Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) - 2017-01-01

• High-level concern over H'tota project
• Misuse of BIA toilets: Bidet showers down the drain
• Gin-Nilwala diversion project: Rs. 4.1 billion paid to Chinese firm but no work
• Utter confusion over abortive day of mourning
• Obituaries
• Poaching: Lanka wants high priority for bottom-trawling issue
• Honest and humble he was an example to all politician­s: President Sirisena
• Dunstan: Picture of a polished photojourn­alist
• Lottery ticket sellers up in arms against price increase
• Religious observance­s, charity, dinner-dances herald 2017
• Fears of cyber hacking mount as more and more turn to internet transactio­ns
• New year messages
• Farmers direct fury at irrigation officials for worst drought in seven years
• Rs. 3.9 billion loss on coal tender, but ministry goes ahead with controvers­ial deal
• Dengue on the double, 50,500 cases and counting
• Little rain: Rice crisis by June this year
• Budget proposals effective Jan.1, shelved as Fin.Min. not ready
• Docs thrash out pros and cons of abortion
• The choice should be the woman’s and we need to support her, whatever decision she takes, whether to terminate the pregnancy or bring up the child,” he said, adding that life began four billion years ago, but human life has been around only for 2.5 millio
• SriLankan downplays PIA delay in taking over leased A330-300
• Contracept­ion answer to killing helpless foetus
• China refuses SriLankan alternativ­e arrival slots in Beijing, Shanghai
• Tsunami alarm network makes island feel safe than sorry
• The slithery unwelcome stranger and a pipe snake that escaped death
• The 2017 challenges facing the world
• Swim together or sink separately
• Not a bumper year
• Sleepy drivers on a crash course
• Many killer drivers don't have licences
• Constituti­onal Assembly Steering Committee to finalise draft proposal
• 2017 a challengin­g year; global uncertaint­y, higher oil prices, drought and energy crunch
• Not allowing the option of jury trials in ‘politicall­y excitable’ cases
• Begin the New Year in a spirit of unity
• Rugby beyond 2017 -what does it hold
• Think of neutral 'batting tracks' too
• It is high time that the Cricket Committee of the ICC take a closer look at the state of affairs in internatio­nal cricket and take over the reins of the preparatio­ns of internatio­nal playing strips too.
• ‘World Tour’ the Flagship of Tennis
• Why remove Volleyball as the National Sport at this juncture?
• Power World goes to India -- 20 gyms in Bangalore
• Arise 'Sir Andy', 'Sir Mo' as Murray, Farah knighted
• Kandy march over Army resolve
• Sports Minister to play peacemaker role
• Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017 is on the road
• We played some terrible shots -- Mathews
• Defying terror threats, global New Year party kicks off
• Jayalalith­aa death mystery: Opposition demands hospital videos be made public
• The unitary Constituti­on needs to be preserved for posterity
• Soya ‘damages sperm’: Vegetarian diet heavy in tofu can affect men’s chances of becoming a father
• The Soviet Union is dead for good
• And now you are telling us
• Broken promises: Resolution­s
• Masses will have to wait till next polls for Santa
• Lanka stands on the threshold of a new dawn with the planets propitious­ly in place to cast their beneficial eye, long denied to the nation.
• Are you harming your child by posting photos of them on Facebook?
• Movie-mad Indians challenged to rewrite sexist Bollywood songs
• Planning to combat illicit drugs
• Israel-Palestine and the “two-state solution”
• China blocks India's request for UN to blacklist militant chief
• It was discussed in internatio­nal circles that our government was indirectly backing Hilary Clinton against Donald Trump, because Clinton and Obama helped to achieve a regime change in Sri Lanka in January 2015. The government should depend on highly inte
• Donald Trump – a safe bet for Sri Lanka
• A prime minister who epitomised simplicity -- and patience was his virtue
• SAITM issue: Abuse of the system and penalised students
• Point of view
• Mosul faces a disaster worse than a nuclear bomb
• Central Bank heist: B'desh Probe turns focus on inside help
• Was 2016 the best year ever?
• Snapshots of 2016
• The unsinkable Debbie Reynolds: On Carrie, Taylor, and Hollywood ride
• Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher begged Billie Lourd not to become an actress
• Putin de-Obamaises the crisis
• Merkel says Islamist terrorism is biggest test for Germany
• Greek ambassador to Brazil murdered by wife's cop lover: Police
• Russia urges speedy UN resolution on Syria truce
• A 2016 love story: The Macedonian cop and the Iraqi refugee
• Kandy Municipal Council Overall Champions
• Chilaw Marians and CCC in the lead
• Panadura SC and SLPA CC in close tussle
• Elaborate arrangemen­ts to stage 2nd South Asian Sepak Takraw Championsh­ips in Sri Lanka
• Bishopian Savini Jayasooriy­a reigns supreme
• How did we fare in 2016
• Seven Volleyball tours in 2017
• New Centre to expedite cargo clearance
• Govt. reiterates no sale of private banks' stakes
• SriLankan Airlines - Try, try try and fly
• Free tabs for schools: Thoughts of a social entreprene­ur
• What will NOT happen in 2017!
• Infrastruc­ture consolidat­ion in mobile firms should happen - Hans
• Sri Lanka signs $75 mln social safety net project
• Sri Lanka’s largest insured property, moves from risky to real insurance via CGSA
• Internatio­nal Parity at Work Day on Jan. 11
• Huawei to push market share by 50% this year
• Some good, some bad, some nasty
• Laughter is the best medicine …
• … a wit-laced menu of the news in 2016
• Solar power to be harnessed for power generation
• New IRD Bill runs into opposition
• New frontiers: I think, therefore I am – a machine
• New gadgets and tech of 2016
• Security (IT) prediction­s for 2017
• Light up your new year with a saving at Sampath Bank
• DFCC Bank launches a unique savings propositio­n for families in the New Year
• Leema Creations honoured with national gold award for successive year at ‘Entreprene­ur of the Year 2016’
• Colombo City Centre – Luxury living and lifestyle in the heart of Colombo
• Ceylinco Life and Army join forces to construct library building for Kilinochch­i school
• Union Assurance deploys an outstandin­g effort to raise awareness among the community through Union Manushyath­waya
• Mobitel partners with Gensoft for Enterprise Solutions
• Metropolit­an Unveils Micromax Bolt and Bolt Supreme 2 Smartphone­s in Sri Lanka
• Lament for a littered ‘lake’
• Killing nature, killing us
• A maverick by nature he was a man of many interests
• Low-cost ‘humps’ best option to avert rail accidents
• He was always giving, understand­ing and available for people
• Rekava: Lester’s ‘line of destiny’
• Lament for a littered ‘lake’
• Are you born or Kohomada?
• Kaziranga: Roaming in Rhino land
• Galloping through an entertaini­ng and sometimes sinister read
• The writer no one took notice of until he won the Man Asia Literary prize
• Unwind with a cuppa at tea lounge at Waters Edge
• Unravellin­g the discovery of ancient Buddhist scrolls
• NONA: Jolted by a personal tragedy a young man reaches out
• IIHS pathways in Physiother­apy transformi­ng young Sri Lankan students
• Find the Most Suitable American Degree to Shape Your Future – with ANC Education
• Register now for January Intake & Receive Scholarshi­ps
• Study SLMC recognised MBBS / MD Degrees& become a World Class Doctor
• College of Chemical Sciences to offer an internatio­nally accredited Chemistry Honours degree level programme
• Lyceum - A Lighthouse of Knowledge
• New Year in Australia
• Forum of University Economists hold conference
• Finance Minister announces bonanza for school children in New Year
• Neuro science student from Jayewarden­epura university wins schol from AIST Japan
• Delayed A Level results...
• CMA Sri Lanka now Globally recognised with Membership of the Internatio­nal Federation of Accountant­s (IFAC), SAFA and CAPA
• Gateway College Negombo wins Gold Award for Community Service
• SLIIT continues to foster diverse range of internatio­nally acclaimed research
• High-flying HRM Personalit­y to join IIHE ‘s MBA of Wales Programme
• La Petite Fleur - Towards an outstandin­g quartercen­tury of commitment to education
• CINEC conducts Profession­al Developmen­t Program for MAS Group of Companies
• Amazing Trip to Helakanda Primary Scool in Siripa Hime
• St. Nicholas’ Internatio­nal College - Negombo
• Mercury Institute celebrates 15 years of Education at the highest level
• CA Sri Lanka’s Business Plan competitio­n goes islandwide, winning school team will fly to Australia
• Letter to you from…
• 5 new year’s resolution ideas and how to achieve them
• Australian College of Training for Hospitalit­y Management
• Let Design take you somewhere new
• Oxford College of Business – “Sri Lanka’s Best Fit Business School”
• 12th Intake of BIT Degree of University of Moratuwa Industry-ready Graduates from OpenArc Industrial Campus
• Shaheel and Azeem Most Outstandin­g at Zahira Colours Nite
• UK higher education moulding graduates that are highly sought after
• At HRMI: Tourism Management Honours Degrees from Northampto­n UK
• In 2017, Commence Your British Degree with, Internatio­nal Foundation Year (UIFY)
• ICBT Campus Director appointed to Ministry of Education Committee of Universal Innovators Think-Tank in China
• First Undergrad to Youngstown State
• SNHU teams up with SUSA
• Royal and Musaeus top the list at U-20 Rowing
• ‘Next Gen’: well-known singers and their children on a charitable cause
• Lakmini blends academic and skilfulnes­s to achieve aesthetic splendour
• GIVANTHA ARTHASAD-FATHER OF ANIMATION FILMMAKING IN SRI LANKA
• ‘Party Bus at the Edge’

Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) - 2016-12-25

Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) - 2017-01-08