http://www.sundaytimes.lk Official website of the Sunday Times Newspaper in Sri Lanka Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:03:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260426/columns/cyber-theft-raises-questions-about-government-competence-and-commitment-to-transparency-640155.html 25 April 2026 @ 11:28 pm lt;ul gt; lt;li gt; lt;em gt;Post-Avurudu blow for ruling NPP as Lanka loses US$2.5 million to hackers; opposition demands Treasury Secretary rsquo;s resignation lt;/em gt; lt;/li gt; lt;li gt; lt;em gt;Government appoints expert committee to study Easter Sunday nbsp; lt;/em gt; lt;em gt;report recommendations; Cardinal endorses probe rsquo;s progress lt;/em gt; lt;/li gt; lt;li gt; lt;e... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260426/columns/hauled-over-the-coals-640148.html 25 April 2026 @ 11:15 pm lt;p style= quot;text-align: left; quot; align= quot;center quot; gt;My dear Anguru Kumara, lt;/p gt; I didn rsquo;t think I will be writing to you twice within three weeks. However, I thought I must do so after you achieved what most people thought was impossible -- the first resignation of a Cabinet minister in this government. I don rsquo;t know what I should say, whether it is congratulation... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260426/columns/economic-performance-in-first-year-of-jvpnpp-government-and-prospects-this-year-640026.html 25 April 2026 @ 9:21 pm lt;p style= quot;text-align: left; quot; align= quot;center quot; gt;The Sri Lankan economy achieved a 5 per cent growth last year, inflation was contained at 5 per cent and foreign reserves (including a Chinese yuan swap facility equivalent of US$ 1.5 billion) increased to US$ 6.1 billion. lt;/p gt; lt;p style= quot;text-align: left; quot; gt;Although the economy achieved a 5 per cent growth l... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260426/columns/the-easter-sunday-atrocity-at-a-critical-investigative-stage-a-matter-of-proof-640020.html 25 April 2026 @ 9:09 pm lt;p style= quot;text-align: left; quot; align= quot;center quot; gt;Sri Lankans are confronted with two contradictory (not surprisingly so) framing of the 2019 Easter Sunday jihadist attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka in regard to which investigations, we are informed, have reached a lsquo;critical stage. rsquo; lt;/p gt; lt;strong gt;Conflicting narratives lt;img class= quot;alignri... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260426/columns/transforming-sri-lankas-political-culture-easier-said-than-done-639991.html 25 April 2026 @ 8:48 pm lt;p style= quot;text-align: left; quot; align= quot;center quot; gt;The ascent of the National People rsquo;s Power (NPP) to the heights of Sri Lankan governance was not merely a change in administration; it was marketed as a seismic shift in the nation rsquo;s moral fabric. For decades, the Sri Lankan electorate had watched with growing disillusionment as the country rsquo;s political culture d... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260426/columns/soot-smears-on-govt-collar-over-coal-scam-mystery-of-missing-millions-from-treasury-639908.html 25 April 2026 @ 7:45 pm It has certainly not been an auspicious start to the Sinhala and Hindu New Year for the JVP government. Suddenly they have become like cats on a hot tin roof, forced to confront a plethora of financial issues which cast questions on their competence and, apart from throwing aspersions on their much-hailed integrity, shed doubts on their responsibility to exercise due diligence as the elected an... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260426/columns/learning-non-alignment-from-the-npp-govt-is-becoming-quite-a-gimmick-639905.html 25 April 2026 @ 7:42 pm So now some political card readers or whatever they read seem convinced that they know where this country is heading. Maybe they have been communicating with Mr Trump. Just the other day he sent a torpedo into the belly of a passing Iranian ship not too far from our waters, without even a by-your-leave. And a couple of days earlier America rsquo;s big chief of the navy, Admiral Stephen Koehler,...