 September 2021 @ 1:10 pm lt;span style= quot;font-size: medium; quot; gt; lt;strong gt;Baffling move to appoint monitoring MPs lt;/strong gt; lt;/span gt; It is believed that the Govt is thinking of appointing Monitoring MPs to observe and report on matters affecting the public in their electorates. MPs have been elected by the public to look after their interests and it is for this purpose the MPs are paid salaries a... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210919/plus/appreciations-5-455429.html 18 September 2021 @ 1:06 pm lt;span style= quot;font-size: medium; quot; gt; lt;strong gt;We will hold you close to our hearts lt;/strong gt; lt;/span gt; lt;strong gt;Suresh Goonesekere lt;/strong gt; lt;img class= quot;alignleft size-full wp-image-455431 quot; title= quot;20210913_132107 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210919/uploads/2021/09/20210913_132107.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;175 quot; he... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210919/plus/would-the-adorable-alpacas-help-our-fight-against-covid-19-455424.html 18 September 2021 @ 12:52 pm lt;div gt; [caption id= quot;attachment_455425 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;500 quot; caption= quot;Alpacas at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in G ouml;ttingen, Germany Source: https://www.mpibpc.mpg.de/animal_facility emsp; quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-455425 quot; title= quot;alpacas-pix quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210919/upload... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210919/plus/child-action-lanka-marks-15-years-with-cal-me-emergency-mobile-app-455420.html 18 September 2021 @ 12:49 pm lt;div gt; lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-455421 quot; title= quot;CAL-Me-app-dashboard quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210919/uploads/2021/09/CAL-Me-app-dashboard.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;250 quot; height= quot;530 quot; / gt;For 15 years, Child Action Lanka (CAL) has made it their mission to provide aid and support to disadvantaged children across the c... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210919/plus/wnps-lecture-on-conserving-asian-elephants-455416.html 18 September 2021 @ 12:47 pm [caption id= quot;attachment_455417 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;175 quot; caption= quot;Nilanga Jayasinghe quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-455417 quot; title= quot;Nilanga-Jayasinghe-pic quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210919/uploads/2021/09/Nilanga-Jayasinghe-pic.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;175 quot; height= quot;230 quot; / gt;[/caption] ldquo... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210919/plus/a-chance-to-enjoy-a-couch-safari-of-wilpattu-national-park-455413.html 18 September 2021 @ 12:46 pm Ever since the pandemic descended on us, wildlife lovers have been missing their park visits. But here rsquo;s a chance to go on a couch safari as the Wilpattu National Park goes live on September 24 and 26. Sri Lanka Tourism and the Department of Wildlife Conservation together with Deutsche Gesellschaft f uuml;r Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH teamed up to design this initiative with ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210919/plus/up-from-within-455409.html 18 September 2021 @ 12:45 pm ldquo;The Kraken wakes rdquo; lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-455410 quot; title= quot;TheMindonHolidayLogo quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/210919/uploads/2021/09/TheMindonHolidayLogo1.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;125 quot; height= quot;125 quot; / gt;I am in my garden ndash; another garden, in another house ndash; pacing up and down, alone, grappling with a... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210919/plus/info-session-on-how-to-apply-to-oxford-for-graduate-studies-455406.html 18 September 2021 @ 12:43 pm The University of Oxford is one of the world rsquo;s most renowned and oldest universities, having been ranked second in QS World University Rankings 2022. Today, the Oxford family comprises over 24,000 students of postgraduate and undergraduate students from a wide variety of courses. Gaining admission to the University is highly competitive, with only 3,000 students being selected from a pool...