Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) - 2017-09-17

• Ruwanpura: RDA pushes ahead without EIA report
• Ethanol imports, liquor sales boom despite Govt.'s sobriety policy
• Sri Lanka not likely to sign nuclear weapons ban treaty at UN
• Arjun A's evidence crucial for thorough probe: CoI Chairman
• Harsha's SAITM Committee proposes non-state sector medical education
• President angry over some highway contracts, calls for national policy
• Hambantota Port project: Perilous step by China
• Blatant violation of conditions governing garbage disposal for filthy lucre
• SAITM saga:Committee issues report amidst strikes and discussion­s
• Polonnaruw­a pre-dawn hit-and-run crash: How the driver was tracked down
• Fisherman describes last tragic moments of British journalist before crocodile attack
• Enforced Disappeara­nces Bill will not apply to past incidents, says Ranil
• Crocodile risk warning boards in identified areas a must, says Wildlife and Nature Protection Society
• Nelli-rasakinda herbal regime can boost immunity of oral cancer patients, study shows
• Controvers­y overloads bid opening as Samsung plans short-circuit
• JVP leader calls for more investment in education, health and sports sectors
• Some disturbing facts
• Abode of 'Kohamba Deviya' endangered
• Animal bites and other accidents: Focus on prevention
• Unknown business agenda may be behind elephant sale idea
• Viable bags, green wrappers emerge from local initiative­s
• For the first time, 3-pronged electio
• Sri Lanka and the changing world order
• Listening to sermons without doing what has to be done
• For the first time, 3-pronged elect
• Sri Lanka and the changing world order
• Listening to sermons without doing what has to be done
• CEB wants police to probe alleged sabotage by strikers
• Breathing space for threewheel taxi fare meters
• Contrastin­g and chaotic weather patterns continue islandwide
• Case: Implicatio­ns for Executive Presidency and State Sector financial discipline
• Balance of Payments surpluses vital to face large debt repayments in 2019
• The problem of Arjun Aloysius and the reach of the law
• The tragedy of Aung San Suu Kyi
• Sochi dope test failures to be heard October - Oswald
• Forerunner to the Provincial Tourney is under way
• Froome targets second double at World C'ship
• Chandimal admits that pink ball poses a challenge
• The Inaugural Cross Country Horse Riding Competitio­n at Digana
• Kandy Football needs a wake up call
• Pakistan celebrate cricket return with series triumph
• Alonso keeps McLaren waiting over new deal
• Leishman stretches lead at BMW Championsh­ip
• Malan steers NW University South Africa to title victory
• All ready for the big splash at Diyawanna
• Malinga explodes at Ministry probe into cricket debacle
• Premier League match-fixing inquiry -27 banned for misconduct
• Keep a date with your favourite schoolboy cricketer
• All Blacks thrash Springboks with record eight-try hiding
• Lotus Tower: China's “Buddhist way” to navigate geopolitic­s
• Do 'Pray for...' messages make disaster relief harder?
• Obituaries
• WhatsApp will finally let people ‘unsend’ an embarrassi­ng message or image
• Mister Mahinda, so sorry to say, your sil slip is showing all the way
• Chemicals released after brief, intense exercise can slow the growth of breast cancer tumours
• 1,800-year-old black dot is first 'zero': Researcher­s
• BRICS summit: From economic partnershi­p to global governance
• The summit discussed issues related to economic collaborat­ion, regional and global security, the need for open trade and fight against protection­ism and work of the New Developmen­t Bank.
• Will complying with UNHCR settle our woes?
• Never a dull moment in our paradise isle
• BY NEVILLE DE SILVA
• Spritzing up the education ecosytem
• When man decides who should live and who should die
• Could your cat give you a deadly disease?
• Cassini, NASA's 13-year Saturn mission, has ended
• Sri Lanka, a country where "every prospect pleases "
• Michael Buerk
• Queens, nerds, and feel-good families vie for Emmy crown
• Reaching out to those in need in a tuk-tuk
• State of the art gym opens its doors at Malabe
• Orchid gives up the secrets of its success
• How our brains operate like GPS
• Escalation of the world drug problem
• Fall-out from the West Asian conflicts for Lebanon
• N.Korea seeks 'equilibriu­m' with US, says nuclear capability nearly complete
• British police raid home after train attack arrest
• Rohingya refugees forced to scramble for aid in Bangladesh
• Kurdish MPs say yes to independen­ce referendum
• Changing the willow for cricket's headaches
• Trinity, Dharmaraja, St. Sylvesters have their work cut out for them sans stalwarts
• Coaches need to be educated and others get educated to lead
• Non-existent Hockey Federation's 'backdoor activities' come a cropper
• Administra­tors score own goal for National Football
• NTB Queens of 'B' Division Mercantile League Basketball
• All eyes on Harshakuma­r
• All ready and set to go down South
• Star-studded National School Games from October 2
• Education Ministry launches school Cricket resurrecti­ng act
• JMD Indika wins September Grand Prix in tight finish
• Local Legends take centre-stage on Sept. 23
• Hayleys’ ambitious foray into retail trade
• EU wants more reforms on labour, other issues
• New budget to balance growth, fiscal restraint for disaster hit economy
• Backlash from moves to purchase private power plants
• IFA – Showcasing next stage in cyber future
• ‘Ambalame Pina’
• Enhancing the accessibil­ity of power through Ecomaginat­ion
• NPP inquiry report to be presented in Parliament soon
• Hemas Pharmaceut­icals expands to Myanmar
• Govt. urged to ‘digitise’ national tender process
• Future of software is the future of the world
• Sri Lanka’s absence from Asia’s big FTA game
• Salvation Army seeks partnershi­p with communitie­s and the private sector
• New CEO at WSO2; Sanjiva continues as visionary founder and chief architect
• Language crisis hurts Northern workers
• Watawala Plantation­s invests Rs. 44 million on 100 homes in Dickoya Estate
• Retiring officials to continue on state procuremen­t committees
• NDB talks to funding agencies for more SME credit lines
• Rs 4 bln insurance claim from May 2017 floods much lower than earlier flood claim
• Expolanka goes to US
• CSE, SEC host Invest Sri Lanka Forum in New York on Oct 16
• World short of 69 million teachers
• Senior official S. A. P. Suriyapper­uma takes over the DLB reins
• Clients are the most precious asset to us, says Cartier Regional MD
• Local firms need to form consortium­s to challenge foreign contractor­s’ entry into SL projects
• China to donate $100 mln to Sri Lanka between 2018- 2020
• Hayleys’ ambitious foray into retail trade
• Union Bank, SL’s first bank to receive PCI DSS status
• Keells Super customers donate Rs. 2.5 million towards ‘Little Hearts’ Project
• Daraz.lk Affiliate Programme - Don’t just shop, make money too
• Union Assurance expands its branch network to augment its services
• 41 Advisors from HNBA Qualify for MDRT
• AVIC Powers Investor Forum 2017as Gold Sponsor
• Creativity unleashed as HP debuts new Premium PC in Colombo
• ODEL’s new ‘Botanica’ fall collection promotes synergy with nature
• Skechers, trendy and comfortabl­e shoes for every lifestyle
• Scrumptiou­s new dishes at The Grill
• Navesta Pharmaceut­icals opens Sri Lanka’s First Sterile Pharmaceut­ical Manufactur­ing Plant in Horana
• Softlogic introduces “HappyOrNot”
• Bank of Ceylon conferred the Master Brand Status
• Surath steps down after a long innings as founder President, Constructi­on Industry Chamber
• Anthony Chelvanath­an to visit Leo Burnett Sri Lanka
• Authoritie­s scared of builder at Dehiwela De Alwis Place
• Negombo’s heritage left to rot?
• ‘Eliya’s’ move to shut down new Constituti­on far from enlightene­d
• Combating wildlife traffickin­g with “detect and disrupt”
• Birth of Born Free Foundation
• If you are eating or drinking star fruit; stop and think
• When reconcilia­tion is made of violent memories
• How the fruit becomes toxic
• A school that can take pride in producing giants among men
• They kept the night young, unforgetta­ble and ‘real’
• Young writer turns simple subjects into creative poetry
• A well attended State Literary Awards 2017
• Come to the Cathedral Sunday fair
• Birth of Born Free Foundation
• New President to expand relations with global associatio­ns
• “Remember Me” and more to mark World Alzheimer’s Month
• Sri Lanka confers distinguis­hed ACA designatio­n to 291 new Chartered Accountant­s and prestigiou­s FCA status to 62 members at 2017 Convocatio­n
• Regional Office in Kandy”
• A great opportunit­y to follow the only Internatio­nally accredited Chemistry Honours degree level programme in Sri Lanka at minimal cost
• “In the end, my decision was to become a Management Accountant”
• A Letter to you from:
• University education is 4 years behind: Minister Premajayan­tha
• 27% hike in Lankan students seeking Australian Education
• ‘Smart Classrooms’ in 65 National schools before year end: MoE
• “SAVIYA-Apen obata, Oben hetata”: Team Fusion's Library for Payagala rural school
• SLIIT’s ‘ROBOFEST 2017’fosters Innovation through Robotics Exploratio­n
• CHFMA Certificat­e Programme for Hotel Industry conducted jointly by CMA and SLITHM inaugurate­d
• Be a Futurist with the UWL MBA Qualificat­ion
• AIC Campus – FFC Kandy launches
• Sri Lankan Fashion Designer, Talented Alumni Amesh Wijesekera debuts his first collection at London Fashion Week - Fashion Scout
• AMI Montessori teacher training at CCHE
• Global Reach in Colombo
• Australia’s sessional staff are wrung out and then discarded
• Study in Germany and gain access to German universiti­es with 100% waiver on tuition fees
• The evolutiona­ry fashion extravagan­za has returned!
• The National Youth Orchestra of Sri Lanka Celebrates 25 Years of Music
• ANC continues to be a Beacon of Hope for Sri Lankan students
• The majestic cascade that put the Niagara to shame: the Iguazú Falls
• American University Transfer Program at AIC Campus
• AOD Partners Northumbri­a UK to Present Award-winning Fashion Business Degree to Sri Lanka
• AIC Campus concludes most successful Scholarshi­p Examinatio­n Event
• AOD Partners Northumbri­a UK to Present Awardwinni­ng Fashion Business Degree to Sri Lanka
• You’re the Voice III - Concert in Support of nation-wide peace activities of Bridge2Pea­ce
• Roshini Hafeel honoured by Best Scientist of the Year 2017 Award
• Hyundai Lanka Partners HRMI for EON Super Draw
• Learn earn and pay your way to a British Degree with LEAP Foundation!
• You’re the Voice III - Concert in Support of nation-wide peace activities of Bridge2Pea­ce
• A great moment of MSU Malaysia - 21st convocatio­n
• From Finance to Marketing: How Kasuni Silva’s career grew with CIMA
• Higher Education options at Imperial College of Business Studies (ICBS) that give you 11 qualificat­ions in just 3 years
• “EIDETIC” drags the world attention to Sri Lanka
• ANC Education- Producing Well-Rounded Individual­s
• LB Finance launches its O/L seminar for the 5th consecutiv­e year
• Campus Qualificat­ions accredited by the European Quality Assurance Agency (EQAA)
• 3W Group celebrates 20 years of driving change
• The Internatio­nal Hotel School of Mount Lavinia shines at Culinary Art 2017
• Launches MSc in Psychology programme awarded by Cardiff Metropolit­an University, UK
• Damith Hettihewa recognized as People Leader in IT
• Kuda Kusum Balika M.V - A premier ladies college in Uva celebrate 90 years
• SPARK Sport Day on Tuesday
• Vinod, Dhuwarshan, Nirekh, Dharaniyan take top honours
• Mahanama’s Yohan Peries brings fame to motherland
• OKI Int. Wattala enters third round in Singer All-Island Schools Under-15 Cricket tournament Division III
• Saikia leads BSC win
• Glimpse at the COINS film festival
• Lady Gaga takes a break and looks to slow down
• Cinnamon Hotels bags 77 medals at Culinary Expo 2017

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