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Thursday, November 5, 2020

Local: Newly - Appointed Air Force Commander Calls on Army Commander
2020-11-05 13:46:00
The newly-appointed 18th Commander of the Air...
T&C: The Leopards of Wilpattu National Park
2020-11-05 04:30:00
The WNPS Monthly Lecture titled ‘Leopards of...
Local: NO NEED FOR COUNTRYWIDE LOCKDOWN - President
2020-11-04 19:45:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that the...
Local: PM, French Ambassador discuss education, investment and Hambantota Port
2020-11-04 19:44:00
France is keen on establishing more people-to-...
World: White House race on knife edge as votes counted in key states
2020-11-04 19:43:00
US: Americans woke up on Wednesday not knowing...
Local: Over Rs. 7.3 bn allocated in October to provide quarantine relief
2020-11-04 19:42:00
The Government has allocated over Rs. 7.3 billion...
Local: Minuwangoda-Peliyagoda COVID-19 cluster exceeds 8,000
2020-11-04 19:41:00
The Minuwangoda-Peliyagoda COVID-19 cluster...
Local: One more COVID-19 death reported
2020-11-04 19:40:00
The Department of Government Information...
Local: NEWLY APPOINTED AIR FORCE COMMANDER CALLS ON PRESIDENT
2020-11-04 19:39:00
The newly appointed Commander of Sri Lanka Air...
Local: Curfew pass issuance to be eased
2020-11-04 19:39:00
Police further eases the method of issuing curfew...
Local: No shortage of essential commodities - Dr. Bandula
2020-11-04 19:38:00
Minister of Trade Dr. Bandula Gunawardena...
Local: Medicine by post from today
2020-11-04 19:37:00
Ministry of Health and Postal Department of Sri...
Trade Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardena went on an inspection tour of the Pettah Wholesale Economic Centre yesterday. Picture by Roshan Perera
Local: News in pictures
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Several people gathered opposite the Moratuwa...
Local: Govt. to set up 1,000 export crop villages
2020-11-04 19:30:00
The government is to set up about 1,000 villages...
Local: Five arrested over double-homicide; three weapons seized
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Five suspects were arrested with an axe, a knife...
Local: Street vendor attempts self-immolation over eviction orders
2020-11-04 19:30:00
A tense situation arose yesterday when a street...
Local: Bulk carriers with fertilizer arrive at Port of Colombo
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Two bulk carriers with 64,500 tons of imported...
Local: Youth dies getting caught in electric fence
2020-11-04 19:30:00
A nineteen-year-old youth died after getting...
State Minister for Rural Roads and Other Infrastructure Nimal Lanza and State Minister of Rural Industrial Promotion Prasanna Ranaweera chairing the meeting held at the Wattala Divisional Secretariat.
Local: Govt. to uplift living standards in face of COVID-19 crisis - Lanza
2020-11-04 19:30:00
State Minister for Rural Roads and Other...
Thd relevant cheques regarding the ‘ITUKAMA’ COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund balance which has now surpassed Rs.1693 million being handed over by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Picture courtesy President's Media Division
Local: COVID-19 Itukama fund exceeds Rs.1,693 million
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Thd relevant cheques regarding the ‘ITUKAMA’...
Local: Japan honours Janak Jeevantha Bandaranayake
2020-11-04 19:30:00
The Government of Japan announced the conferment...
The Parliamentary Council met yesterday to discuss appointments to the Supreme Court under the patronage of Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, Minister Douglas Devananda and MP Kabir Hashim.
Local: Parliamentary Council to discuss Supreme Court appointments
2020-11-04 19:30:00
The Parliamentary Council met yesterday to...
Local: Galle fishery community warned
2020-11-04 19:30:00
The members of the Galle fishery community who...
Sri Lanka Army to the fore in COVID-19 fight.
Local: Army: In the frontlines of the battle against COVID- 19
2020-11-04 19:30:00
After the first patient who was reported positive...
Local: More PCR tests conducted on Horana factory workers
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Out of 440 PCR tests carried out on Monday at a...
Local: PM expresses solidarity with France and Austria
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in a tweet...
Local: Anuradhapura farmers to be educated on soil conservation measures
2020-11-04 19:30:00
The Anuradhapura District Agriculture Committee (...
Local: International Buddhist Conference on Nov. 7,8
2020-11-04 19:30:00
The National Council for International Affairs of...
Local: Court proceedings suspended over COVID-19 scare in Wellawaya
2020-11-04 19:30:00
The Wellawaya Magistrate's Court yesterday...
Local: Isurupaya building to re-open
2020-11-04 19:30:00
The Isurupaya building, where the Education...
Local: Another 16 COVID-19 patients detected in Biyagama
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Another 16 COVID-19 patients were detected in the...
One of the shops at the Hatton Public Market being disinfected.
Local: Hatton Public Market re-opens after nine days
2020-11-04 19:30:00
The Hatton Public Market premises were reopened...
Local: Ambassador of France in Sri Lanka calls on PM
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Ambassador of France in Sri Lanka Eric Lavertu...
Local: Prisoner dies in clash
2020-11-04 19:30:00
A clash that took place between prisoners and...
Local: Valiant hearts lest we forget
2020-11-04 19:30:00
The sun painted the evening sky in a tone of grey...
Participants at the meeting. Pictures by Mullipothana Group Corr.
Local: Government Agent orders GNs to ensure uninterrupted essential item supply
2020-11-04 19:30:00
The Trincomalee District COVID-19 Task Force...
Local: Ruhunu College turned into COVID-19 treatment centre
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Taking into consideration the recent rise in...
Local: Kalmunai Municipal Councillor donates gloves to health workers
2020-11-04 19:30:00
In recognition of the services of health workers...
Local: Navy clears plastic and polythene from Trincomalee seabed
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Sri Lanka Navy initiated a programme to clear...
Finance: Lanka’s ICT sector resilient during Covid-19 pandemic
2020-11-04 19:30:00
The ICT Sector in Sri Lanka has continued to...
Finance: Acer unveils Porsche Design Acer Book RS
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Taking design and functionality to another level...
Finance: Seethawaka Investment Promotion Zone free of covid-19
2020-11-04 19:30:00
The Seethawaka Investment Promotion Zone which...
Finance: Doc990 brings on Seetha Channelling Services
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Buddika Wickramasinghe Business Development...
Abdul Raheem
Finance: Lanka’s exports to Australia passes US$ 86 mn in 2019
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Due to COVID-19 and its impact on the Australian...
Finance: Colombay Super opens in Katuwawala
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Colombay Super, the first super market of Mass...
Finance: Jack Ma’s Ant Group: World’s biggest market debut suspended
2020-11-04 19:30:00
The stock market debut by Chinese tech giant Ant...
Bristol Institute COO Dilshad Jiffry with Faraz Farook, CEO of Results Training
Finance: Bristol Institute of Management signs up with Results Training
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Bristol Institute of Management best known for...
Finance: Standard Chartered Sri Lanka clinches ADB’s ‘Trade Finance Deal of the Year’ Award
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Standard Chartered Sri Lanka has won the Asian...
Finance: Pettah Wholesale Market opens for trading
2020-11-04 19:30:00
The Pettah Wholesale market was opened for...
Finance: Market records low foreign participation
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Heavy retail optimism in Mid-Cap counters...
Finance: CRA Lanka upgrades ratings of First Capital Holdings
2020-11-04 19:30:00
ICRA Lanka Limited, has upgraded the issuer...
Lanka Shakthi Technologies team and LST MD Gihan Ratnayake presenting an award for best performing staff
Finance: Lanka Shakthi Technologies to achieve Govt. target of renewable energy by 2030
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Lanka Shakthi Technologies (LST) Pvt Ltd, one of...
Finance: Maliban supports agro industry through locally sourced ginger
2020-11-04 19:30:00
In an effort to assist in the sustenance and...
Finance: SLIIT to launch International Campus in Colombo
2020-11-04 19:30:00
The Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology...
Editorial: Onus on public cooperation
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Even amidst a devastating pandemic, the wheels of...
Enthusiastic New Yorkers casting their vote at the Barclays Centre.
World: Americans vote at an election like no other
2020-11-04 19:30:00
US:Whether she knew it or not, Claire D’Angelo...
Vote counters at work at the US Presidential election.
World: Over 100 mn voted early in US election
2020-11-04 19:30:00
US: More than 100 million Americans cast their...
Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden has repeatedly returned to his roots, literally and figuratively, during an 18-month campaign, including this visit to his childhood home in Scranton, Pennsylvania on Election Day.
World: “From this House to the White House with the Grace of God,” wrote Biden
2020-11-04 19:30:00
US: Joe Biden likes to talk about growing up in...
President Donald Trump travelled to the Republican Party’s office in Arlington, Va., on Tuesday and spoke to staff members, thanking them for their hard work.
World: I feel ‘very good’- Trump
2020-11-04 19:30:00
US: US President Donald Trump said he felt good...
Dr. Ronny Jackson
World: Former White House doctor Ronny Jackson wins seat in Congress
2020-11-04 19:30:00
US: President Donald Trump’s former White House...
World: Afghan university attack survivor tells horror story
2020-11-04 19:30:00
AFGHANISTAN: Students were gunned down “one by...
World: Europe’s COVID-19 tally tops 11 mn
2020-11-04 19:30:00
FRANCE: French experts say Europe risks being hit...
Law & Order: Five arrested for gang rape
2020-11-04 19:30:00
The Galle Imaduwa Police arrested five persons...
Law & Order: SC orders Police to pay compensation in assault case
2020-11-04 19:30:00
The Supreme Court has ordered the Police to pay...
Features: Govt machinery in full force to curb pandemic
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Days after successfully negotiating the passage...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo with Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar
Features: New security imperatives in the Indian Ocean
2020-11-04 19:30:00
The creation of the Quad — with implications for...
United Nations Headquarters in New York
Features: UN at 75: Slow Death or a New Direction
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Part 1Excerpted from an address to the annual...
With Miss Intercontinental Philippines Karen Gallmen
T&C: Designing a difference
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Gorgeous, honest and extremely talented are the...
T&C: Mövenpick Hotel Colombo, ALLSAFE certified
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Mövenpick Hotel Colombo has been welcoming,...
T&C: Empowering dairy farmers on best practices
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Pelwatte Dairy Industries Limited continues to...
Christell Luxury Ayurveda Wellness offers a broad portfolio of nourishing and healing body treatments
T&C: Transformative wellbeing solutions by Ayurveda
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Christell Skin Clinic, has added an exciting...
T&C: Jeep Club Expedition 2020 - “Trail of Majesty”
2020-11-04 19:30:00
The Jeep Club of Sri Lanka (JCSL) recently...
David Warner of Sunrisers Hyderabad celebrates after scoring a half-century against Mumbai Indians on Tuesday.
Sports: Warner powers Hyderabad to IPL play-offs, Kolkata out
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Dubai, Tuesday: Skipper David Warner struck an...
Sports: LPL gets final approval
2020-11-04 19:30:00
The cricket-loving public will finally have an...
Sports: Carrom Federation’s AGM and Election postponed
2020-11-04 19:30:00
The Carrom Federation’s Election and Annual...
Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians are targeting their first back-to-back titles.
Sports: Mumbai again, or can Kohli cause an upset?
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Dubai, Wednesday: The Indian Premier League...
Diogo Jota slots the ball home for his hat-trick in Liverpool’s 5-0 thrashing of Atalanta. Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mané also got on the scoresheet.
Sports: Liverpool and Bayern run riot in Champions League as Real Madrid edge Inter
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Paris, Tuesday: Diogo Jota scored a stunning hat-...
Fans of Gimnasia y Esgrima hung flags of Diego Maradona outside the clinic in La Plata, where the club is based and the football star was receiving treatment. - AFP
Sports: Maradona undergoes successful brain surgery on blood clot
2020-11-04 19:30:00
Buenos Aires, Wednesday: Argentine football great...
Obituaries: Obituaries
2020-11-04 19:30:00
REV. FR. GERARD MAXWELL LINDEN GARTH OFM -...

Thursday, November 5, 2020