http://www.sundaytimes.lk Official website of the Sunday Times Newspaper in Sri Lanka Sat, 02 May 2026 18:51:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/260503/editorial/workers-day-and-press-freedom-day-challenges-within-640916.html 2 May 2026 @ 11:15 pm May Day ndash; the day dedicated to the workers of the world, started in America ndash; is now commemorated in that country in September as a public holiday. The significance of the day was to be taken over by the Marxist states of yesteryear, but they have since embraced private enterprise and given up massive political rallies, instead turning the day into one of festivities. Unfortunately, th...