http://www.sundaytimes.lk Official website of the Sunday Times Newspaper in Sri Lanka Sun, 26 Apr 2026 02:36:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260426/sunday-times-2/the-politics-of-deflection-by-javid-yusuf-a-response-639933.html 25 April 2026 @ 8:16 pm I see Javid Yusuf rsquo;s article in the Sunday Times of April 19, 2026, as an attempt to confirm the seed of doubt planted by certain elements in the minds of the public that there had been a malicious political plot behind the Easter Sunday attack. Hence, in my opinion, his article was not written in the national interest, which he is supposed to as per the Sunday Times, but in the interest of t... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260426/sunday-times-2/west-asia-war-triggers-move-to-boost-north-koreas-nuclear-arsenal-639929.html 25 April 2026 @ 8:14 pm lt;strong gt; lt;em gt;By Thalif Deen lt;/em gt; lt;/strong gt; UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - The ongoing military conflicts in West Asia mdash;involving the US, Israel, Palestine, Iran and Lebanon mdash;have indirectly bolstered North Korea rsquo;s plans to expand its nuclear arsenal. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is quoted as saying the American attacks on Iran justified his decision to streng... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260426/sunday-times-2/former-chief-justice-of-india-to-deliver-sujata-jayawardena-memorial-oration-639918.html 25 April 2026 @ 8:10 pm lt;p style= quot;text-align: left; quot; align= quot;center quot; gt;The rescheduled Sujata Jayawardena Memorial Oration to be delivered by the 52nd Chief Justice of India, Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, on the topic ldquo;In a True Democracy, is Parliament Supreme? rdquo;, will take place on Saturday, May 9, at the BMICH. lt;/p gt; [caption id= quot;attachment_639920 quot; align= quot;a... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260426/sunday-times-2/a-peace-walk-for-awareness-building-639916.html 25 April 2026 @ 8:09 pm Appreciation by Ven Kolonnawe Dhammawimala Thera of Siri Wajiragnana Dharmayathanaya-Maharagama Most of us are busy in our struggles to find food to maintain our physical strengths to continue living the lives we have been burdened with, from the very beginnings. A good number of us may find answers while the majority shall always continue to want everything from the time they wake up till the ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260426/sunday-times-2/the-world-after-trump-order-not-chaos-640023.html 25 April 2026 @ 2:09 pm lt;strong gt; lt;em gt;By George Papaconstantinou and Jean Pisani-Ferry, PROJECT SYNDICATE, EXCLUSIVE TO THE SUNDAY TIMES IN SRI LANKA nbsp; lt;/em gt; lt;/strong gt; PARIS/FLORENCE mdash;When Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney observed earlier this year that the world is ldquo;in the midst of a rupture, not a transition, rdquo; he captured a reality most governments have been slow to accept...