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Saturday, October 17, 2020

Local: Hotline for inquiries on COVID-19
2020-10-17 14:48:00
Director General of Health Services informs that...
Local: Minuwangoda COVID-19 Cluster passes 2000
2020-10-17 13:36:00
42 COVID-19 positive cases reported today, stated...
Local: Notice to all SriLankan Airlines passengers travelling out of Colombo
2020-10-17 12:44:00
As per the directive issued by the Director...
Local: National Zoological Gardens temporarily closed
2020-10-17 12:24:00
Due to the current COVID-19 threat Dehiwala...
Local: Two sailors tested positive for COVID-19
2020-10-17 11:56:00
Two naval personnel at Kankesanthurai tsted...
Local: Minuwangoda COVID-19 Cluster surpasses 1900
2020-10-17 10:41:00
73 COVID-19 positive cases reported today, said...
Local: Services at Dept. of Registration of Persons suspended till Oct. 23
2020-10-17 10:28:00
Department of Registration of Persons announced...
Local: Notice for passengers departing from SL
2020-10-17 09:48:00
All departing passengers out of Sri Lanka will be...
World: Ardern’s Labour Party wins New Zealand election
2020-10-17 09:34:00
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Party was...
Local: Fmr. President leaves PCoI after recording statement - UPDATE
2020-10-17 08:40:00
Former President Maithripala Sirisena had...
Local: Ten COVID-19 patients recovered
2020-10-17 08:06:00
Ten more individuals recovered from COVID-19...
Local: Heroin worth 100MN seized after tip-off by Makandure Madush
2020-10-17 07:42:00
Ten kilograms of heroin worth over Rs.100 million...
Local: More than 53,000 released from Quarantine centres
2020-10-17 06:26:00
53,395 individuals have been released from...
Local: New CID director appointed
2020-10-17 06:08:00
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Nishantha...
Local: Employee attached to TV station tests NEGATIVE
2020-10-17 04:40:00
The employee attached to TV station who tested...
Local: Showers expected in several provinces after 2pm
2020-10-17 02:54:00
Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few...
Local: CID visits Sajith’s residence in search for Rishad
2020-10-16 19:37:00
A group of CID officers had visited Opposition...
Local: Rishad will be arrested soon - Defence Secretary
2020-10-16 19:36:00
Defence Secretary Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Kamal Gunaratne...
Local: Establishment of FCID may have contravened Police Ordinance - Ranil
2020-10-16 19:35:00
Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe...
Local: Zahran’s group planned attack using 20 suicide bombers - SI
2020-10-16 19:34:00
It was revealed before the Presidential...
Local: Russia to provide COVID-19 vaccine to Sri Lanka
2020-10-16 19:33:00
Russia’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka Yury Materiy has...
Local: Health Ministry recommendations for factories and private establishments
2020-10-16 19:32:00
All factories and private establishments have...
Local: NMRA takes leading private hospital to task
2020-10-16 19:31:00
The National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA...
Local: Two dead after elevator collapses in Kandy
2020-10-16 19:30:00
Two construction workers at a five-storey...
Local: Muslim MPs resigned to protect Yahapalana Govt. and not Rishad Bathiudeen - Kabir
2020-10-16 19:30:00
Former UNP chairman and Samagi Jana Balawegaya...
Korean Ambassador Woonjin Jeong handing over the face mask consignment to Acting IGP C.D. Wickramaratne.
Local: Korean Embassy donates face masks to Police
2020-10-16 19:30:00
Woonjin Jeong, Ambassador of the Republic of...
State Minister for Urban Development, Coast Conservation, Waste Disposal and Public Sanitation Dr. Nalaka Godahewa handing over the house keys to on a housing recipient.
Local: Keys to Oval View Residency Condominiums handed over
2020-10-16 19:30:00
The vital role played by government servants is...
Local: QUARANTINE CURFEW LIFTED
2020-10-16 19:30:00
Pharmacies and shops selling essential goods in...
Local: No political influence in Rishad case - Minister Johnston
2020-10-16 19:30:00
Highways Minister Johnston Fernando said...
Local: Daily News first Trincomalee Correspondent passes away
2020-10-16 19:30:00
K.D. Jayasekara, the first Trincomalee District...
Local: Tamil Nadu police nab ‘Katta’ Kamini
2020-10-16 19:30:00
CHENNAI: Sri Lankan drug trafficker Sunil Gemini...
Local: Minister Gunawardena calls for integrated strategies for multidimensional challenges
2020-10-16 19:30:00
Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, leading the...
Local: PS auditorium ceiling collapses, no injuries
2020-10-16 19:30:00
The monthly meeting of Laggala-Pallegama...
Local: MPs hold online panel discussion on 20th Amendment
2020-10-16 19:30:00
An online (Zoom) panel discussion on the proposed...
Minister of State for Promotion of National Heritage, Performing Arts and Rural Arts Vidura Wickremanayake held a discussion with Adivasi leader Uruwarige Vannila Aththo on the problems faced by the Adivasi community recently. Members of the Adivasi Village also performed one of their ancient rituals 'Kirikoraha' to bless the Minister following the meeting. Pictures by Ingiria Central Group Corr.
Local: News in pictures
2020-10-16 19:30:00
Minister of State for Promotion of National...
Local: Former Swiss diplomat praises Lanka’s quarantine process
2020-10-16 19:30:00
Former diplomat from Switzerland Rudolf Albert...
Local: 167 curfew violators arrested
2020-10-16 19:30:00
One hundred and sixty-seven persons were arrested...
The donation made by the Chairman, Jitendra Biala and Secretary, Dhammika Fernando at their secretariat to Dr Aruna Plaitha Sampath – Director/E&OH Gampaha Division with the patronage of Director-KEPZ of BOI Sisil Fernando.
Local: FTZMA donates essentials to Gampaha Health Department
2020-10-16 19:30:00
Free Trade Zone Manufacturers Association (FTZMA...
Local: Motor Traffic Department to resume services on Oct 21
2020-10-16 19:30:00
The government has decided to resume public...
PHI – Upcot area is addressing management staff, factory workers with regard to new guidelines.
Local: Strathspey Estate Upcot takes measures to prevent spread of Covid-19
2020-10-16 19:30:00
With the alarming announcement coming out with...
Local: ‘Quarantine centres cannot outsource laundry services’
2020-10-16 19:30:00
Assigning the washing of clothes at Galle...
Local: NO PLANS FOR LOCKDOWN - Defence Secretary
2020-10-16 19:30:00
The current COVID-19 situation in the country is...
Local: UN support to revive tourism industry
2020-10-16 19:30:00
UN Resident Coordinator Hanaa Singer said that UN...
Local: Telephone facilities for inmates as prisons suspend outside visitors
2020-10-16 19:30:00
The Department of Prisons yesterday (16) decided...
Chairman Managing Director, Sampath Sofa, Sampath Fonseka.
Finance: Sampath Sofa Panadura to invest in Form Factory
2020-10-16 19:30:00
Sampath Sofa Manufacturing Company Dibbadda...
Finance: Senior Alumnus of Colombo University donates bus
2020-10-16 19:30:00
Multiform Chemicals (Pvt) Ltd through its...
Finance: GRENEE Lighting donates essential medicines to Cancer Hospital
2020-10-16 19:30:00
Consultant,  Dr. Damayanthi Peiris M....
Finance: OPPO launches OPPO F17 Pro, Watch and W51 wireless headphone in SL
2020-10-16 19:30:00
OPPO launched the latest OPPO smart phoneF17 Pro...
Finance: ICC incorporates flexible payment plans
2020-10-16 19:30:00
International Construction Consortium, (ICC) one...
Finance: Market recovers 90% of fresh COVID-19 wave losses
2020-10-16 19:30:00
The weekly market closed in green recovering...
Editorial: The “New Normal”
2020-10-16 19:30:00
The gazette giving legal effect to the prevailing...
World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a visit of the Presidents of the Swiss Federal Chambers, at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on Thursday.
World: WHO shows ‘great concern’ over Europe virus surge
2020-10-16 19:30:00
DENMARK: European countries have unveiled tough...
World: Over half of EU countries ‘red’ on new virus travel map
2020-10-16 19:30:00
SWEDEN: More than half of countries in the EU,...
World: $60 dollar experimental vaccine available in Jiaxing
2020-10-16 19:30:00
CHINA: A $60 double-dose experimental coronavirus...
A movie goer gets his temperature checked at the entrance of a cinema theatre in Bangalore on Thursday. - AFP
World: Indian cinemas re-open after 7 months
2020-10-16 19:30:00
INDIA: Cinemas in movie-mad India tentatively re-...
US President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden.
World: Trump defends COVID-19 response, Biden talks ‘UNITY’
2020-10-16 19:30:00
US: US President Donald Trump delivered a...
Luis Bejarano, who crossed The Alps with a donkey and a llama, says donkeys interact better with people than horses, who are more suited to physical therapy.
World: Donkey therapy to help Spain’s stressed-out doctors
2020-10-16 19:30:00
SPAIN: Walking into a dusty paddock, a young...
Long lines of voters queue up to cast their ballots on the first day of early voting in Texas on Tuesday.
World: Americans voting early in record numbers in Presidential election
2020-10-16 19:30:00
US: Americans are voting early in record numbers...
World: Over 11 million girls won’t return to school after COVID -19, says UNESCO
2020-10-16 19:30:00
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Over 11 million...
Law & Order: State Minister had not committed any wrongdoing - Retired CID Inspector
2020-10-16 19:30:00
Retired CID Inspector Padmasiri Dias testifying...
S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia
Features: A mission to serve humanity
2020-10-16 19:30:00
The Anglican Church of Sri Lanka was bestowed...
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi during a virtual bilateral summit on September 26, 2020.
Features: Sri Lanka: New Foreign Policy Vistas
2020-10-16 19:30:00
The short-notice Colombo visit of a high-level...
President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden participated in separate Town Hall events organised by NBC and ABC respectively.
Features: Trump vs Biden: Heavy early voting in US
2020-10-16 19:30:00
There is heavy voting in many states in the US...
Features: Nine-Night celebration of divine power
2020-10-16 19:30:00
The Hindu community in Sri Lanka and across the...
Minister of Sports, Namal Rajapaksa (2nd from right) along with NSSF President, Shirantha Peiris (extreme right) and NSSF Secretary, Pradeep Edirisinghe (2nd from left) during their meeting.
Sports: Minister approves three new shooting ranges for schoolchildren
2020-10-16 19:30:00
Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs,  Namal...
Chris Gayle
Sports: ‘How can I be nervous?’: Gayle back in business with 53 as Punjab down Kohli’s Bangalore
2020-10-16 19:30:00
Dubai, Thursday: Chris Gayle smashed 53 in his...
Sports: Wimbledon set to return in 2021 even without fans
2020-10-16 19:30:00
London, Friday: Wimbledon is set to go ahead next...
Sports: ‘Perfect storm’ forced Springboks out of Rugby Championship
2020-10-16 19:30:00
Johannesburg, Friday: A coronavirus-induced “...
New Zealand's Beauden Barrett reacts as he runs to score a try.
Sports: Wounded All Blacks seek Eden Park ‘statement’ after Wallabies draw
2020-10-16 19:30:00
Auckland, Friday: The "hurting" All Blacks will...
Bryan Baptist
Sports: Baptist top class ruggerite and coach
2020-10-16 19:30:00
A person to prosper in life, in any field has to...
Sports: Sebastianite Dunith Jayathunga prolific run getter
2020-10-16 19:30:00
Former St.Sebastian’s College prolific run scorer...
Omalka Gunaratne
Sports: Omalka Gunaratne to play for CH and FC
2020-10-16 19:30:00
Former Isipathana College Captain, Sri Lanka...
Sports: Sajith Fernando does Kandy proud
2020-10-16 19:30:00
There are countless great sportsmen in history...

Saturday, October 17, 2020