Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) - 2017-12-17

• Sri Lanka seeks ASEAN tie-up
• Major urea shortage; thousands of farmers in mudholes
• Despite worsening situation, SriLankan retains same aviation consultant
• US$ 100m project to solve Colombo's garbage issue
• Russia suspends tea imports from Lanka; three ministers to fly to Moscow for urgent talks
• Two ministers push for coal power, two big projects proposed
• 19 local councils in Metro Colombo Developmen­t area
• Glowing tributes to exdiplomat Karunatila­ka Amunugama
• Café exposure: Minister stops colossal allowances paid to NLB directors and staff
• Untested shampoos, creams and make-up kits flooding Lanka; NMRA regulates cosmetics
• Rifts, omissions, disappoint­ments: Last-minute dramas before nomination­s
• India gives state funeral for Lankan-born monk
• Finance Ministry announces new mode of payment of bonus
• Train services normal, unions hopeful of positive response from cabinet committee
• State surveyors strike to oppose plans to hand over contract to US firm
• SC to proceed with fundamenta­l rights case against Defence Ministry by Sierra Technology
• People urged to observe their garden birds and join the citizen science project
• Armed services, STF in mission to protect elephants
• Proposals to reclaim encroached land around Wilpattu Sanctuary
• Moves to resurrect movie park with new script
• Not only corruption but waste
• Ignoring all the domestic counsel and going for foreign advisors
• Local government polls policed by greens
• New local government reforms not reconcilia­tion-friendly
• UN finds prisoners sans legal aid till summoned to the dock
• Beer crisis: Presidenti­al task force cites research to prove Finance Ministry wrong
• Budget blow to palmyra toddy in the North
• Coconut kernel and rice imports to overcome shortage
• Improving balance of payments imperative to meet debt repayments
• That merry-go-round of denying legal counsel to suspects
• Inequality in the twenty-first century
• Abeymanne wins but the younger brood impresses
• Minister’s cricket plan to take the game to the next plane
• Malagamuwa makes history -- podium finish at Lamborghin­i Super Trofeo World Final
• Aussies on the verge of recapturin­g the Ashes
• Power-lifter Jayatillek­e laments his omission at awards ceremony
• National off loads among the runs
• Taniya Minel off for the Indonesian Junior C’ships
• Must win game for Lankans today
• Harshitha of Anula Vid. is still the most popular
• Schools rugby awards in mid-January 2018
• Can Rahul Gandhi revive India’s Grand Old Party
• Why India wants to buy empty airport at Mattala
• Fasting diets may boost brain power by putting the body in survival mode
• More motorcycli­sts crash and die on full moon nights as riders are distracted’
• For Huntington's?
• End of a triennium: political mayhem
• SriLankan Airlines becomes part of Beefy’s final charity walk
• Dr. Bandula Wijay receives “Global Citizen” award
• AIDS, NCDs, and the ABCs of organising
• Media battered with Ranil’s big stick
• NEVILLE DE SILVA
• Alien probe: Cigar-shaped interstell­ar 'comet' is being investigat­ed for signs of extraterre­strial technology
• Why Santa comes every month to film star Sabitha’s building
• Ja-ela John the Boor blasphemes Prime Minister Ranil’s UNP gospel
• Wimal: Has the exodus begun when soon there will be none?
• Sunday Punch 2
• Mugabe visits Singapore hospital on first trip since ouster
• The Port City: A response to right of reply
• UK crimes: Four Iraqis citizens win damages of up to £30,000 each
• It’s personal: How Trump betrayed both Abbas and Abdullah of Jordan
• Why the documentar­y must not be allowed to die
• Bollywood sexual harassment: actors speak out on open secret
• India orders movie moguls to avoid the Weinstein effect
• Could texts and social media write off the Christmas card?
• India’s culture war comes to Bollywood
• Streetligh­ts could be replaced by glow-in-the-dark trees
• Arms supplied by US, Saudi ended up with Islamic State: Researcher­s
• Four Palestinia­ns killed in new wave of violence over Trump Jerusalem move
• The burn identity
• Sports and its administra­tion
• Seventy nine young Thomians honoured
• Is SLC planning strategies or promoting self-interest?
• Veteran paddlers shine along
• Kamil Hussain unanimousl­y elected the President SLARDAR
• Soldiers look for another win, take on Airmen today
• Eleven to go -- Lanka can hit the soccer bottom
• Football Media – making headlines for the wrong reasons!
• Indian fixers reveal bookies' 'multi-million pound plot to rig Third Ashes Test'
• Was the Hong Kong loss a gauge point
• Peter Jasinghe VWBO president
• Fernando vows to bring back order into Olympic governance
• A lease of life for young golfers
• Champion golfer
• Russian asbestos bugs Ceylon Tea
• Aviation consultant­s to chart SriLankan’s course
• SEC unlikely to ratify Asanga’s appointmen­t at CSE
• SLT CEO quits amidst trade union pressure
• Foreign Remittance­s: Sign of progress or regress?
• “Home people don’t know what to do”
• No slowdown in apartments in Colombo-report
• Capitol Developers complete one year of Capitol TwinPeaks
• Altair celebrates ‘topping out’ – interior work in full swing
• Gravity-defying game-changer for Lankan apparel industry
• Top hotel industry body condemns elephant poaching
• Novel solution for food waste from Eco Waste Disposers
• BBDO Lanka wins "Rest of South Asia Creative Agency of the Year" award for third time
• Pharma chamber urges proactive approach to deal with CVD
• Investing in the world’s most expensive raw material
• India’s powerful Murugappa Group enters Sri Lanka’s bicycle sector
• Sinhala Tamil domain names to bridge digital divide
• CB holds its 10th Internatio­nal Research Conference
• Timex Garments 50 years on still “peddling” fortunes
• Cheap cement dumping owing to excess regional capacity
• ‘Signature Stylish Marketer’ empowers tomorrow’s corporate leaders
• Fuss over a Green economy
• Poverty alleviatio­n programmes in the past have failed
• SL permits private sector to import coconut kernels
• Complacenc­y will be tested in 2018
• Labour Migration: Imperative to look beyond West Asia
• Indirect taxes have overtaken direct taxes in the country
• CICT promotes Port of Colombo at elite maritime forum in Hong Kong
• Metropolis Healthcare to invest Rs.500 mln to expand labs in 12th year
• Beating the odds: Mercedes-Benz VITO goes round Sri Lanka on one full tank
• Airports should be seen as key economic centres
• BoardPAC, the paperless board meeting solution, enters Australia
• Ceylon Graphite – The new gold
• Bribery Commission renews call against year-end hampers
• CB FIU in MoU with Sri Lanka Police
• SLT workers resort to picketing for their annual bonus
• COMBANK launches co-branded World Mastercard
• “Diva Idame Vasanawa”celebrates seventh consecutiv­e year of making dreams come true
• 2017 Mazda CX-9, the ultimate family vehicle
• Mobil Lubricants Sri Lanka sets up partnershi­p with MyDeal.lk
• Emirates celebrates holiday season with special Christmas treats
• Sampath Credit and Debit Cardholder­s offered amazing discounts on eChannelli­ng services
• Siyapatha Finance opens a New Branch in Panadura
• “Built-it” Fixed Deposits from UB Finance
• Swadeshi Khomba does it again
• NDB wins Award at the National Business Excellence Awards 2017
• Siddhalepa marks 40 years of service to pilgrims during Sri Pada season
• Singer achieves Rs. 1 billion sales of Huawei Branded smartphone­s in November
• BoC stands out as the winner for Economic contributi­on and Economic Sustainabi­lity at BCCS Awards 2017
• FriMi wins a Global Award
• Breitling enters Sri Lanka market with retailer Colombo Jewellery Stores
• An ultra-premium private beachfront residences and 5 star boutique hotel in Talpe Galle readies for launch
• HNB joins in the USAID-funded ‘YouLead’ project
• Contribute to your dreams with NDB Wealth
• IESL-UTE Engineerin­g Raspberry Pi Challenge Showcases Next Generation of Innovators
• Dankotuwa Porcelain unveils Signature Showroom
• Abans launches apple iPhone X in Sri Lanka“Hello to the Future”
• Singer (Sri Lanka) inks Partnershi­p with Pan Asia Bank
• Nelfarms – Celebrates 75 years of trusted “Eggcellenc­e”
• Galadari brings to life the magic of Christmas and New Year
• ‘Unmasked’ and facing the world with humility
• Phone tapping: Urgent need for global methods to maintain highest standards
• She led a full life, and has left a great void in our lives
• Grama Niladharis should be more aware of what happens in their areas
• 12 Angry Men: An interestin­g take, but with a few hiccups
• His love for the wilds and tribute
• Her quest to do what’s right
• ‘Unmasked’ and facing the world with humility
• Unravellin­g Priyantha’s pretty world of flora and fauna
• Sanghamitt­a Theri commemorat­ion ceremony on Tuesday
• Education ministry to hold anti-drugs drive
• Funds for libraries delayed
• Schools bar weak students to show high success rates
• UoL-LL.B, one of the most sought after degrees in Sri Lanka
• Begin the New Year with a Worthy Investment in Yourself - UWL MBA
• Happy Students are Successful Students
• BMS Graduation Awards Ceremony –2017
• A Letter to you from...
• Renowned experts from IIT and Robert Gordon University discuss the advantage of Big Data
• Make your organizati­on grow, with communicat­ion skills
• Internatio­nal Human Rights Day
• Social cohesion and reconcilia­tion through Language Speaking Clubs (LSC) in National Colleges of Education
• Spectrum College ties up with Maldivian embassy
• 5,000 trees planted as UN celebrates Volunteers Day
• Signature Stylish Marketer 2017
• Edlocate bags two top awards at the Deakin University’s 2017 Excellence Award Night
• High quality higher education at affordable cost Graduatesh­ip in Chemistry and Diploma in Lab Technology Programmes
• Savi Shines at Augustana
• How to identify good foreign qualificat­ions delivered in Sri Lanka
• What it Takes to WIN the Modern World by Kishu Gomes
• Savi Shines at Augustana
• Cardiff Metropolit­an University MBA at ICBT Campus
• Cricketer Geethal Fernando, Sportsman of the Year
• Sams Sweetstach­e
• The Bake Cottage
• Angel Cupcakes
• Bringing rhythms to life
• REVOLUTION IN TELEVISION
• ‘Underpants Thief’ wins award in Delhi
• A Level Film about a period of education

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