http://www.sundaytimes.lk Official website of the Sunday Times Newspaper in Sri Lanka Sat, 07 Feb 2026 19:57:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260208/plus/in-place-of-plastic-lankan-entrepreneur-makes-strides-on-global-stage-630523.html 6 February 2026 @ 7:40 pm lt;div gt; [caption id= quot;attachment_630524 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;400 quot; caption= quot;Insiya Jafferjee quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-630524 quot; title= quot;Climate-champ--Insiya-pic_P1 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/260208/uploads/2026/02/Climate-champ-Insiya-pic_P1.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;400 quot; height= quot;471 quot; /... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260208/plus/beyond-the-beaten-track-630516.html 6 February 2026 @ 7:19 pm It rsquo;s telling that Eshan Goonesekera, though having lived all his life in Chelsea, called his publishing business Paradise Isle. The pull of his ancestral Sri Lanka was strong, as evidenced in Eshan rsquo;s photography spanning more than three decades ndash; pink sunsets of the southern coast, the cerulean dry zone sky above a pure white stupa and saffron robes, a lt;em gt;muragala lt;/em ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260208/plus/la-bamba-west-end-comes-to-cinnamon-life-this-april-630510.html 6 February 2026 @ 7:17 pm lt;div gt; lsquo;La Bamba! The Song of Veracruz rsquo;, a West End-licensed musical inspired by the music, movement and storytelling traditions of Mexico will run from April 24 to 28, nbsp; with seven performances across five days at Cinnamon Life rsquo;s Forum, a purpose-built venue seating over 900. lt;/div gt; Cinnamon Life, in collaboration with the John Keells Foundation and in asso... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260208/plus/letters-to-the-editor-10-630507.html 6 February 2026 @ 6:57 pm lt;span style= quot;font-size: medium; quot; gt; lt;strong gt;We should be grateful that our leaders did not tread the path of Mahatma Gandhi lt;/strong gt; lt;/span gt; lt;div gt;Contrary to Don Manu rsquo;s claim, Sri Lanka rsquo;s independence owes more to Sri Lankan statesmen such as Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam and Sir James Peiris than to Mahatma Gandhi. In India, following the implementat... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260208/plus/appreciations-11-630503.html 6 February 2026 @ 6:52 pm lt;span style= quot;font-size: medium; quot; gt; lt;strong gt;He was a mentor, role model and source of inspiration to many lt;/strong gt; lt;/span gt; lt;strong gt;Daya Jayasundara lt;/strong gt; It is with profound sadness that we remember Daya Jayasundara, whose remarkable contributions to both sports and the Sri Lanka Police Service have left an indelible mark on Sri Lankan society. ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260208/plus/tracing-sri-lankas-early-medical-greats-630499.html 6 February 2026 @ 6:45 pm The story of Sri Lanka rsquo;s medical history has largely been limited to the administrative reports of the colonial period, the chronicling of the country rsquo;s medical scene in the Ceylon Medical Journal, and the monumental work A History of Medicine in Sri Lanka from the Earliest Times to 1948 by the late Dr. C. G. Uragoda, along with a few other contemporary accounts and monographs. This la... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260208/plus/a-country-without-a-national-art-gallery-is-a-country-without-an-artistic-memory-630493.html 6 February 2026 @ 6:36 pm lt;div gt; Sri Lanka rsquo;s National Art Gallery, located in Colombo, is not merely a physical structure. It is a repository of the nation rsquo;s artistic memory, a space that reflects cultural identity, historical continuity, and creative freedom. Its prolonged closure and incomplete renovation raise serious concerns about how we, as a nation, value our cultural heritage. lt;/div gt; T... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260208/plus/cmf-completes-distribution-of-school-bags-in-project-hope-630489.html 6 February 2026 @ 6:34 pm The not-for-profit Country Music Foundation (CMF) last week completed the distribution of a total of 210 free school bags and, separately, 46 shoe vouchers to children in Kolonnawa, Kandy and Nuwara Eliya affected by Cyclone Ditwah and the recent floods. Through an appeal, the CMF raised Rs.1 million from many generous donors for its Project-Hope which was launched in end November 2025 just aft... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260208/plus/from-the-earliest-granite-bench-to-reign-of-wood-630483.html 6 February 2026 @ 6:32 pm [caption id= quot;attachment_630484 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;320 quot; caption= quot;The image on the book cover quot;] lt;img class= quot; wp-image-630484 quot; title= quot;2_P3 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/260208/uploads/2026/02/2_P3.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;320 quot; height= quot;397 quot; / gt;[/caption] Look closely and you see the detail: On t... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260208/plus/a-law-book-revised-for-the-times-630480.html 6 February 2026 @ 6:28 pm First published in 1970, Professor G. L. Peiris rsquo; lsquo;The Law of Evidence in Sri Lanka rsquo; has, for more than five decades, occupied a distinctive place in the country rsquo;s legal literature. Few works of legal scholarship in Sri Lanka have enjoyed such continuity of use. For generations of law students, practising attorneys and members of the judiciary, it has remained a dependable g...