http://www.sundaytimes.lk Official website of the Sunday Times Newspaper in Sri Lanka Sun, 01 Mar 2026 01:46:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260301/columns/lankas-losing-captains-silly-point-sparks-backlash-633177.html 28 February 2026 @ 11:35 pm Following Sri Lanka rsquo;s disastrous exit from the Super Eight round of the World T20, social media has exploded with criticism and mockery of the country rsquo;s cricket team. The humiliating exit hurts all the more given that Sri Lanka is co-hosting the tournament with India, and had they qualified for the semi-final, they would have had the added advantage of playing that game on home soil... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260301/columns/govt-hauled-over-the-coals-finds-breather-in-sallay-arrest-633092.html 28 February 2026 @ 10:29 pm lt;ul gt; lt;li gt; lt;strong gt; lt;em gt;Govt source says arrest linked to statement discrepancies; authorities silent on mastermind questions lt;/em gt; lt;/strong gt; lt;/li gt; lt;li gt; lt;strong gt; lt;em gt;Opposition fires on all cylinders over low‑grade coal, warns of looming power crisis lt;/em gt; lt;/strong gt; lt;/li gt; lt;li gt; lt;strong gt; lt;em gt;Draft MoU with Ind... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260301/columns/a-disgraceful-knock-633085.html 28 February 2026 @ 10:24 pm lt;p style= quot;text-align: left; quot; align= quot;center quot; gt;My dear Dasun and the cricket team, lt;/p gt; I am writing to you when cricket fans are shocked with your performance at the T20 World Cup. In a tournament where all our games are being played on home soil, we have been booted out already. What has happened to the game 30 years after we won a World Cup is the talk of the town. ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260301/columns/the-government-basking-in-the-imfs-assessment-of-the-economy-633067.html 28 February 2026 @ 10:13 pm lt;p style= quot;text-align: left; quot; align= quot;center quot; gt;Although the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called the country rsquo;s recovery after the 2022 economic crisis impressive, it has emphasised that reforms should be taken to ensure the growth momentum. lt;/p gt; Furthermore, it has drawn the government's attention to the possible external shocks that we discussed in last ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260301/columns/protecting-buddhism-and-marching-for-peace-two-diametrically-contrary-streams-of-mindfulness-633064.html 28 February 2026 @ 10:10 pm A ten-point lsquo;joint declaration rsquo; made at a lsquo;Maha Sangha Convention rsquo; in Colombo at the All-Ceylon Buddhist Congress earlier this month at which the National Peoples rsquo; Power (NPP) Government was called upon to lsquo;take measures to protect Buddhism in Sri Lanka rsquo; has raised more questions than answers. lt;strong gt;Government called upon to lsquo;prevent rsquo... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260301/columns/ranils-case-pursuit-of-profit-over-justice-and-corporate-silence-633035.html 28 February 2026 @ 9:49 pm Last week, sixty-nine academics issued what they described as a Statement of Concern and Solidarity following reports that Professor Maithree Wickramasinghe had been summoned before the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) of the Criminal Investigation Department. The summons, it is reported, is linked to an ongoing case against her husband, former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, concern... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260301/columns/the-night-the-fight-for-free-speech-died-in-oxford-and-cambridge-dust-633004.html 28 February 2026 @ 8:16 pm It was the night that Britain rsquo;s fight to promote free speech died in the Oxonian and Camrian dust. The night bells tolled for a spirit fled, an indomitable spirit that had doggedly remained in residence within both unions rsquo; debating halls. Why the spirit ndash; whose ancestry can be traced back to the 1820s ndash; took flight from its hallowed shrines was its unwillingness to resid... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260301/columns/namal-hits-back-as-oxbridge-unions-duck-for-cover-633000.html 28 February 2026 @ 8:13 pm O Tempora, O Mores! These words of the illustrious Roman senator Cicero might be rather wasted on the Oxbridge student unions that found hosting two speeches by a foreign politician they had invited too hot to handle. So they probably thought it more convenient to call it a day and never mind any missing Oxford lsquo;comma rsquo;, if you know what that means. Having heard of some lsquo;ho ...