http://www.sundaytimes.lk Official website of the Sunday Times Newspaper in Sri Lanka Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:04:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260426/plus/how-the-pull-of-energy-shaped-her-path-639608.html 24 April 2026 @ 8:47 pm [caption id= quot;attachment_639609 quot; align= quot;alignright quot; width= quot;300 quot; caption= quot;Prof Duleeka Gunarathna. Pic by M.A. Pushpa Kumara and below, engaged in one of her favourite pursuits -- teaching quot;] lt;img class= quot;size-full wp-image-639609 quot; title= quot;9Y1A6148_P1 quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/260426/uploads/2026/04/9Y1A6148_P1.jpg quot; alt= quot; qu... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260426/plus/turning-back-the-pages-of-sri-lankas-paper-trail-639604.html 24 April 2026 @ 8:40 pm lt;div gt; Why the introduction of paper to Sri Lanka and its widespread use in society occurred only several centuries after the use of paper by the Chinese, Arabs and the Europeans, remains a puzzling question. lt;/div gt; Although paper was manufactured and readily available in most Asian countries such as India, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Burma and Thailand and even in the remote Himalaya... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260426/plus/one-compost-pit-one-home-garden-one-village-at-a-time-639600.html 24 April 2026 @ 8:38 pm As Sri Lanka continues to face the twin challenges of extreme weather events, economic crises and rising food prices, a grassroots agricultural initiative in the Southern Province is offering farmers a practical pathway toward food security and sustainability. A community-based composting programme organised by the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, in collaboration with IAAS SL Ruhu... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260426/plus/letters-to-the-editor-3-639597.html 24 April 2026 @ 8:27 pm lt;span style= quot;font-size: medium; quot; gt; lt;strong gt;Efficient energy management: This is the time for the SSEA to show leadership lt;/strong gt; lt;/span gt; The Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority (SSEA) bears a national responsibility in guiding the public towards efficient energy management, particularly at a time when the country faces escalating energy costs and increasing en... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260426/plus/appreciations-3-639590.html 24 April 2026 @ 8:24 pm lt;span style= quot;font-size: medium; quot; gt; lt;strong gt;Thank you for the lsquo;Shakes rsquo; legacy and valued friendship lt;/strong gt; lt;/span gt; lt;strong gt; lt;img class= quot;alignright size-full wp-image-639591 quot; title= quot;Dulip quot; src= quot;http://sundaytimes.lk/260426/uploads/2026/04/Dulip.jpg quot; alt= quot; quot; width= quot;175 quot; height= quot;228 quot; / gt... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260426/plus/an-unflinchingly-candid-view-of-sri-lanka-with-hope-on-the-horizon-639586.html 24 April 2026 @ 8:10 pm lt;div gt;Aversion lt;em gt; nbsp; lt;/em gt;is Dr Devika Brendon rsquo;s debut novel released by nbsp;The Jam Fruit Tree Publications in December 2024. lt;/div gt; An award-winning writer, editor, mentor and journalist, Brendon has created a genre-defying hybrid work challenging the initial expectations a reader may have of a conventional narrative structure. lt;img class= quot;alignright s... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260426/plus/a-feast-for-art-enthusiasts-639581.html 24 April 2026 @ 8:07 pm Two interesting art exhibitions caught the attention of art enthusiasts last week. At the Paradise Road Galleries on Alfred House Road, artist Wasantha Namaskara unveiled his deeply meditative abstract works. His exhibition titled lsquo;Dharshana rsquo; will be on until May 13. From April 23-25 at the ITC Ratnadipa was nbsp; a retrospective on the life and works of Jayantha Premachandra. Th... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260426/plus/lecture-on-reclaiming-the-past-the-problem-with-colonial-cultural-objects-639561.html 24 April 2026 @ 7:30 pm Dr. Naazima Kamardeen will talk on lsquo;Reclaiming the Past: The Problem with Colonial Cultural Objects rsquo; when she delivers this month rsquo;s National Trust lecture on Thursday, April 30 at 6 p.m. at the auditorium of the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka, No. 6, Independence Avenue, Colombo 7. (For those who join online: https://www.youtube.com/live/v5xtBt_Hlhg Debates over the resti... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260426/plus/tree-walk-get-to-know-these-sylvan-sentinels-in-the-heart-of-the-city-639558.html 24 April 2026 @ 7:29 pm This green oasis in Colombo is hidden in plain sight; one forgets what a blessing it is to have a refuge for the flying foxes, the occasional lt;em gt;thalagoya lt;/em gt; and lt;em gt;kabaragoya; lt;/em gt; a roost for the egret or the rock pigeon and of course a haven for sibilant, shady greenery. On Saturday, May 2, Ruk Rakaganno ndash; the tree society of Sri Lanka will celebrate the ers... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260426/plus/international-dna-day-and-the-sad-story-of-sandra-laing-639552.html 24 April 2026 @ 7:26 pm lt;div gt; Who would have thought that amongst the numerous international commemorative days there is even one for DNA. It fell yesterday, April 25. National DNA Day was first celebrated in 2003 by proclamation of the US Congress marking the day in 1953 when James Watson and Francis Crick published their findings on the double helix structure of DNA. Since then, the National Human Genome Resea...