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Friday, October 16, 2020

Shows: Daily News Digest
2020-10-16 15:58:00
Local: Department of Motor Traffic to resume work from Oct.20
2020-10-16 14:27:00
The public services provided by the Department of...
Local: Immigration and Emigrations Dept. to resume work from Oct.19
2020-10-16 14:02:00
The Department of Immigration and Emigration has...
Local: Minuwangoda COVID-19 Cluster: 49 more cases reported
2020-10-16 13:41:00
Another 49 COVID-19 positive cases reported, said...
Law & Order: 'Podi Lassie' bailed out
2020-10-16 12:27:00
Galle Chief Magistrate released the notorious...
Local: 20th Amendment to be debated on October 21,22
2020-10-16 12:15:00
The meeting held today of the Committee on...
Law & Order: Intervention petition filed against Riyaj’s writ petition
2020-10-16 12:02:00
Rev. Fr. Lorenz Ramanayake has filed an...
Local: National Mosquito Control Week begins
2020-10-16 11:43:00
The National Mosquito Control Week will be held...
Local: Telephone facilities for inmates to contact family members
2020-10-16 10:49:00
The Department of Prisons today (16) decided to...
Local: Notice for journalists who attended press briefing on Oct.13
2020-10-16 09:56:00
The Government Information Department urges all...
Local: Minuwangoda COVID-19 Cluster cases rises to 1850
2020-10-16 09:20:00
61 COVID-19 positive cases reported today, said...
Law & Order: Riyaj Bathiudeen’s petition to be heard on Oct. 20
2020-10-16 09:00:00
A writ petition filed by former Minister Rishad...
Local: NMRA warns private hospitals not to exceed MRP for medicines
2020-10-16 08:41:00
Issuing a statement the National Medicines...
Local: Five COVID-19 patients recovered
2020-10-16 08:31:00
Five more individuals recovered from COVID-19...
Local: Veteran actress Anula Bulathsinhala passes away
2020-10-16 08:14:00
Anula Bulathsinhala, the Veteran actress...
World: Kumar Sanu has tested positive for coronavirus
2020-10-16 08:01:00
Singer Kumar Sanu has tested for coronavirus. The...
Local: Over 365,000 PCR tests done so far
2020-10-16 07:24:00
6,543 PCR tests have been conducted in Sri Lanka...
Local: COVID-19: an employee attached to TV station tested positive
2020-10-16 05:48:00
An employee attached to a TV station has tested...
Local: Pharmacies, supermarkets in curfew imposed areas open today
2020-10-16 05:23:00
Essential food item shops and pharmacies in...
Local: 167 curfew violators arrested
2020-10-16 05:16:00
Within 24-hour period the police had arrested 25...
Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi
Local: New quarantine laws gazetted
2020-10-15 19:45:00
The Health Ministry has taken measures to issue a...
Chairman of UGC, Senior Professor Sampath Amaratunga
Local: Universities join in to conduct PCR tests
2020-10-15 19:44:00
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has...
Local: Compensation to families of 14 Lankan foreign workers
2020-10-15 19:43:00
The Government will pay compensation for families...
Local: Over 50 arrested for defying COVID regulations in Dambulla
2020-10-15 19:42:00
More than 50 persons working at the Dambulla...
Local: Not aware that Zahran was a government spy - Former President
2020-10-15 19:41:00
Former President Maithripala Sirisena stated that...
Local: Sathosa, Lak Sathosa to import Basmati rice
2020-10-15 19:39:00
The Government has decided to hand over the...
Local: Matara MC Mayor appreciates parents, who involve children in Scouting
2020-10-15 19:30:00
The Mayor of the Matara Municipal Council,...
Local: ‘Students facing A/L exam in Matugama safe from COVID-19’
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Measures have been taken to protect the students...
Local: Defence ties, military logistics between Sri Lanka and Korea should be harnessed – Commander
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Head of National Operation Centre for Prevention...
Local: Lawyers, parties from quarantine curfew areas requested not to enter SC registry
2020-10-15 19:30:00
The Supreme Court Registrar has requested all...
Local: Dividoswala Urumakkarayo launch tomorrow
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Dividoswala Urumakkarayo authoured by journalist...
One of the motorcycles.
Local: OIC, two motorcyclists injured in collision
2020-10-15 19:30:00
The Panadura North Police OIC and two...
Local: Police Officer attacked
2020-10-15 19:30:00
A three wheeler driver was arrested by Imaduwa...
Local: Indian High Commissioner calls on Prime Minister
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Indian High Commissioner Gopal Baglay called on...
Mass Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella and Maldivian High Commissioner Omar Razak at the former's ministry.
Local: Maldavian High Commissioner calls on Mass Media Minister
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Maldavian High Commissioner Omar Abdhul Rasak...
Local: LTTE international forces behind CID IP Nishantha Silva – Former President
2020-10-15 19:30:00
International forces of the Liberation Tigers of...
Local: PM's Additional Secretary (Legal) assumes duties
2020-10-15 19:30:00
The Prime Minister’s Additional Secretary (Legal...
Local: CID records statement from former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen’s wife
2020-10-15 19:30:00
A Criminal Investigation Department team...
Local: Colombo landscape in transition
2020-10-15 19:30:00
 Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday...
Local: Groceries, pharmacies in curfew areas open today
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Food outlets, shops and pharmacies in the areas...
Ministry Secretary Sirinimal Perera and officials at the discussion yesterday.
Local: UDA begins work on 5000 flats for public servants
2020-10-15 19:30:00
The Urban Development Authority (UDA) commenced...
Local: SIS Director never informed me of foreign intelligence report - Former President
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Director...
Local: Lanka Sathosa to purchase big onions at Rs. 130 a kilo - Minister
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Trade Minister Bandula Gunawardene said yesterday...
Local: Musical tribute to S.P. Balasubramanyam
2020-10-15 19:30:00
The Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (SVCC) and...
Local: Opposition members summoned to NSC on several occasions – Former President
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Former President Maithripala Sirisena informed...
Local: ‘I never told former IGP, he would be given ambassador post’
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Former President Maithripala Sirisena has said...
At an inauguration.
Local: COVID-19 will be contained while taking development forward – State Minister Lanza
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Rural Roads and Other Infrastructure State...
Local: Maj. Gen. Sirinage appointed Deputy Chief of Staff
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Major General Duminda Sirinage (54) assumed...
Consul General of India, Hambantota P.R. Dipin along with the Principal and teachers after garlanding the Mahatma Gandhi statue.
Local: Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th Birth Anniversary marked
2020-10-15 19:30:00
The Consulate General of India, Hambantota...
Local: Peradeniya Uni, Moscow City Clinical 52 in virtual confab
2020-10-15 19:30:00
A virtual conference was held between the...
Local: ‘Report on human-elephant conflict this month’
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Wildlife Department sources said that a report...
Local: Number of devotees to Kataragama Maha Devalaya rituals limited
2020-10-15 19:30:00
The Kataragama Anti-Corona Committee has decided...
Local: Navy apprehends 28 persons for illegal fishing
2020-10-15 19:30:00
The Navy apprehended 28 persons and seized their...
Local: ‘Kurunegala annuual Katina pinkamas cancelled
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Annual Katina pinkamas at 1,419 Buddhist temples...
Local: Govt needs to halt the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on rural women - IFAD President
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Rome, October 15, 2020 – Our food supply is at...
Local: Two educational institutions converted into quarantine and treatment centres
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Following the closure of the Addalaichenai...
The committee members with Justice Minister Ali Sabry PC, Ministry Secretary Priyantha Mayadunne and Justice Minister's Private Secretary Attorney-at-Law Janaka Ranatunga.
Local: Project Management Office for speedy and efficient process of administration of justice
2020-10-15 19:30:00
The Cabinet has given its approval to set up a...
Local: Market beneficial for both farmers and consumers a must - President
2020-10-15 19:30:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa emphasises the...
Finance: SriLankan Catering launches frozen foods
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Cuisine Gastronome – a global brand of premium...
Finance: People’s Bank celebrates World Children’s Day in Kandy
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Organised by Neth FM, the event included a wide...
Above: Ceylinco Life Chairman R. Renganathan presenting an award to Mathanraj Sivalingam, while the company’s Managing Director Thushara Ranasinghe presents awards to Messrs Chulaka Kumarasinghe and Gayan Lakmal Alwis respectively. Below: The new Executive Committee of Ceylinco Life’s Toastmasters Club, with the senior management.
Finance: Ceylinco Life’s Toastmasters Club strides onto seventh year
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Above: Ceylinco Life Chairman R. Renganathan...
CA Sri Lanka Chief Executive Officer Dulani Fernando presenting a token to the Guest of Honour Noorul Munawara, District Director.
Finance: CA Sri Lanka’s CBA Toastmasters Club installation held
2020-10-15 19:30:00
The increasing need for accountants including mid...
A customer is seen purchasing the Samsung Galaxy J2 Core through this exciting offer.
Finance: Samsung ‘Wasi Mase’ October deals
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Samsung Wasi Mase October Deals has been...
Asanka Perera- Chairperson Corporate Communications & Sustainability (SLIM), Sanath Senanayake - CEO – (SLIM), Roshan Fernando- President – (SLIM), S.N. Malaviarachchi - Director of Education - (Ministry of Education), Krishani K. Koralege -Assistant Director of Education - (Ministry of Education).
Finance: SLIM conducts training on ‘Entrepreneurship Society’
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Asanka Perera- Chairperson Corporate...
Brenda Barton
Finance: WFP commends Govt’s food distribution process in lockdown
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) Sri...
The GoSL was expected to pay down over USD 990 Mn of forex debt in September which may have been primarily financed via the CBSL reserves.
Finance: ‘Brandix Cluster casts long shadow over faster economic recovery’
2020-10-15 19:30:00
‘Minuwangoda cluster casts long shadow over...
Finance: CMA to hold NMAC 2020 from Oct. 21-22
2020-10-15 19:30:00
The Institute of Certified Management Accountants...
Finance: EDB facilitates continuous operations of exporters in curfew areas
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Consequent to several areas of the country coming...
Finance: ‘Oil Palm planting ban creates opportunity for mature cultivators’
2020-10-15 19:30:00
The imposed ban on new planting of Oil Palm will...
Finance: Tea exports dip in Sept.
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Tea Exports for the month of September 2020...
Editorial: A good example
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Police spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana has stated that...
Law & Order: Five sentenced to 5 years RI with fine in murder case
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Five accused of Wariyapola murder case were...
Law & Order: Indictment on Kotte double murder accused
2020-10-15 19:30:00
The Colombo High Court yesterday (15) served...
Law & Order: Man fined Rs. 5,000 for gun
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Galle Chief Magistrate fined a man Rs. 5,000 for...
Law & Order: Gangster Podi Lesi handed over to CID
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Galle Chief Magistrate Harshana Kekunawela...
Features: An increasingly curable malady
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Cancer – the emperor of all maladies – is on the...
Features: FAO: Renewed at 75, with a sense of purpose as relevant as ever
2020-10-15 19:30:00
The UN’s food agency was born in the wake of...
Features: One of the least understood offences
2020-10-15 19:30:00
As one of the least understood issues in the...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa with top Chinese foreign policy official Yang Jiechi, in Colombo recently.
Features: A pivotal boost for China–Lanka ties
2020-10-15 19:30:00
China–Sri Lanka relations have stood the test of...
T&C: WNPS Monthly Lecture via online
2020-10-15 19:30:00
The WNPS monthly lecture titled “Covid 19; an...
T&C: Superheroes galore at the Little Heroes Art Competition by LB Finance
2020-10-15 19:30:00
A believer in the true magic of childhood, LB...
T&C: Saving Sitha!
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Returning to the inner sanctum’s cold stone...
Sports: Carter and McCaw head nominees for Player of the Decade
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Paris, Thursday: Double World Cup-winning captain...
Anrich Nortje
Sports: Nortje clocks fastest IPL ball at 97 mph as Delhi trump Royals
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Dubai, Wednesday: South African quick Anrich...
ACCC will play in the Tier ‘B’ Cricket Tourney. (File Photo: Courtesy SLC)
Sports: Ace Capital to make debut in Tier ‘B’ Cricket Tourney
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Ace Capital Cricket Club will make their debut in...
Sports: Ranjith Weerasena's funeral today
2020-10-15 19:30:00
The remains of late Ranjith Weerasena, former AAA...
Dimo Southern Warriors meet Super Fashion Northern Warriors
Sports: Dimo Southern Warriors meet Super Fashion Northern Warriors
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Dimo Southern Warriors meet Super Fashion...
Shakthi Udara
Sports: Shakthi Udara passes 100 wicket milestone
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Shakthi Udara Jayathilake of Rajasinghe Central...
St. Sebastian’s College Under Thirteen Cricket Pool with officials Seated from L/R – Kanishka Perera (Master in Charge / Head Coach, Rev. Fr. Priyan Subashana (Prefect of Games), Ryan Dissanayake (Captain), Rev. Fr. Ranjith Andradi (Rector), Sameera Aponso (Assistant Coach), Samith Fernando (Assistant Coach) Middle Row Standing L/R – Devshitha Muthuhara, Dinada Peiris, Malintha Silva, Sandila Ferdinando, Yasheen Fernando, Naveesha Fernando, Adesh Almeida, Akash Dissanayake, Koshendra Fernando Third Ro
Sports: Ryan Nelash Dissanayake a cricketing star in the making
2020-10-15 19:30:00
St. Sebastian’s College Under Thirteen Cricket...
Kapila Silva
Sports: Kapila Silva fine ruggerite and administrator
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Kapila Silva, an Old Boy of Isipathana Vidyalaya...
Ikram Odayar
Sports: Odayar introduced rugby to Thalathuoya Central
2020-10-15 19:30:00
It was Ikram Odayar a top class boxer and...
Sports: Hooker Harindra shone for Trinity, CH and Sri Lanka
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Trinity College, Kandy is one of the premier...
Hiruni Wijayaratne
Sports: Hiruni to run in World Half Marathon in Poland
2020-10-15 19:30:00
Sri Lanka’s top long distance runner, Hiruni...
Obituaries: Obituaries
2020-10-15 19:30:00
PERERA - HILARIAN COSMOS - Beloved husband of...

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