http://www.sundaytimes.lk Official website of the Sunday Times Newspaper in Sri Lanka Sat, 22 Nov 2025 20:05:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251123/sunday-times-2/easter-sunday-attacks-sarah-pulasthini-is-dead-621916.html 22 November 2025 @ 8:16 pm lt;strong gt;By Rear Admiral (Dr) Sarath Weerasekera VSV RWP USP lt;/strong gt; The Sunday Times columnist Javid Yusuf rsquo;s article last week says that the investigations into the Easter Sunday attacks are not yet completed and essential mysteries remain unsolved amid questions about the true masterminds. Six years on, he says, marred by political interference, the investigations have been ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251123/sunday-times-2/a-sri-lankan-american-author-in-an-intriguing-murder-mystery-621911.html 22 November 2025 @ 8:14 pm lt;p style= quot;text-align: left; quot; align= quot;center quot; gt;NEW YORK ndash; A new murder mystery by a Sri Lankan-American author, Yosha Gunasekera, is now hitting the bookshops in a highly competitive field in New York. lt;img class= quot;alignright wp-image-621912 quot; title= quot;Yosha-book-cover_P10 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/251123/uploads/2025/11/Yosha-book-cover_P10.j... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251123/sunday-times-2/sri-lankans-who-graced-the-un-hierarchy-in-a-bygone-era-621898.html 22 November 2025 @ 8:08 pm lt;strong gt;By Thalif Deen lt;/strong gt; UNITED NATIONS ndash; Dr Gamani Corea, whose 100th birth anniversary was commemorated in early November, held one of the highest-ranking jobs at the United Nations: Secretary-General of the Geneva-based UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). A product of two prestigious universities, Oxford and Cambridge, he was known in UN circles for h... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251123/sunday-times-2/reflection-on-the-blissful-sai-era-621895.html 22 November 2025 @ 8:05 pm lt;ul gt; lt;li gt; lt;strong gt;The 100th Divine Advent of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba falls today lt;/strong gt; lt;/li gt; lt;/ul gt; lt;strong gt; nbsp; lt;/strong gt; lt;strong gt;By Sisira Baranage lt;/strong gt; lt;em gt; ldquo;Life is a pilgrimage where man drags his feet along rough and difficult paths. With the Name of God on his lips, he will not thirst; with the form o... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251123/sunday-times-2/country-roads-concert-supports-two-institutions-621885.html 22 November 2025 @ 7:33 pm lt;img class= quot;alignright wp-image-621886 quot; title= quot;Country-Roads-donation quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/251123/uploads/2025/11/Country-Roads-donation.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;280 quot; height= quot;350 quot; / gt; The Country Music Foundation (CMF), at the end of its 37th anniversary charity concert Country Roads, has made two donations with the proceeds fro... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251123/sunday-times-2/macbertan-wins-gold-at-cnci-awards-621882.html 22 November 2025 @ 7:32 pm Macbertan (Pvt) Ltd, a pioneer in heat insulation, sound insulation, and packaging solutions, was honoured with the National Gold Award in the medium manufacturing category at the prestigious Ceylon National Chamber of Industries (CNCI) Achiever Awards 2025. This award recognises Macbertan rsquo;s unwavering dedication to innovation and leadership in total quality management, service excellence, p... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251123/sunday-times-2/84th-agm-of-slfuw-621880.html 22 November 2025 @ 7:31 pm The 84th annual general meeting of the Sri Lanka Federation of University Women (SLFUW) will be held on Saturday, November 29 at 3 pm at the SLFUW auditorium, No 96/25, Kitulwatte Road, Borella, Colombo 8.... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251123/sunday-times-2/roland-silva-oration-on-wed-621878.html 22 November 2025 @ 7:31 pm lt;div gt; The 20th anniversary celebration of the National Trust Sri Lanka and the Dr Roland Silva Oration will take place on Wednesday, November 26 at 5 pm at the College of Surgeons, 6, Independence Avenue, Colombo 7. lt;/div gt; The Dr Roland Silva Oration will be delivered by Dr Nilan Cooray, Director General, Central Cultural Fund. The evening rsquo;s programme will also include a f... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251123/sunday-times-2/royal-college-launches-special-edition-of-miniketa-magazine-621874.html 22 November 2025 @ 7:30 pm lt;img class= quot;aligncenter size-full wp-image-621875 quot; title= quot;01 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/251123/uploads/2025/11/013.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;400 quot; height= quot;267 quot; / gt; The prefects' guild of Royal College organised a ceremony under the initiative of Principal Athula Wijewardena for the inauguration of the 25th special print of the quot;Mini... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251123/sunday-times-2/sybil-wettasinghes-latest-books-to-be-launched-621871.html 22 November 2025 @ 7:29 pm lt;img class= quot;aligncenter size-full wp-image-621872 quot; title= quot;Magic-Cover quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/251123/uploads/2025/11/Magic-Cover.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;400 quot; height= quot;560 quot; / gt; Sybil Wettasinghe rsquo;s latest books, lt;em gt;The Magic Silver Tree lt;/em gt; and lt;em gt;Puduma Ridi Gaha lt;/em gt;, posthumously published by Adith ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251123/sunday-times-2/slpa-to-honour-10-media-veterans-at-its-70th-convention-on-wednesday-621868.html 22 November 2025 @ 7:28 pm lt;img class= quot;aligncenter size-full wp-image-621869 quot; title= quot;SLPA-70th-Awardees-Pic quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/251123/uploads/2025/11/SLPA-70th-Awardees-Pic.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;600 quot; height= quot;400 quot; / gt; The Sri Lanka Press Association will celebrate its 70th anniversary convention and the D F Kariyakarawana Memorial Journalism Awards on ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251123/sunday-times-2/slucsm-conducts-leadership-and-charity-programmes-621864.html 22 November 2025 @ 7:27 pm lt;p style= quot;text-align: left; quot; align= quot;center quot; gt; lt;img class= quot;aligncenter size-full wp-image-621865 quot; title= quot;catholic-students quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/251123/uploads/2025/11/catholic-students.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;400 quot; height= quot;300 quot; / gt; lt;/p gt; lt;p style= quot;text-align: left; quot; align= quot;center quot; g... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251123/sunday-times-2/appeal-621861.html 22 November 2025 @ 7:25 pm lt;img class= quot;aligncenter size-full wp-image-621862 quot; title= quot;Janitha quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/251123/uploads/2025/11/Janitha.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;400 quot; height= quot;889 quot; / gt; Thirty-nine-year-old Don Janitha Damruwan Jayasinghe who lives in Kohuwela is in kidney failure and in urgent need of a kidney transplant. As the waiting list in the... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/251123/sunday-times-2/the-illiberal-world-order-is-here-621991.html 22 November 2025 @ 2:50 pm lt;strong gt; lt;em gt;By Carl Bildt, PROJECT SYNDICATE, EXCLUSIVE TO THE SUNDAY TIMES IN SRI LANKA lt;/em gt; lt;/strong gt; STOCKHOLM ndash; It was once common to speak of a ldquo;liberal international order rdquo;. Even if the accompanying institutional arrangements were not always entirely liberal, international, or orderly, the label had its uses. After all, the purpose of an ideal is n...