http://www.sundaytimes.lk Official website of the Sunday Times Newspaper in Sri Lanka Sun, 05 Dec 2021 00:29:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/211205/columns/controversy-over-how-budget-was-passed-in-kotte-mc-complaint-to-lg-commissioner-464453.html 4 December 2021 @ 11:48 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-464455 quot; title= quot;cafe-spectator quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/211205/uploads/2021/12/cafe-spectator.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;260 quot; height= quot;116 quot; / gt;In Parliament on Friday the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) members voiced concern that one of its members was not given his full quota of time to take part in ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/211205/columns/black-friday-blues-govt-hit-by-tsunami-of-crises-464418.html 4 December 2021 @ 10:44 pm lt;div gt; lt;ul gt; lt;li gt; lt;strong gt;Sudden countrywide power interruption adds to the woes of Rajapaksa Administration lt;/strong gt; lt;/li gt; lt;li gt; lt;strong gt;Rise in gas cylinder-related fires pushes Govt. to appoint probe committee, while ministers defend Litro lt;/strong gt; lt;/li gt; lt;li gt; lt;strong gt;Basil rsquo;s India visit: Lankan HC speaks of four-pillar... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/211205/columns/a-man-no-one-can-trust-464414.html 4 December 2021 @ 10:36 pm lt;p style= quot;text-align: left; quot; align= quot;center quot; gt;Aiyo Sirisena, lt;/p gt; It is not that I enjoy writing to you or hearing from you, but I feel I cannot but help doing so this week. That is after learning what you and some from your Blue Party had to say about continuing to be in government with the lsquo; lt;em gt;pohottuwa lt;/em gt; rsquo; chaps ndash; and enduring the s... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/211205/columns/govt-sjb-unite-to-condemn-slaying-in-sialkot-amid-bitter-spat-over-extrajudicial-killings-here-464409.html 4 December 2021 @ 10:33 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-464410 quot; title= quot;lobby quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/211205/uploads/2021/12/lobby.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;200 quot; height= quot;138 quot; / gt;Despite heated debates over Budget 2022 in Parliament, lawmakers yesterday strongly condemned the brutal murder of a Sri Lankan factory manager in a mob attack at Sialkot in P... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/211205/columns/the-abuse-of-the-pta-and-the-case-of-azath-salley-464368.html 4 December 2021 @ 9:40 pm At a time when there is a discussion in the country with regard to the need to review the provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), the circumstances surrounding the arrest, indictment and acquittal of former Western Province Governor Azath Salley provides an insight into the dangers prevalent in the PTA. lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-464369 quot; title= quot;Nati... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/211205/columns/do-we-have-a-solution-to-the-perilous-state-of-our-external-finances-464306.html 4 December 2021 @ 8:34 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-464307 quot; title= quot;nimal quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/211205/uploads/2021/12/nimal.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;250 quot; height= quot;116 quot; / gt;Everyone is aware of the perilous state of the country rsquo;s foreign currency reserves. No one knows how the country will extricate itself from the perils of the inadequate ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/211205/columns/sri-lanka-in-the-literal-age-of-darkness-464300.html 4 December 2021 @ 8:29 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-464301 quot; title= quot;kishali quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/211205/uploads/2021/12/kishali.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;225 quot; height= quot;127 quot; / gt;Is it not enough that politicians both in the Government and the Opposition are squabbling in the dark, literally so, as the Parliament chamber joined the rest of the nati... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/211205/columns/lankan-households-gripped-by-gas-blast-fear-psychosis-464252.html 4 December 2021 @ 7:37 pm lt;em gt;Recall potential time bombs waiting to trigger tragedy from homes forthwith lt;/em gt; lt;div gt; lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-464253 quot; title= quot;Sunday punch logo quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/211205/uploads/2021/12/Sunday-punch-logo.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;229 quot; height= quot;90 quot; / gt;The spate of gas explosions in the nation r... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/211205/columns/desperate-times-or-private-gold-rush-464247.html 4 December 2021 @ 7:32 pm However much money Central Bank Governor Cabraal prints or how much is squeezed into Finance Minister Rajapaksa rsquo;s bowl by neighbouring India during his mercy mission this week, the country still needs hard currency. Right now Sri Lanka rsquo;s foreign reserves are hovering round $1.3 billion, it is said, and ready to dip further. What is terribly disconcerting is the direction in which th...