http://www.sundaytimes.lk Official website of the Sunday Times Newspaper in Sri Lanka Sat, 20 May 2023 19:26:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/230521/sunday-times-2/japan-in-fresh-drive-to-create-a-world-without-nuclear-weapons-520757.html 20 May 2023 @ 11:53 pm lt;strong gt;By Ameen Izzadeen lt;/strong gt; HIROSHIMA - Japan, the host of the summit of the world rsquo;s most advanced democracies, G7, is pushing for a reinvigorated drive to achieve global nuclear disarmament amid growing fears that Russia will resort to the nuclear option in its war with Ukraine. But a yawning gap remains between Japan rsquo;s good intentions and the ground reality. ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/230521/sunday-times-2/roshan-fernando-appointed-canon-asia-voyager-of-light-for-2023-in-sri-lanka-520511.html 20 May 2023 @ 6:38 pm Roshan Fernando, a prominent cinematographer in Sri Lanka, was recently appointed as Canon Asia Voyager of Light for Sri Lanka for 2023 for Canon Professional Digital Video and Cinema EOS Products by Canon Singapore (Pte) Ltd and Metropolitan Technologies (Private) Limited. Mr Fernando is the director of productions at Studio FX (Private) Limited, one of the oldest Video Production Companies in... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/230521/sunday-times-2/book-on-sri-dalada-maligawa-in-tamil-520506.html 20 May 2023 @ 6:37 pm A book on Sri Dalada for schoolchildren by lt;em gt;the Sunday Times lt;/em gt; correspondent L B Senaratne was presented to University of Peradeniya Vice Chancellor Professor M D Lamawansa recently. Chief Librarian of the Univesity Dr M Maheswaran wrote the Foreword and reviewed the final proofs of the book. Author L B Senaratne said he thought of producing a Tamil edition, after the Engli... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/230521/sunday-times-2/helpage-and-give-2-asia-provide-dry-rations-to-elders-520500.html 20 May 2023 @ 6:36 pm The Give 2 Asia international organisation, based in San Francisco Bay Area and working in 23 countries across the Asia Pacific recently partnered with HelpAge Sri Lanka (HASL) to assist over 6,000 elderly citizens living in the Southern, Western Eastern, Sabaragamuwa, North Central, North Western and Central provinces by distributing them with Rs17 million worth dry food items and medical equipme... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/230521/sunday-times-2/dr-ranjith-obeyesekera-awarded-outstanding-finalist-awards-by-australian-space-industry-520515.html 20 May 2023 @ 6:35 pm [caption id= quot;attachment_520518 quot; align= quot;alignleft quot; width= quot;240 quot; caption= quot;Dr R Obeyesekera quot;] lt;img class= quot; wp-image-520518 quot; title= quot;PE2 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/230521/uploads/2023/05/PE2.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;240 quot; height= quot;360 quot; / gt;[/caption] lt;strong gt;Dr Ranjith Obeyesekera, a wave energy exp... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/230521/sunday-times-2/only-gota-and-mahinda-can-reveal-the-truth-on-political-conspiracies-520492.html 20 May 2023 @ 6:25 pm Moves for the resurrection of the Lotus Bud Party (Pohottuwa) of the Rajapaksas are already under way. Stories about international conspiracies even involving superpowers are many to exculpate former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who abdicated his power without a word to his constituents. Gotabaya is projected as an innocent, well intentioned man who fell victim to this conspiracy. lt;img class=... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/230521/sunday-times-2/will-europe-be-the-worlds-biggest-loser-520484.html 20 May 2023 @ 5:45 pm lt;div dir= quot;ltr quot; gt; lt;em gt; lt;strong gt;By Joschka Fischer lt;/strong gt; lt;/em gt; lt;/div gt; lt;div dir= quot;ltr quot; gt; lt;/div gt; lt;div dir= quot;ltr quot; gt;BERLIN ndash; The post-1945 era of global stability is over and gone. From the bipolar world of the Cold War to the American-dominated unipolar world that replaced it, we have long benefited from a sense of str...