http://www.sundaytimes.lk Official website of the Sunday Times Newspaper in Sri Lanka Sat, 18 Apr 2026 08:57:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260419/sunday-times-2/iran-war-presenting-trump-with-tolstoys-war-and-peace-639268.html 17 April 2026 @ 7:22 pm lt;strong gt;By Ameen Izzadeen lt;/strong gt; It is unlikely that US President Donald Trump has ever read Leo Tolstoy rsquo;s War and Peace. Trump, who relies on brute force while proclaiming himself a man of peace mdash;one who shows little concern for the suffering of the world rsquo;s poor caused by his administration rsquo;s military misadventures mdash;is unlikely to be moved by Tolstoy... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260419/sunday-times-2/the-day-unga-moved-to-geneva-to-provide-platform-to-plo-leader-639263.html 17 April 2026 @ 7:20 pm lt;p style= quot;text-align: left; quot; align= quot;center quot; gt; lt;strong gt;By Thalif Deen lt;/strong gt; lt;/p gt; UNITED NATIONS (IPS) mdash; The United Nations faces two crucial elections later this year: the election of a new Secretary General, with no confirmed date for polling, and the election of a new President (PGA), scheduled for June 2, for the upcoming 81st session of the Gene... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260419/sunday-times-2/maha-pirith-poth-wahanse-presented-to-bishop-of-galle-639256.html 17 April 2026 @ 7:17 pm lt;strong gt; nbsp; lt;img class= quot;aligncenter size-full wp-image-639257 quot; title= quot;1000203029 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/260419/uploads/2026/04/1000203029.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;300 quot; height= quot;197 quot; / gt; lt;/strong gt; lt;em gt;Maha Pirith Poth Wahanse lt;/em gt;, a lt;em gt;dhamma grantha lt;/em gt;, has been compiled by Venerable Darangal... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260419/sunday-times-2/catholic-literary-awards-ceremony-held-639252.html 17 April 2026 @ 7:16 pm lt;img class= quot;aligncenter size-full wp-image-639253 quot; title= quot;1000202991 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/260419/uploads/2026/04/1000202991.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;300 quot; height= quot;200 quot; / gt; lt;img class= quot;aligncenter size-full wp-image-639254 quot; title= quot;1000202993 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/260419/uploads/2026/04/1000202993.j... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260419/sunday-times-2/stalins-tamil-nadu-vs-delhi-pitch-in-april-23-polls-flashbacks-from-2014-jayalalithaa-episode-639044.html 17 April 2026 @ 6:19 pm lt;strong gt;In 2014, Jayalalithaa had posed the question to the Tamil Nadu electorate, quot; lt;/strong gt; lt;em gt;Gujarat Modiyaa Tamil Nadu odu intha ladyaa lt;/em gt; lt;strong gt; quot;(Gujarat's Modi or this lady of Tamil Nadu), and tasted electoral success, winning 37 of the 39 seats in the state. lt;/strong gt; lt;strong gt;By T.S. Sudhir lt;/strong gt; (NDTV) - MK Stalin did the...