Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) - 2022-02-20

• UN Human Rights Chief's report questions PTA; Easter bombing probe
• New state company to handle oil and gas exploratio­n and production
• Highways Ministry won't reconsider Chinese firm's bid
• Easter Sunday attacks: AG to study court order before any appeal
• High insurance rates strangle local flights
• Questions over integrity of proposed company chief
• Job stretch for retiring lady officer creates dispute at state rubber body
• Northern Governor clarifies his position
• Yakada Chooti and councillor friend accused of stealing playground’s iron gate
• PUCSL’s power cut statements trip people
• Letter to Modi: Mano goes solo without TNA
• Lankan embassy goes TikTok in Beijing; but why did Chinese company fund it?
• Swarnavahi­ni rape allegation­s: Former judge’s delayed appeal to be heard on June 29
• Audit report reveals losses in road rehabilita­tion work
• SLPI denounces attacks on journalist­s, calls for safe environmen­t
• Power struggle frustrates homes and business
• Disappeari­ng reservoir water heightens power uncertaint­y
• Lankans in Ukraine in no hurry to leave; Foreign Ministry monitoring situation
• Police arrest four suspects over constable killing
• Lingering illness after COVID
• Media briefing highlights
• How to resume normal life after a COVID-19 infection, however mild
• Many places from which to get the jab
• The quarantine period for COVID-19
• Post-COVID clinics at state hospitals
• Traffic blocks as Anamaduwa villagers protest over quarries
• X-Press Pearl insurers seek time till April to work out final compensati­on payment for fishermen
• Potato growers want payout for organic disaster
• Fertiliser crisis: Maha season farmers’ long wait to get compensati­on
• Police record statements from Ape Jana Bala leader and more than 25 others
• Getting ready to face the gathering storm in Geneva
• Tinkering with counter-terror laws
• Not just kaputas, but a change in the air?
• Lanka-China ties affected over Central Expressway tender?
• Bottom trawling ban produces good catch for fishermen in Puttalam and Kalpitiya lagoons
• Reflection­s on voter behaviour and the predicamen­t of the left
• Shani makes bombshell claims on Easter attacks in FR case filed to prevent arrest
• Govt. docs call off token strike
• Patients rush to state hospitals as strikers take a short break
• Kandy’s old buses to be given new life as boutiques near jogging paths
• Bentota residents ring alarm bells over selfie craze on railtrack
• Weekly dengue infections drop, but risks high in some areas
• The perahera prevails
• Why the trade deficit widened despite import restrictio­ns and export growth
• Divine vengeance and human atrocities
• Tapping global health care’s greatest resource
• Sports charlatans have a field day!
• Deepal and Dihan to witness 150th Open Championsh­ip in Scotland
• Premaratne's hurricane 121 gives Siam City Cement huge win
• Kushal wins NEGC Club title
• Lanerolle steamrolls to win India Cup
• Results at a glance
• Sri Lanka Athletics hopeful of winning Asian and Commonweal­th Games gold medals
• Player’s survival
• NSL four-dayer from February 24
• Kandy meet traditiona­l nemesis CR today
• Scoreboard
• Dialog Schools Developmen­t 7s today at Ruwanwella
• New Zealand crush South Africa to win first Test
• Mahela urges and encourages for records to be renewed
• Ravindu, Pawantha slam double tons
• Havies record fifth straight win to remain unbeaten
• Can Sri Lanka avoid a series whitewash?
• Rohit named India’s Test captain, Rahane and Pujara dropped
• Airmen scrape through Soldiers in scrappy game
• Injured Avishka, Ramesh, Nuwan out of India T20s
• Akila, Venkat shine on Day 2
• TEST SQUAD:
• Ukraine showdown casts shadow over Qatar gas summit
• China allows Covid boosters of different technologi­es
• Storm Eunice batters Europe
• Obituaries
• Duke of Edinburgh Award presentati­on
• Oldest buildings in UAE discovered, dating back 8,500 years
• As BA.2 subvariant of Omicron rises, lab studies point to signs of severity
• Thomian Class of 62-73 visit Alma Mater
• Indian tea start-ups search for an exotic edge
• Who’s paying Prince Andrew’s $16 million settlement?
• Chamath Palihapiti­ya resigns as chairman of Virgin Galactic
• Putting big pharma in charge of global vaccine rollout was a big mistake
• A New Tale of Two Cities: Colombo and Los Angeles
• In hijab row, critics say India's BJP looking for votes in southern state
• Victoria's Secret campaign features model with Down syndrome
• The paradox of the lizard tail, solved
• Excreta flung at Chamuditha home may hit Govt at Geneva
• Cogent reply more effective than bluff and bluster
• Aristo logic dictates Wildlife Minister’s law of the jungle!
• What is sati
• Mine of mindfulnes­s
• He never aspired to be a leader but was indispensa­ble to leaders of the day
• An engineer who led from the front
• Memories will live on as will the tea you nurtured
• Her dedicated service to Mallika Nivasa Samithiya will be etched in our hearts
• A true Hardian at heart
• Studies and songs; a friend from fun-filled Pera days!
• Have we tapped full hydro-electricit­y potential in country?
• How can President say he is on the right track!
• Special and unforgetta­ble
• An article that could shed some light among governing pundits
• Brush up your word power for LAF’s Scrabble Bash
• A taste of Spa Ceylon in West Asia
• ONUR’s mobile reconcilia­tion programme goes North
• How did our gardens grow
• CFW Accelerate: Opening doors for young designers
• Solution of Crossword No: 1134
• Billie Eilish and brother Finneas meet with US President Biden
• Rap track ‘War’ by ArrDee and Aitch debuts at No 6 on the charts
• Snoop Dogg acquired Death Row Records
• Polar Music Prize
• Ed Sheeran and rock band Bring Me The Horizon likely to collaborat­e
• Chill out at this rustic pub and grill
• New page in online activity for children
• Young mastermind­s behind financial mentoring platform
• Sheraton Kosgoda unveils 2nd anniversar­y celebrator­y offers
• ‘Keerthi’ celebrates birthday with ‘Sathsara Paramitha’
• DAN TV celebrates 21 years of Tamil infotainme­nt
• Mission to fix the moon
• Taste of Thai at Grand Kandyan again
• ‘Monalisa’ now in cinema
• Surcharge Tax catches state/ private institutio­ns off-guard
• State tourism institutio­ns headless!
• Fertiliser crisis of 2021: Signs of the times
• Value-added exporters urge RMB, INR swaps
• DFIs snub banks seeking credit lines
• Juggling dollars and borrowings
• Eyeing ‘money talks’
• Finance companies reeling due to non-reimbursem­ent of micro loans
• Litigation: Is it smart to spend time and money to be right?
• Central expressway project phase 3 tainted with irregulari­ties
• NCE to celebrate 30th anniversar­y of export awards on Dec. 2
• 11 funds including EPF/ETF exempt from Surcharge Tax
• Eco Spindles helps Sri Lanka’s circular economy for plastic recycling
• Ex-Goldman banker testifies 'greed and ambition' motivated 1MDB bribery
• Rising sea freight rates expected to normalise by 1H 2022
• Aitken Spence reports highest ever Q3 PBT of Rs. 3 b
• SL’s economy likely to grow by just 2 % in 2022, Fitch says
• An Argentinia­n haircut for the IMF
• Start-up Mintpay raises Rs. 51.5 mln in seed funding
• Durdans Hospital becomes the first private sector hospital in Sri Lanka to be equipped with the world-class ZEISS KINEVO 900 Microscope
• SL has a deep-seated relationsh­ip with buyers, JAAF SG says
• Hemas Consumer Brands remains committed to helping those in need due to COVID-19 and other emergencie­s
• Local retail industry: the hardest hit by the FOREX crisis calls for solutions
• SLT Group records Rs. 12.2 b 2021 post-tax profit
• If elevators could talk: Baurs bid farewell to its 80-year-old Swiss elevator
• Asian Adventures welcomes first incentive tour post COVID to SL
• Home Lands Skyline claims new states
• AIA Insurance offers customers 15% discount on dental consultati­ons at ‘My Dentist’
• NDB Strikes GOLD at the SLIM NASCO Awards 2020/2021: Wins Eight Awards in Total
• Singer PLC partners with Panasonic to expand distributi­on in Sri Lanka
• BCIS Launches the Youth Leadership Academy Leaders for the 21st Century
• ComBank&Ansen partner on leasing promotion for Powertrac tractors
• Physio Medicare celebrates 10 Years
• Star Garments Group is now Great Place to Work certified
• UGC seeks to regain authority over non-State higher education institutio­ns: Chairman
• BA Honours in Japanese now offered at J’pura University
• Ed. Ministry and UGC to reduce waiting time for university admission
• Education Co-operative Society employees threaten to launch strike
• New national university for nurses in May
• Ninth national conference of the APLA held at Nelum Pokuna
• One Qualificat­ion, Many Destinatio­ns
• Gateway College Partners Oxford University Press to Launch Maths Olympiad
• Dilith tells APIIT MBA’s.
• Outcome - Based Learning at NIBM for Moulding T-Shaped Skills
• Your Best Route to University after O/L’s
• Australian Qualificat­ion in Aged Care right here in Sri Lanka
• Develop Your Potential as Global Business Leader with the Global MBA offered by UK’s Solent University and BCAS Campus
• ALPHA BUSINESS SCHOOL SELECTED BY TOP PERFORMERS IN SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
• AIESEC in University of Sri Jayewarden­epura conducts flagship leadership developmen­t seminar for 10th consecutiv­e time
• Top Universiti­es to Compete in the CFA Institute Research Challenge Local Finals hosted by CFA Society Sri Lanka
• Oxford College Graduation Ce
• Prof. J. E. Jayasuriya: the epitome of Sri Lankan Education Philosophy
• Tech parks to be built in Galle, Kurunegala, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya and Habarana
• A stepping stone in higher education history: Japura Masters’ Alumni Associatio­n
• The newly appointed JMAA is as follows:
• University of Peradeniya Convocatio­n from Feb 22 – 24
• Annual Dhamma School Teachers exam to be held on June 18
• Is the Pearson HND the wisest choice after A/L’s?
• IIHS bolsters Sri Lanka’s Healthcare Industry with over 2000 Graduates
• FREE Seminar Series on New Zealand Education
• Meet Excelsia College, Sydney at the IDP Australian Education Fair February 26
• Paving new horizons and opportunit­ies in the legal profession - Horizon Campus offers the Bachelor of Law (LLB) from the University of London
• Inter University Debating Competitio­n 2022 organised by the Institute of Chemistry Ceylon
• CA Sri Lanka kicks off Advanced Certificat­e Course on Data Analytics to enable better decision makers
• From three wheels to three degrees
• Goodness is an Enemy of Greatness
• SLIM inaugurate­s Agri Saviya: Nurturing the Agricultur­al Sector from the Grassroots
• Presentati­on of CMA Sri Lanka Annual Report and Certified Management Accountant Journal to General Daya Ratnayake, Secretary to the Ministry of Industries by Prof Lakshman R Watawala President CMA
• SLIIT to host hybrid Open Week from March 13 - 19 showcasing vast study options to broaden students’ horizons
• Abyewickra­ma to head Schools Netball
• Resolute Vivash wins convincing­ly
• ‘Get Into Rugby’ programme reaches Galle
• Young Dhanushan and veteran Niloo win Donald Steel Golf 2022
• IDP brings home the biggest Australian Education Fair on Feb 26
• WITH H-INDEX REACHING 332 ANOTHER MILESTONE FOR SLIIT
• Foreign Medical Education for the Lowest cost through REC Campus
• The Institute of Lean Management (ILM), THE FIRST SHINGO LICENSED AFFILIATE IN SRI LANKA
• MSI COLOMBO OPENS ADMISSIONS FOR UNDERGRADU­ATE PROGRAMMES
• Imasha Attanayake
• Get Trained for Success in Sales with Powerful Pitching
• ANC-MMI Successful Book Week for Pre-School kids
• The chats over the short wall
• FAST FACTS
• Arctic Fox
• Pokémon: Rare un-cut sheet of first edition cards up for auction
• Zoo welcomes first giant anteater baby in 85 years
• Reading Developmen­t Tips by Room to Read
• 19-year-old Zara Rutherford becomes the youngest woman to fly around the world solo
• Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Vilnius, Lithuania
• TOWER BRIDGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS STRUCTURES IN THE GOTHIC REVIVAL STYLE. ITS SPIRES ECHO ISLAMIC ARCHITECTU­RE'S MINARETS, POINTING TO THE ANCIENT EXCHANGE OF CULTURAL IDEAS BETWEEN THE WEST AND THE MIDDLE EAST.
• AUSTRALIA'S NEWEST AIRLINE ANNOUNCES A BONZA ROUTE NETWORK
• DRIVING CANADA’S TOUGHEST ROAD
• BALI WELCOMES FIRST INTERNATIO­NAL FLIGHT IN TWO YEARS AS ISLAND OPENS TO TOURISTS FROM ALL COUNTRIES
• Mandarin Oriental,
• CLASSIC STAYS
• Villa d'Este
• Grand Hotel Tremezzo
• Villa Lario

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