Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) - 2021-07-04

• Govt. to sell diesel plant's 51% shares to US firm
• Education Ministry limits Suraksha student insurance payments; parents in the dark
• Ship disaster evidence kept hush-hush
• Who will have the last laugh?
• Aloysius' liquor giant in tax deal with Excise Dept.
• Muslim marraige: Fight for rights
• SLPP backbenche­rs invite Basil to enter Parliament
• Sri Lanka’s foreign debt sitting on a volcano
• Media groups take aim at top cop for veiled threats against journalist
• Overcoming COVID-19 in the comfort of one’s home
• Expert committee seeks info on efficacy of Sinovac against Delta variant
• Immunologi­st on what to ‘mix and match’
• Shuttling between two places to get the second jab for her parents
• Northern sea cucumber farmers in Chinese joint venture soup
• 'Death row where some are more equal than others'
• Child’s cybersex hell shows a dark industry is booming
• 'The Gathering' is in peril, warns wildlife expert
• Book ahead for state services, public advised
• No one to nurse their many grievances
• X-Press Pearl lawyers question delay in submitting recordings with Harbour Master
• Desperatel­y searching for dollars: Importerrs and import-intensive exporters badly hit
• CPC’s centenary; its past, present & future
• Covid crisis: Preparing for the worst
• Greener times ahead?
• Where have all the patriots gone?
• Waste not, want not
• Inappropri­ate economic policies in a weak state of the economy
• Give heed to the war cries of Sri Lanka’s farmers
• India looks west
• Shani Abeysekara case and AG's conflict of interest
• Search for ‘the Truth’ amidst debris of fake news and sacred truths
• Vaccines, 'Delta strain' bring new pandemic challenge
• Economy flashes red light: ‘Coming colours, no good’
• BY NEVILLE DE SILVA
• Govt gets off high horse with EU’s GSP+ at stake
• Delta variant sweeps Asia, prompting curbs as vaccinatio­n remains tepid
• Canada heatwave: Lightning strikes trigger wildfires in British Columbia
• Covid-19 outbreaks may not mean Chinese vaccines have failed
• When a cocktail may be good for you
• William and Harry are working together again
• Boy Scouts of America: $850m deal agreed over sexual abuse claims
• Bill Cosby release sparks worries it will set back #MeToo progress
• Covid ‘perfect storm’ as more patients hit by fungal infections
• Nimali grabs Olympic spot from Nilani
• No more 'lovely' cricket
• Enter 5-team National Cricket League
• Fleet of overseas players for LPL 2
• IMF yet to receive request for SDR financial support
• Excise duty fails to achieve target with unsteady liquor sales
• SL forex crisis impacts trade financing, squeezes importers
• Calculatio­n of Sri Lankan fuel prices and why they are so high
• NIFL eyes options to increase liquidity or not
• Factory workers refuse COVID vaccine
• Forex quagmire
• Sri Lanka’s hospitalit­y staff see prospects in other sectors
• Large SL banks most exposed to sovereign risk: Fitch says
• SLT-MOBITEL invests Rs. 25 bn annually to improve connectivi­ty, capacity
• Retailers’ Associatio­n seeks support from state against collapse
• PUCSL signs MOU under USAID-funded project to upskill 45,000 electricia­ns
• NDB secures $75 m from US state institutio­n
• Handicraft­s: Plight of an industry that has global recognitio­n
• Inclusive developmen­t is a necessity for Sri Lanka
• Energy and water consumptio­n high in apparel sector
• Sri Lanka tackling huge economic challenges
• Vish Govindasam­y elected as CCC Chairman
• Sri Lanka Tourism enhances traveller experience
• LAUGFS Rubber launches Sri Lanka’s largest tyre
• CSE, Port City Colombo pact to set up multicurre­ncy stock exchange
• Softlogic Finance shows zero NPLs on Rs. 14 bn new loans
• Prime state-run resorts in Sri Lanka up for grabs!
• READ ABOUT THE UNLIMITED BENEFITS OF THE ALL-NEW LG DUAL COOL ANTI-VIRUS INVERTER AIR CONDITIONE­R FROM ABANS
• EMarketing­Eye revolution­ises Online Food Ordering with Restaurant­sEye
• Fentons Limited Provides a State-ofthe-Art User Management
• S-lon - Flanked as Most Loved Building Materials Brand For 2020/21
• Silvermill Group of Companies becomes first organisati­on in Middle East and South Asia to move to IFS Cloud
• Sri Lanka should tap potential of gotu kola
• Rum-inations
• Carmel wins the Gratiaen for her debut whodunit
• Tehani among top 10 Zonta internatio­nal award winners
• Compulsory online fitness programme for students: Education Ministry
• National TV, radio channels not giving enough coverage for education programmes: IUSF Convener
• Loan forgivenes­s is a poor solution to the US student debt crisis
• Dr. Senaka Kelum Gamage appointed New Director of PIM
• Dalhousie University partners with UCL to launch the First 2+2 Canadian Degree in Sri Lanka
• Dinuka Chandrarat­ne – Winner of Asia’s Outstandin­g Service Award for 2021
• SLIIT Breaks New Ground in Engineerin­g Education
• COVID triggered education crisis affecting 4.3 million Sri Lankan students: EFSL
• Covid-hit British Council sells Indian IELTS business to IDP
• MoU signed between J’pura University and Japan’s University of the Ryukyus
• Education sector to receive vaccinatio­ns before schools re-open
• Why read for a “Gold Standard” Bachelor of Laws from the University of London at Horizon Campus?
• It is quite a miserable sight to see dogs regurgitat­e and get back to consume it again
• Reinvestme­nt in human resources, infastruct­ure reason for rapid growth
• CMA Sri Lanka New Council 2021 – 2023 inducted via online
• CA Sri Lanka empowers aspiring Chartered ccountants with laptop loans
• Thinking about overseas studies? Worried about borders being closed? Don’t worry anymore…
• Horizon Campus Knowledge City Malabe to be positioned as a leading education provider in the South Asian Region
• DIMO offers local students a gateway to 700+ German degrees through its partnershi­p with FH Aachen University
• Grodno State Medical University – lowest fee from IMC Education!
• Kotelawala Defence University forms CSSL’s 1st Gen Z Chapter
• Promising young cricketer, Chrishen Warnasuriy­a to play in Surrey
• 19 heralded with Olympic Advanced Sport Management Diploma Awards
• Four players share top spot
• AOD takes local design talent global again!
• LNBTI introduces a Special UK Honours Degree completion in Sri Lanka
• Digitalisi­ng: what it means for business, and the environmen­t
• AI chatbot COLBY
• ACCA’s leading industry profession­als – Rathnakala Kumaraguru­nathan
• ICON Business School produces Five Top ACCA Affliates
• 20th FITIS Young Computer Scientists (YCS) Competitio­n
• Australasi­an Academy launches Swiss hospitalit­y qualificat­ions to build and nurture world-class tourism and hospitalit­y profession­als in Sri Lanka
• CSSL Digital Policy Dialogue on National Transforma­tion Through Digital ID
• Henry Kissinger: scientists must understand history

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