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Thursday, October 1, 2020

Local: President joins Children’s Day celebration
2020-10-01 13:45:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa joined world...
Local: Suspects nabbed while transporting Heroin
2020-10-01 11:53:00
Police officers arrested three suspects while...
Local: Two returnees tests positive for COVID-19
2020-10-01 11:15:00
Two returnees from Oman had tested positive for...
Local: PM inaugurates Buduputh Suraksha Entitlements
2020-10-01 09:18:00
The inaugural ceremony of distributing Buduputh...
Local: Three COVID-19 patients recovered
2020-10-01 07:58:00
Three more individuals recovered from COVID-19...
Finance: Dialog Axiata Launches the Affordable and Powerful 5G Smartphone, Huawei Nova 7 SE
2020-10-01 07:47:00
 Gearing Sri Lanka to a “5G ready status”...
‘National Electronic Waste Management Week -2020”
Local: ‘National Electronic Waste Management Week -2020”
2020-10-01 07:00:00
The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) and the...
Political: COPE to meet for five days in October
2020-10-01 06:21:00
The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) of the...
Local: Plans afoot to transform Sri Lanka Postal Service
2020-10-01 05:55:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has advised Sri...
Local: Six returnees tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday
2020-10-01 04:38:00
The National Operation Centre for the Prevention...
Local: Showers expected in several provinces
2020-10-01 03:46:00
Several spells of showers will occur in Western,...
Local: SRI LANKA HAS NEVER DEFAULTED DEBT REPAYMENT - CABRAAL
2020-09-30 19:45:00
Sri Lanka has never defaulted on its loan...
Army Commander Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva sharing an emotional moment with an incapacitated War Hero during his visit to Abhimansala -1 in Anuradhapura.
Local: Army Commander visits wounded war heroes at ‘Abhimansala-1’
2020-09-30 19:44:00
Having concluded the Army blessing of the flags...
Local: Budget to be presented on November 17
2020-09-30 19:43:00
The Government will present the budget for the...
Local: ASEAN Ambassadors praise Govt. for combating COVID-19
2020-09-30 19:42:00
The Ambassadors from five ASEAN countries have...
Local: I never saw any DMI intelligence report - Hemasiri
2020-09-30 19:42:00
Former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando had...
Law & Order: Rs.30 mn robbery at Katana businessman’s house
2020-09-30 19:42:00
An armed gang had robbed the residence of a...
Local: Knuckles auxiliary forest expansion proposed
2020-09-30 19:40:00
The Government is focusing on the further...
Political: UNP reforms report due next week
2020-09-30 19:39:00
The report including recommendations regarding...
Local: World Children’s Day
2020-09-30 19:38:00
Children of the “Guna Jaya Sathuta Foundation” at...
Rural Roads and Other Infrastructure State Minister Nimal Lanza inspecting a road development project in Negombo.
Local: Government to develop 100,000 kms of road - Lansa
2020-09-30 19:30:00
Rural Roads and Other Infrastructure State...
Dean of the Faculty Prof. Shirantha Heenkenda presenting the literary work "Ran Rasu" to the Vice Chancellor Senior Prof. Sudantha Liyanage of USJP. Picture by Roshan Pitipana.
Local: Universities should produce creative individuals - Vice Chancellor Prof. Sudantha Liyanage
2020-09-30 19:30:00
Well-known literary scholar Chulananda...
Local: 'No one could dispute certain decisions by former President'
2020-09-30 19:30:00
After certain decisions by former President...
Sri Lankan Ambassador Ameer Ajwad with Omani Labour Minister Prof. Mahad Said bin Ali Baawain.
Local: Lankan Ambassador Ajwad calls on new Omani Labour Minister
2020-09-30 19:30:00
Sri Lankan Ambassador to Oman Ameer Ajwad paid a...
Local: Appointment of Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See to Sri Lanka
2020-09-30 19:30:00
The Government of the Holy See with the...
Local: Number of people seeking shelter at Elders’ Homes on the rise
2020-09-30 19:30:00
Wayamba Provincial Director of Social Services...
Local: Arrested with stolen jewellery
2020-09-30 19:30:00
Kattankudy OIC Duminda Nayanasiri said that three...
Local: Breast cancer awareness programmes to be launched this month
2020-09-30 19:30:00
The Breast Cancer Awareness Month, marked in...
Minister Johnston Fernando with RDA officials during the inspection tour of the Udahamulla – Madiwela Road reconstruction work.
Local: Johnston instructs RDA to finish Udahamulla – Madiwela Road renovation
2020-09-30 19:30:00
Highways Minister Johnston Fernando has...
Indian High Commission Defence Advisor Captain Vikas Sood with Navy Chief of Staff Rear Admiral Kapila Samaraweera.
Local: Indian HC Defence Advisor calls on Navy Chief of Staff
2020-09-30 19:30:00
The Defence Advisor at the Indian High Commission...
Local: 3,600 families to be evacuated from landslide high-risk zones: Nimal
2020-09-30 19:30:00
One of the challenges authorities concerned have...
Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena planting a sapling with the founder of the project Dr. Ranil Senanayake and MPs Dr. Raghavan, Yadamini Gunawardena, Cader Mastan and the local politicians.
Local: ‘Bhumi Sathkaraka’ project launched in North
2020-09-30 19:30:00
A new project named ‘Bhumi Sathkaraka’ was...
Local: Thirteen-year-old dies of rabies
2020-09-30 19:30:00
A school student in the Mapalagama area has died...
Transport Minister Gamini Lokuge and Vehicle Regulation, Bus Transport Services and Train Compartments and Motor Car Industry State Minister Dilum Amunugama at the ceremony.
Local: Houses for 110 families under ‘Lakhiru Sevana’ (Phase I) programme
2020-09-30 19:30:00
Under the resettlement plan for households...
Local: Old Hardians General Meeting
2020-09-30 19:30:00
The General Meeting of Old Hardians Association...
Local: Children are the future of the nation - President
2020-09-30 19:30:00
Our children are the future of the nation. It is...
Local: Children should become healthy and productive citizens - PM
2020-09-30 19:30:00
I am pleased to send this message for the...
Local: More showers expected
2020-09-30 19:30:00
The Department of Meteorology states that showers...
Local: Tea Liquid arranged photographic exhibition
2020-09-30 19:30:00
A photographic exhibition under the concept of...
Local: High Commissioner of Pakistan calls on Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris
2020-09-30 19:30:00
High Commissioner of Pakistan Major General (Retd...
Editorial: Empowering plantation community
2020-09-30 19:30:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has won for himself...
World: ADDITIONAL 100 mn COVID-19 VACCINE doses for POOR countries
2020-09-30 19:30:00
SWITZERLAND: Up to 100 million additional doses...
An Armenian soldier firing artillery toward Azerbaijani positions during fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region on Monday.
World: Armenia not ready for Russia-mediated peace talks with Azerbaijan - PM
2020-09-30 19:30:00
ARMENIA: Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan...
Features: Shielding elders from COVID-19
2020-09-30 19:30:00
Dr. Ganewatta works as a Consultant Physician...
Arguments for and against the 20th Amendment are being heard before the Supreme Court
Features: Renewed focus on 20th Amendment
2020-09-30 19:30:00
National interest is now focused on the 20th...
Features: Signs of positive changes in Juvenile Justice System
2020-09-30 19:30:00
Children differ from adults with the variance...
Features: The 19th Amendment and its implications
2020-09-30 19:30:00
Part INo Constitution tries to putdown all the...
Features: History of the Rain Retreat
2020-09-30 19:30:00
The Rain Retreat had not existed yet during the...
Features: The rag must stop
2020-09-30 19:30:00
There is the occasional letter to the editor...
Features: In sync with rain
2020-09-30 19:30:00
Vap is marked in the Buddhist calendar as the end...
Features: Ending of Ayan Vassana Kaalo
2020-09-30 19:30:00
This is rather the climax of the long awaited...
Features: Constructing the Right Effort
2020-09-30 19:30:00
The purification of conduct established by the...
Features: Calm in the midst of chaos
2020-09-30 19:30:00
How do we navigate the overall unruliness of life...
Some of the participants at the World Heart Day cycle race
Sports: World Heart Day Cycle Race at Maruthamunai
2020-09-30 19:30:00
World Heart Day was celebrated on September 29....
Serena Williams
Sports: Serena withdraws from French Open with Achilles injury
2020-09-30 19:30:00
Paris, Wednesday: Serena Williams withdrew from...
Rashid Khan
Sports: Spin hero Khan pays tribute to late mother, his 'biggest fan'
2020-09-30 19:30:00
Dubai, Wednesday: An emotional Rashid Khan...
Sports: CFSL election on November 6
2020-09-30 19:30:00
The due election of Carrom Federation of Sri...
Sports: Rugby Elite Referee Panel formed
2020-09-30 19:30:00
Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) joined hands with Sri Lanka...
The present weightlifting team of YMCA, Kandy: 1st row (kneeling) S.K.S.Pradeep, (seated) A.E.Wijewickrema (coach) (kneeling) H.L.W. Kumara. 2nd row from left: R.S.Roslan, L.Senaratne, Srimantha Nanayakkara, M.D.M. Senaka, M.M.D. Harischandra, D.B.A. Silva, M.G.R. Suranga, K.T.A. Prabath. 3rd row from left: Palitha Silva, A.N.Weerasena, S.P. de Silva, S.A.A.K. Dissanayake, H.G.S.K. Jayatissa, G.G.J.R. Pushpakumara, W.A.D. Suresh, S.Pushpakumara, A.M.D.R.Attapattu, D.B.Tennakone, D.J.Wijewickrema, A.G.R.K.W.
Sports: Kandy YMCA excels in weightlifting
2020-09-30 19:30:00
The present Kandy YMCA weightlifting team is one...
Sports: Kandy to popularise Women’s cricket
2020-09-30 19:30:00
Over here in Kandy cricket promoters have teamed...
Sri Lanka Football Academy Association President Mohamed Akram addressing the media.
Sports: Inter-academy U-19 soccer from Nov.1
2020-09-30 19:30:00
The Sri Lanka Football Academy Association (SLFAA...
Sports: Super League – a helping hand for clubs
2020-09-30 19:30:00
The new Super League will be the next level of...
FLASHBACK: Double celebration for Royal College in 2011 as Bhanuka Rajapakse and Ramith Rambukwella emerged the Observer-Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year and Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year
Sports: Health authorities give green light for Mega Show
2020-09-30 19:30:00
The health authorities of the Colombo Municipal...
Olympic silver medal winner Susanthika Jayasinghe being welcomed by Uduwaka Kanishta Vidyalaya students. Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa and State Minister Thenuka Widhanagamage are also present.
Sports: Susanthika's 20th year of Olympic glory celebrated
2020-09-30 19:30:00
A special ceremony was held to commemorate 20th...
CCC emerged champions of last year's tournament
Sports: Major Tier T-20 Tourney from October 23
2020-09-30 19:30:00
The annual Major Tier T-20 Tournament conducted...
Sports: LPL commencement date readjusted
2020-09-30 19:30:00
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) decided to readjust the...
Obituaries: Obituaries
2020-09-30 19:30:00
LOKUGE - SHIRANEE AGNES GRACE,​ called to rest...

Thursday, October 1, 2020