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Saturday, October 10, 2020

Local: Minuwangoda COVID-19 Cluster: 103 cases reported
2020-10-10 15:38:00
101 close contacts and two employees of...
Local: J'pura student tests COVID-19 positive
2020-10-10 14:00:00
A third-year student of the Faculty of Management...
Local: Three National Hospital staffs tests COVID-19 positive
2020-10-10 13:43:00
Three minor staff of the National Hospital tested...
Local: Health Min. issues guidance note for public visiting hospitals
2020-10-10 10:41:00
The Ministry of Health advises the general public...
Local: Four with over 33kg of Kerala cannabis arrested
2020-10-10 10:13:00
The Navy and Police managed to apprehend 02...
Local: COVID-19: Ten recovered
2020-10-10 08:52:00
Ten more individuals recovered from COVID-19...
Local: Temporary suspension of Consular Services at Foreign Ministry
2020-10-10 08:45:00
The Foreign Ministry has decided to suspend all...
Local: All shops, pharmacies open during quarantine curfew
2020-10-10 08:43:00
All shops, supermarkets, pharmacies and other...
Local: Worker at Mannar Bishop’s house tests positive for COVID-19
2020-10-10 08:40:00
A construction worker at the Mannar Bishop’s...
Local: Department of Motor Traffic services suspended for another week
2020-10-10 07:41:00
The Department of Motor Traffic services at the...
Local: Promotions for 514 Officers & 14,140 Other Ranks
2020-10-10 07:17:00
The Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra...
Local: All school sports events cancelled
2020-10-10 05:10:00
Director of Sports attached to the Education...
Local: 8-hour water cut in Colombo
2020-10-10 04:09:00
Water supply to certain areas in Colombo will be...
Local: Prevailing windy and showery condition to enhance
2020-10-10 03:01:00
Temporary enhancement of windy and Showery...
Former Chinese Foreign Minister and the current Communist Party Political Bureau Member Yang Jiechi paying a courtesy call on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo yesterday. Picture courtesy Prime Minister’s Media Division
Local: Sri Lanka, China will face common challenges together - PM
2020-10-09 19:35:00
Sri Lanka hopes to work closely with the Chinese...
Local: Over 100 Govt. MPs request full investigation into release of Rishad’s brother
2020-10-09 19:34:00
A group of more than 100 Government MPs have...
Local: No cannabis exports will be allowed- Chamal
2020-10-09 19:33:00
Irrigation Minister and Internal Security, Home...
Local: Namal Kumara was hired and paid by then Presidential Secretariat - Pujith
2020-10-09 19:32:00
Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith...
Local: Sri Lanka Army, Pride of the Nation turns 71 today
2020-10-09 19:31:00
The Sri Lanka Army, the protective shield behind...
Local: Seminar on “Quality Infrastructure” to mark “International Cooperation Day” of Japan
2020-10-09 19:30:00
The Embassy of Japan in Sri Lanka on October 6,...
Local: Dharma Sermons at the Embassy premises on Poya Days
2020-10-09 19:30:00
The Sri Lankan Embassy in Washington D.C....
Navy Commander Vice-Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne with Rear Admiral Lalith Dissanayake.
Local: Navy bids farewell to Rear Admiral Lalith Dissanayake
2020-10-09 19:30:00
After completion of nearly 34 years of...
Volunteers cleaning a road. Picture by M.A. Phakurdeen, Addalaichenai Group Corr.
Local: Road-cleaning project launched in Pottuvil
2020-10-09 19:30:00
A road-cleaning project was launched under the...
Local: A/L student tests positive for COVID-19
2020-10-09 19:30:00
An Advanced Level student in Chilaw has tested...
Local: 'Army has been frontier force in safeguarding motherland'
2020-10-09 19:30:00
The Sri Lanka Army; the ‘Defender of the Nation...
State Minister Duminda Dissanayake during the inspection tour at the Adam’s Bridge in Talaimannar.
Local: Power transmission to India possible - State Minister Dissanayake
2020-10-09 19:30:00
Solar, Wind, Grid Power Generation Projects...
During the meeting
Local: Support to combat COVID-19 expected - Ampara District Secretary
2020-10-09 19:30:00
Ampara District Secretary D.M.L. Bandaranayake...
Local: Pujith did not get due recognition from Maithri - Former Army Commander
2020-10-09 19:30:00
Former Inspector General of Police Pujith...
A high-powered Chinese delegation led by former Chinese Foreign Minister and the current Communist Party Political Bureau Member Yang Jiechi met President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday. Picture courtesy President’s Media Division
Local: China pledges continuous development cooperation
2020-10-09 19:30:00
* Relations with SL, a key priority of President...
Local: Munneswaram Temple, Dedimunda Devalaya closed
2020-10-09 19:30:00
The historic Munneswaram Temple in Chilaw has...
UNDP Resident Representative in Sri Lanka Robert Juhkam and VTA Chairman Damitha Wickramasinghe exchanging documents at the MoU signing ceremony.
Local: UNDP, VTA ink MoU on skill enhancement programmes for young people
2020-10-09 19:30:00
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)...
State Minister of Indigenous Medicine Promotion, Rural and Ayurvedic Hospitals Development and Community Health Sisira Jayakody presenting newly-introduced Ayurvedic drugs to Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena.
Local: Indigenous medicines introduced to prevent COVID -19
2020-10-09 19:30:00
State Minister of Indigenous Medicine Promotion,...
Local: Construction of school building suspended
2020-10-09 19:30:00
Construction work of a four-storied building at...
Local: Minuwangoda Police officers sent for quarantine
2020-10-09 19:30:00
Ninety-five officials attached to the Minuwangoda...
Local: Mahaweli-H Zone to benefit by mid-November
2020-10-09 19:30:00
Farmers around the reservoir of Kala Wewa in the...
Local: Teen drowns in Beliatta
2020-10-09 19:30:00
A 17-year-old child drowned in the Palapotha mini...
Local: ‘National Security Council was not up to standard’
2020-10-09 19:30:00
Former Secretary of State for Law and Order...
The building which caught fire.
Local: Fire in shopping complex in Pallepola
2020-10-09 19:30:00
A fire erupted in the co-operative co-op city...
Local: Refrain from calling on Public Officers in quarantine curfew areas - AG
2020-10-09 19:30:00
Attorney General Dappula de Livera has directed...
Local: Over 4,400 COVID-19 positive cases
2020-10-09 19:30:00
A total of 29 COVID-19 positive cases have been...
Local: Held for issuing fake driving licences
2020-10-09 19:30:00
Udawalawa Police raided a house at Karametiaara...
Local: Immigration Dept. closed next week
2020-10-09 19:30:00
The Department of Immigration and Emigration...
Local: One drowns in Wemedilla Reservoir
2020-10-09 19:30:00
One person of a group of five who had gone to...
Local: Trains to have special sanitized compartments
2020-10-09 19:30:00
General Manager of Railways Dilantha Fernando...
Local: Farmers in Vellaveli receive fertilizer
2020-10-09 19:30:00
The cultivators of Vellaveli in the Porathivu...
Local: Minor export crops to be promoted
2020-10-09 19:30:00
The Export Agriculture Department has initiated...
During the B2B meeting.
Local: Lankan and Omani boat-building companies to collaborate
2020-10-09 19:30:00
A B2B webinar between prominent Sri Lankan and...
Local: Ocean University to provide more educational opportunities - PM
2020-10-09 19:30:00
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday...
Local: Water interruption
2020-10-09 19:30:00
Water supply to certain areas in Colombo will be...
State Minister of Urban Development, Coast Conservation, Waste Disposal and Community Cleanliness Dr. Nalaka Godahewa at the inauguration ceremony to construct 400 housing units at Elliot Place Borella.
Local: UDA kick starts 400 units of urban middle class housing project in Borella
2020-10-09 19:30:00
State Minister of Urban Development, Coast...
Local: ‘Local farmers can cultivate country’s turmeric requirement’
2020-10-09 19:30:00
Sri Lankan farmers are capable of cultivating the...
Local: ‘Former Minister’s brother helped Zaharan flee to India’
2020-10-09 19:30:00
The Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI)...
Political: Parliament
2020-10-09 19:30:00
470,206 persons arrested over narcotics crimes...
Finance: Lanka yet to tap export potential of South Korea - Ambassador Dr. Saj Mendis
2020-10-09 19:30:00
Meeting with Chairman of KOIMA Kwang Hong and Dr...
Managing Director of Sell-X, Sameera Bopage presenting an award.
Finance: Sell-X rewards Hikvision CCTV camera sales agents
2020-10-09 19:30:00
Sell-X, a premier distributor of computers and...
HelpAge, Youth Education Programme, Director, G.C. Mendis addressing the seminar.
Finance: SL Telecom commemorates ‘World’s Elders Day’ with HelpAge
2020-10-09 19:30:00
Sri Lanka Telecom PLC (SLT), the national...
Finance: ‘Daraz turns 4’ with amazing offers
2020-10-09 19:30:00
Over 2 million products from 35,000 sellers...
The opening of the Premier Learning Centre at One Galle Face.
Finance: ESOFT Metro Campus opens Premier Learning Centre at One Galle Face
2020-10-09 19:30:00
ESOFT Metro Campus has introduced a unique...
Editorial: A challenging task
2020-10-09 19:30:00
With the number of Coronavirus cases on the rise...
These two children put on a brave face in spite of the heavy fighting between the Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
World: Karabakh fighting turns residents into ‘vagabond’ refugees
2020-10-09 19:30:00
ARMENIA: “We’ve become vagabonds,” says Knarik...
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (L) addressing a recent press conference.
World: 13 charged in plot to kidnap US Governor
2020-10-09 19:30:00
US: Thirteen men, including members of two right-...
This October 16, 2019 file photo of William and Kate during a Royal tour of the Chiatibo glacier in the Hindu Kush mountain range in Pakistan.
World: Prince William launches Earthshot Prize
2020-10-09 19:30:00
UK: Britain’s Prince William on Thursday launched...
World: Transforming local economies for an inclusive and sustainable recovery
2020-10-09 19:30:00
COVID-19 is having a severe economic impact on...
World: WFP wins Nobel Peace Prize
2020-10-09 19:30:00
NORWAY: The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the...
A booth displaying a COVID-19 vaccine candidate is seen at the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services, in Beijing on September 4, 2020.
World: China pledges to distribute COVID-19 vaccine to poorer nations
2020-10-09 19:30:00
CHINA: China has signed up to a deal to ensure...
Across Europe, bars and restaurants are being forced to shut their doors again to fight the virus - AFP
World: Spanish capital rejects lockdown as Europe faces virus surge
2020-10-09 19:30:00
SPAIN: Madrid’s top court on Thursday struck down...
In this aerial file photo taken on October 01, 2020 shows empty swimming pools at a hotel on Patong beach in Phuket. - AFP
World: ‘Ghost island’ Phuket ravaged by COVID-19
2020-10-09 19:30:00
THAILAND: Phuket’s go-go dancers sit playing on...
A woman waits for a bus on a deserted Oxford Street in London during the lockdown.
World: Virus starves UK shops of customers
2020-10-09 19:30:00
UK: The squeeze on Britain’s beleaguered retail...
The first Trump-Biden Presidential debate.
World: Trump says “NO” to virtual debate
2020-10-09 19:30:00
US: US President Donald Trump on Thursday pulled...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa is preparing for “any outcomes” of the US Presidential election.
World: Justin Trudeau fears ‘disruptions’ in event of tight US vote result
2020-10-09 19:30:00
CANADA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...
Law & Order: Two arrested with heroin
2020-10-09 19:30:00
The Police Narcotics Unit acting on a tip-off...
Law & Order: Minuwangoda Police Station reopens
2020-10-09 19:30:00
The Minuwangoda Police Station which was...
Law & Order: Five granted bail over defrauding racket
2020-10-09 19:30:00
Five suspects, including a manager of a finance...
Law & Order: Hacked to death
2020-10-09 19:30:00
A man was hacked to death by two other people...
Law & Order: Petition fixed forJanuary 18
2020-10-09 19:30:00
A Fundamental Rights petition filed seeking a...
Law & Order: Arrested with fake driver’s licence applications, heroin
2020-10-09 19:30:00
A man was arrested with 15 fake driver’s licence...
Law & Order: Navy arrests seven persons with narcotics
2020-10-09 19:30:00
A number of special search operations conducted...
Features: Despite a celebrated case, issues regarding medical negligence remain ‘unresolved’
2020-10-09 19:30:00
Covid and negligence has become the focal point...
US Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris (L) and US Vice President Mike Pence applaud at the end of the Vice Presidential debate at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on October 7, 2020. AFP
Features: Covid strikes US Prez Poll campaigns
2020-10-09 19:30:00
With just three weeks to the US Presidential...
Features: Sri Lanka Army: With us, for us forever
2020-10-09 19:30:00
The Sri Lanka Army has dedicatedly served the...
Sofia Kenin of the US returns the ball to Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova during their women's singles semi-final tennis match of The Roland Garros 2020 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on Thursday. - AFP
Sports: Kenin downs Kvitova to set up French Open final with teen Swiatek
2020-10-09 19:30:00
Paris, Thursday: Sofia Kenin defeated Petra...
Jonny Bairstow
Sports: Bairstow, Warner score fast and furious to give Hyderabad key IPL win
2020-10-09 19:30:00
Dubai, Thursday: David Warner hit his 50th Indian...
Nipun Dananjaya plays a shot during a Major Youth Tournament match.
Sports: SLC postpones October schedule
2020-10-09 19:30:00
All tournaments conducted by Sri Lanka Cricket (...
Wrestlers from four Asian countries will participate in this tournament.
Sports: Invitation Beach Wrestling Meet in Negombo
2020-10-09 19:30:00
The Wrestling Federation of Sri Lanka (WFSL) is...
Nipun Dhananjaya (Left) and Nipun Lakshan (Right)
Sports: Dhananjaya, highest run-getter and Lakshan leading wicket-taker in Under 23 tourney
2020-10-09 19:30:00
SSC opening batsman Nipun Dhananjaya topped the...
Sports: Dimo Southern Warriors in the lead with 3 wins
2020-10-09 19:30:00
Dimo Southern Warriors leading the points table...
Sports: LPL Player Draft pushed to Oct. 19
2020-10-09 19:30:00
Sri Lanka cricket (SLC) has postponed the Lanka...
Sriyantha Rajakaruna
Sports: Rajakaruna - excellent ruggerite, athlete and boxer
2020-10-09 19:30:00
Sriyantha Rajakaruna was another fine player...
The present Mahamaya Girls School Cricket team with the Teacher-in-charge N.E. Jayakody (Picture. by Upananda Jayasundera-Kandy Sports Spl.Corr.)
Sports: Mahamaya going great guns in women’s cricket
2020-10-09 19:30:00
Mahamaya Girls School, Kandy is a name that has...
Sports: Ranjan Lasantha de Silva cricket coach par excellence
2020-10-09 19:30:00
Former Devapathiraja College, Ratgama Cricketer,...
Sports: Air Force shooters emerge champions
2020-10-09 19:30:00
The victorious SLAF shooting team is seen here...
Maurice Joachim
Sports: Maurice led Kandy SC to victory in 1992 Clifford Cup final
2020-10-09 19:30:00
Maurice Joachim led Kandy SC to victory in the...
Obituaries: Obituaries
2020-10-09 19:30:00
SHAKUNTALATHEVI of Manipay. Passed away...

Saturday, October 10, 2020