http://www.sundaytimes.lk Official website of the Sunday Times Newspaper in Sri Lanka Sat, 11 Apr 2026 06:36:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260412/sunday-times-2/royal-asiatic-society-of-sri-lanka-agm-marks-181-years-638801.html 10 April 2026 @ 3:59 pm lt;p style= quot;text-align: left; quot; align= quot;center quot; gt;The annual general meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka (RASSL) was held on March 28, at its premises, 96, Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colombo 7, marking its 181st year; one of the oldest scholarly institutions in the country. lt;/p gt; Founded during the colonial era to explore the traditional knowledge and histo... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260412/sunday-times-2/all-saints-avurudu-get-together-promises-much-fun-638798.html 10 April 2026 @ 3:58 pm The AGM and annual get together organised by the Past Pupils rsquo; Association of All Saints' College, Borella will be held on Saturday, April 25, from 8 am to 5 pm, at the Seagates Hotel, Kalutara. Past pupils, family members and close friends are invited. There will be exciting games, music and dancing, Avurudu Kumari selection, and a fancy dress competition, guaranteeing fun and great co... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260412/sunday-times-2/iran-bloodied-but-winning-against-the-axis-638785.html 10 April 2026 @ 3:45 pm lt;ul gt; lt;li gt; lt;strong gt;The US and Israel thought they could decimate Iran. But Iran rsquo;s survival mdash; despite massive human costs mdash; is a victory lt;/strong gt; lt;/li gt; lt;/ul gt; lt;strong gt;By Andrew Mitrovica lt;/strong gt; Today, to borrow a phrase, we are all Iranians. We are Iranians, witnessing the failure of a thuggish logic practised by the United S... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260412/sunday-times-2/way-forward-for-lanka-a-culture-of-consensus-on-key-policy-issue-638782.html 10 April 2026 @ 3:44 pm lt;em gt; lt;strong gt;Delivering the keynote address at the 54th Memorial of the late Minister Philip Gunawardena, former Foreign Secretary HMGS Palihakkara called for a culture of consensus on key public policy issues in the country as the way forward from recovery to sustainable growth in a world of deepening violence and diminishing cooperation. The event, which also saw the launch of a book ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260412/sunday-times-2/the-real-question-about-the-ai-future-638846.html 10 April 2026 @ 2:35 pm lt;strong gt;By Ricardo Hausmann and Andr eacute;s Velasco lt;/strong gt; CAMBRIDGE/LONDON ndash; Is the AI boom a bubble? No one can be sure. But one way to answer that question is to ask a more manageable (and more interesting) one: What kind of world economy would have to emerge for today rsquo;s market valuations to make sense? Consider the core group of firms at the centre of the AI s... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260412/sunday-times-2/irans-strategic-victory-lessons-for-us-and-israel-638844.html 10 April 2026 @ 2:34 pm lt;em gt; lt;strong gt;By Shlomo Ben-Ami, PROJECT SYNDICATE, EXCLUSIVE TO THE SUNDAY TIMES IN SRI LANKA lt;/strong gt; lt;/em gt; lt;p style= quot;text-align: left; quot; align= quot;center quot; gt;TEL AVIV mdash;When the news that the United States has agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran broke, I was immediately reminded of an exchange described by the American Colonel Harry Summers in 1...