http://www.sundaytimes.lk Official website of the Sunday Times Newspaper in Sri Lanka Sat, 01 Jan 2022 18:37:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220102/editorial/2022-bitter-pills-for-pandeconomic-ills-467611.html 1 January 2022 @ 8:24 pm lt;div gt;A New Year in the Gregorian calendar has dawned against the backdrop of the pain and suffering from as many as 15,000 deaths due to the COVID-19 virus, the lengthy but necessary lockdowns, mass countrywide protests and strikes by every conceivable trade union every day. lt;/div gt; And yet, with each January comes fresh hopes of a new beginning. 2022 though has arrived with a nation in...