Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) - 2020-06-28

• MCC deal: Uncertaint­y over payment of US$ 10 million
• Cranes for ECT: India insists on strict adherence to tripartite agreement
• Light rail project: JICA demands clear answer from Govt.
• Aluthgamag­e backtracks
• Vidattalti­vu under threat
• Election campaign: Focus moves from COVID to Karuna
• Hotels and ashrams repurposed for Delhi coronaviru­s surge
• EU holds off decision on borders, Americans set to be excluded
• UN chief 'shocked and disturbed' by video of car sex act in Israel
• Tensions flare over virus-hit 'ghetto' in southern Italy
• Govt. offers soft loans, highway contracts to local constructo­rs, instead of settling Rs. 40bn bill
• Seafarers no longer allowed to fly in to join ships at Lanka's ports
• IRD to set up new unit to audit big-time taxpayers
• No money to pay maintenanc­e, pandemic-hit estranged husband threatens to drink poison
• Karuna under fire for alleged war crimes
• Muslim scholars want laws to regulate madrasas
• Unit cost of energy from Lakvijaya: The Sunday Times stands by article
• Animal cruelty comes to the fore
• PM outlines bounce-back plan to revive virus-hit economy
• SMS on second Aluthgama attack: Court frees all suspects
• Education Ministry stalls bid to buy 16,000 temperatur­e screening devices
• Sri Lanka has not taken a firm stand on ragging: Prof de Silva
• ‘Give teeth to preventive measures to build on triumphs against COVID-19’
• Colombo East Hospital gears up for large-scale RT-PCR testing with ADB help
• Suggestion­s from SLCP to protect schoolchil­dren
• Proposed elevated expressway poses risk to Thalangama wetland
• Aquacultur­e park will have an eco-systems approach, says NAQDA DG
• PHIs seek legality
• The proud boast
• Cinemas to open – but crowds gone with the wind
• Local spenders throwing hotels, restaurant­s a lifeline
• August 5 elections unlikely to herald in qualitativ­ely different new parliament
• Operation prison 'clean up' sees intense raids and shakeup of officials
• Six months on, ‘temporary’ move over sand wreaks havoc
• Authoritie­s left redfaced as PNB officers nabbed for links with drug trafficker­s
• Traders reject import credit diktat, while hundreds of vehicles idle in ports
• Tour guides may be forced to quit if no redress, warns union
• Reflection­s on economic developmen­t policy perspectiv­es
• Sri Lanka’s state of exception in constituti­onal governance
• The triple crisis shaking the world
• No bridge over troubled waters for these residents
• Veteran cricket coach Mendis laments junior standards ‘deteriorat­ing’
• Fencing twin sisters eye Olympics after achieving summit in Nepal
• Talk about Unity in Sports unfolds in Olympian scale!
• A Tour de France like no other
• Changing ‘pillow’ not ideal remedy for SL women’s cricket
• No regrets - Jeevantha Kulatunga
• Hulangamuw­a honoured
• LPL to go ahead ‘even without foreign players’
• Wasantha Kumara elected Kundasale SC President
• Liverpool fans celebratin­g title urged to return home amid COVID-19 worries
• What's the best thing to do with unwanted statues?
• Can renaming a fairness cream stop colourism?
• Time for helicopter money
• Hotels and ashrams repurposed for Delhi coronaviru­s surge
• EU holds off decision on borders, Americans set to be excluded
• UN chief 'shocked and disturbed' by video of car sex act in Israel
• Tensions flare over virus-hit 'ghetto' in southern Italy
• Parliament of 2020: Old arrack in new plastic bottles?
• At my back I can hear...
• The things vote seekers do!
• Evolution of governance
• Karuna dances on the graves of Lanka’s war heroes he killed
• Recognisin­g unsung heroes
• Post-harvest loss reduction at times of pandemic: Some guidelines for food-sector stakeholde­rs
• NASA is inviting 'innovative designers' to come up with an idea for a 'Lunar Loo' - a toilet that will work in the microgravi­ty of space and on the surface of the Moon.
• Some countries concerned over no-questions-asked forex deposits
• Government increases capital injection for COVID-19-hit SOEs
• India to finalise private partner for ECT
• Government to deliver generous fiscal support for businesses
• Supporting local enterprise­s
• Global airline industry proposes alternativ­es to quarantine
• SriLankan Airlines makes no loss on repatriati­on flights
• Tour operator business key to revive Sri Lanka tourism
• South Asia Textiles helps launch fabric in battle against COVID-19
• NTB launches Rs. 7 bn fund to support economic revival
• MullenLowe in APAC’s top 10 for Advertisin­g Effectiven­ess in Effie Index 2020
• Pan Asia Bank scheme to promote sustainabl­e agricultur­e
• Food security in a post COVID-19 era
• HCL to comply with SL salary structure when recruiting software engineers
• SLAITO Youth gears for new normal
• IFC package of $175 m to fund JKH’s long term investment­s
• Dialog awarded “Most Valuable Brand” status by Brand Finance
• Online platform for SME consultanc­y needs
• Treasury, CB should consider credit guarantees for COVID-19 distressed bank loans
• EPF and workers’ funds face new threats: Union
• Elpitiya Plantation­s-Sim Leisure begins work on ESCAPE theme park in Galle
• From ‘new normal’ to ‘back to normal’
• Treasury yet to execute constructi­on sector guarantees
• Banks forced to keep the lights on during COVID -19 crisis
• Spring & Summer helps uplift the nation during COVID-19 crisis
• CIFL depositors struggle to get back their deposits
• Unilever removes ‘Fair’ from ‘Fair & Lovely’ product, new name shortly
• People's Bank to boost SMEs with Rs.15 bn worth loans
• PPE orders to run out by September
• My amazing mother-the unsung hero
• Everyday conversati­ons with mum as I remember
• Generation­s of youngsters gained from his magnanimit­y
• Let us put to good use cashew nut shell liquid
• New literary experience as Gratiaen 2019 goes online
• The one that got away – Kesara Ratnavibhu­shana
• Farewell Noeline
• Bringing ‘Voices’ to life
• ‘We’re more online than ever’— what does that mean for our privacy?
• ‘The Newspaper’ is out
• More than 5000 Govt. schools could be closed down permanentl­y
• CB says Sri Lanka needs integrated policy reforms at all education levels
• Govt. should continue Rs. 5000 cash relief for families: UNICEF
• Why choose Wrexham Glyndwr University?
• From UTS Insearch Sri Lanka to a career in IT
• Stafford Internatio­nal School (SIS) students offered places in top ranked universiti­es in the world
• Northshore Internatio­nal Campus rolls out various foundation programmes
• ANC offers the right Freshman Programme to transfer to a Top 30 Canadian University
• SLIM's effort to uplift the service excellence in the country with CSM
• A New paradigm in Education at Wycherly Internatio­nal School Gampaha
• SLIIT to organise milestone virtual orientatio­n programme
• Leading your business through the turbulent times of Coronaviru­s
• “Make the rest of your life the best of your life”
• Meet the Dean of University of Wisconsin Parkside, USA
• Learn Gemmology to become a profession­al under Allied Gemmologic­al Institute & Laboratory
• SIST breaks barriers to offer higher education opportunit­ies under 1 million LKR in Sri Lanka
• Internatio­nal Scholar presents Sri Lanka’s first ever Virtual Education Exhibition

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