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Monday, November 16, 2020

Local: Another 153 positive cases reported
2020-11-16 16:44:00
153 COVID-19 positive cases reported today,...
Local: Three more COVID-19 death reported
2020-11-16 16:01:00
Three more deaths reported today due to COVID-19...
World: COVID-19: New vaccine shows nearly 95% protection
2020-11-16 14:32:00
A new vaccine that protects against Covid-19 is...
Local: 229 COVID-19 positive cases reported
2020-11-16 13:36:00
229 COVID-19 positive cases reported today,...
Local: Popular singer Paul Fernando passes away
2020-11-16 13:12:00
Paul Fernando, Popular singer passed away. He...
Local: Budget 2021 to be presented tomorrow
2020-11-16 11:21:00
Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Mahinda...
Local: 311 COVID-19 patients recovered
2020-11-16 10:46:00
311 more individuals recovered from COVID-19...
Local: Two female Pilots commissioned for first time in SLAF history
2020-11-16 10:10:00
For the first time in the history, two female...
Local: Public Gallery of the Parliament closed during Budget
2020-11-16 09:29:00
The Public Gallery and the Media Gallery will...
World: British PM to self-Isolate after COVID-19 exposure
2020-11-16 09:08:00
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is self-...
Local: 11-hours water cut for Kalutara tomorrow
2020-11-16 08:38:00
The National Water Supply and Drainage Board says...
Law & Order: CA orders Rishad to reforest Kallaru reserve on his own expenses
2020-11-16 07:34:00
Appeal Court has ordered Parliamentarian Rishad...
Local: 704 COVID-19 patients identified yesterday
2020-11-16 07:04:00
The National Operation Centre for the Prevention...
Local: Advisory for heavy rain issued
2020-11-16 05:12:00
An advisory for heavy rain was issued to several...
: Budget 2021 Live
2020-11-16 00:00:00
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Local: COVID-19 related expenditure from March to Nov. exceeds Rs. 68 bn
2020-11-15 19:42:00
Expenditures over COVID-19 related affairs in Sri...
Local: President to address the nation on Wednesday
2020-11-15 19:41:00
The Special Address to the Nation by President...
Local: Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 recovery rate exceeds 70%
2020-11-15 19:40:00
The number of people who have recuperated from...
Local: Quarantine isolation order relaxed in several Police divisions
2020-11-15 19:39:00
The quarantine isolation order has been relaxed...
Local: Health authorities can decide on COVID-19 burials - Keheliya
2020-11-15 19:38:00
Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella yesterday...
Local: Neluwa - Lankagama road project built on par with industry standards - Johnston
2020-11-15 19:37:00
Highways Minister Johnston Fernando while...
Local: Four new national schools for Kandy, nutritious package for pregnant women
2020-11-15 19:36:00
Four new national schools will be constructed in...
Local: Dilum warns bus owners against charging higher fares
2020-11-15 19:35:00
Transport State Minister Dilum Amunugama said...
Local: Leave for prison officers cancelled
2020-11-15 19:34:00
Leave for all prison officers has been cancelled...
Local: CWE driver, assistant gone missing while transporting goods
2020-11-15 19:33:00
A driver and a driver assistant of the...
Dr. K.L.M. Nakfer handed over “Suwadaranee” (Immunity booster packets) to an artist at the Alayadivembu DS Division on Friday (13) to mark International Ayurvedic Day. Medical Officer in Charge of the Hospital Dr. A.R. Hafeel, Divisional Secretary V. Pabakaran, Cultural Officers M.S.Jahufar and S. Kokulathas were also present. Picture by M.A. Phakurdeen – Addalaichenai Group Correspondent
Local: ‘Suwadaranee’ Immunity booster supplied
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Dr. K.L.M. Nakfer handed over “Suwadaranee” (...
Local: Sathosa records Rs. 16 bn loss from 2015-2019
2020-11-15 19:30:00
It has been revealed that Lanka Sathosa has...
Local: Inspection of fisheries stalls continues
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Hikkaduwa Medical Officer of Health (MOH)...
Local: More PCR tests in Matara
2020-11-15 19:30:00
The Matara Municipality Health Department is...
Local: Sri Lanka waste container issue discussed in UK Parliament
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Questions about the export of waste to Sri Lanka...
Local: Prof. Ratnasekera, re-appointed Uva Wellassa VC
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Prof. Jayantha Lal Ratnasekera has been appointed...
Local: ‘Prison may spread virus outside’
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Central Province Governor Lalith U. Gamage said...
Local: Associates tests negative for virus
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Associates of the two COVID-19 positive prisoners...
Local: 100 recover from Embilipitiya COVID Treatment Centre
2020-11-15 19:30:00
One hundred COVID patients who were at the...
Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa in conversation with Central Province Governor Lalith U. Gamage
Local: ‘Pride of place to develop human resources and infrastructure’
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Youth and Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa said...
Local: SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit Chairperson Charmini Pathirana assumes office
2020-11-15 19:30:00
SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit (SVU) Chairperson Charmini...
Local: Forty seven Boossa prisoners test positive for COVID-19
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Following PCR tests carried out on 107 detainees...
District 306 B 2 Lions Club members making the donation.
Local: Many lions join COVID battle
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Government and non-government organisations and a...
Local: Religious observances in Anuradhapura to bless the Nation
2020-11-15 19:30:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa participated in...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the statue of King Dutugemunu. First Lady Ayoma Rajapaksa, Defence Secretary Maj. Gen. (Rted.) Kamal Gunaratne and Army Commander Lt.Gen. Shavendra Silva were also present.
Local: Religious observances at Mirisawetiya Stupa to bless people, country in face of COVID-19 pandemic
2020-11-15 19:30:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa attended religious...
Local: Man dies on admission to hospital
2020-11-15 19:30:00
A 39-year-old resident of Danduwella in Ahangama...
Political: PS passes budget 2021
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Addalaichenai Pradeshiya Sabha (PS) passed its...
Finance: Merchandise export earnings down to US$ 831.72 mn in October
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Export Development Board (EDB) says that earnings...
Finance: Lanka to receive same tariff preference benefits from UK post-Brexit
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Since the UK is the main market for Sri Lanka’s...
Finance: Christic Lanka Polymers obtains Lloyd’s Register accreditations
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Christic Lanka Polymers (Pvt) Ltd became the...
Finance: HNB digital merchant acquisition surges; more customers shift to cashless payments
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Resistance to cashless transactions is rapidly...
Finance: People’s Bank offers Lanka QR payment option to SLIC Policy Holders
2020-11-15 19:30:00
(L-R) SLIC Chief Officer - Business Development...
Finance: Mass Asia Group introduces ‘Convenient stores’
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Mass Asia Investments (Pvt) Ltd is planning to...
Finance: State Minister Cabraal speaks on Budget at ‘APB Budget Forum’
2020-11-15 19:30:00
The Association of Professional Bankers Sri Lanka...
Finance: Institute of Chemistry Ceylon offers BSc Hons degree in Chemical Science
2020-11-15 19:30:00
The Institute of Chemistry Ceylon is to offer a...
Finance: Covid not withstanding; HIP, RORO operations sees rapid increase
2020-11-15 19:30:00
The Hambantota International Port’s (HIP) RORO...
Finance: Saubagya COVID-19 Renaissance Facility loans top Rs 177 bn
2020-11-15 19:30:00
The COVID-19 pandemic caused and continues to...
Finance: Aitken Spence achieves 33% growth in 2Q PBT from non-tourism sectors
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Aitken Spence PLC non-tourism sectors reported a...
Group CEO, Kasturi C. Wilson
Finance: Hemas Holdings posts Rs 17.4 bn quarterly revenue
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Hemas Holdings PLC (HHL) posted a Group revenue...
Editorial: Is technology the answer?
2020-11-15 19:30:00
The media focus on the pandemic is so...
World: ASEAN nations sign world’s biggest FTA
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Asia Pacific nations (Asean) including China,...
US President-elect Joe Biden and wife Jill wore masks and helmets on their bike ride on Sunday.
World: Sigh of relief for Int’l organisations at Biden victory
2020-11-15 19:30:00
SWITZERLAND: After years of US disengagement and...
US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Friday.
World: Defiant Trump says only “time will tell”
2020-11-15 19:30:00
US: US President Donald Trump said Friday that “...
US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said their prospective vaccine had proven 90 percent effective.
World: Trust in vaccines vital to halting COVID-19 - WHO
2020-11-15 19:30:00
SWITZERLAND: As the world celebrates advances in...
Kamala Harris will notch a slew of firsts when she is sworn in on January 20.
World: Harris leads record wave of elected women in US politics
2020-11-15 19:30:00
US: With Kamala Harris poised to become the first...
A pastor shows a memorial tablet for Christopher Biden, born in 1789, at St George’s Cathedral in Chennai.
World: Biden’s possible India links spark genealogical frenzy
2020-11-15 19:30:00
INDIA: Already bursting with pride at Kamala...
A US Secret Service agent stands by as Marine One, with US President Donald Trump aboard, departs from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, recently.
World: New COVID-19 outbreak hits US Secret Service
2020-11-15 19:30:00
US: The US Secret Service, which guards President...
Entertainment: ‘The Scorpion King’ reboot in the works
2020-11-15 19:30:00
‘The Scorpion King’ will be back, but Hollywood...
Entertainment: Winslet breaks Cruise’s underwater shoot record
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Actress Kate Winslet, who joins the ensemble cast...
Entertainment: Fernandez signs three big ticket films
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Jacqueline Fernandez is all set to give the...
Entertainment: You complete me!
2020-11-15 19:30:00
One of the most-loved Bollywood couples, Ranveer...
Entertainment: Disney’s New Fairy Godmother Movie
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Disney just announced it’s newest feature film...
Entertainment: Best foot forward!
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Foot tapping tunes and heartwarming animations...
Entertainment: Galagedara goes global
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Jayaratne Galagedara who is known to have...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa
Features: On a day like this...We were saved
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Do you remember November 16th? Many of us do not...
Features: Australia at a crossroads with a Biden Presidency
2020-11-15 19:30:00
The government of Prime Minister Scott Morrison...
Features: Terry Nichols introduced me to amazing newspapers
2020-11-15 19:30:00
I met Theresa Nichols serendipitously on...
The Port City
Features: Sri Lanka: Options in the face of Sino–US rivalry
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Sri Lankan foreign policy over the last 15 years...
T&C: Maycomb Revisited
2020-11-15 19:30:00
To publish or not to publish? This is one of the...
Dulaj Bandara
Sports: Skipper Dulaj Bandara does Dharmaraja proud
2020-11-15 19:30:00
The skipper of Dharmaraja College Kandy Dulaj...
Nikoli Bandara in action. Pictures by Upananda Jayasundera-Kandy Sports Spl.Corrs.
Sports: Nikoli Bandara the athlete turned swimmer
2020-11-15 19:30:00
H.M.Nikoli Bandara, an outstanding Swimmer of...
Rantharu Sports Club were the Runners Up of President’s Gold Cup Volleyball Tournament in 2019 and after the game they posed for a photograph with the President of the Volleyball Federation of Sri Lanka Ranjith Siyambalapitiya. Ruchira Sampath is standing in the back row first from left. (Picture by Dilwin Mendis – Moratuwa Sports Special Correspondent)
Sports: Ruchira Sampath Jayatunga excellent volleyball player
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Rantharu Sports Club were the Runners Up of...
Pradeep Basnayake
Sports: Pradeep Basnayake out to develop rugby in the Central Province
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Pradeep Basnayake , better known as Bassa was a...
Ranindu Liyanage
Sports: Chess star Ranindu Liyanage pride of Ananda
2020-11-15 19:30:00
17 year old Schoolboy Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage of...
Owais Shah
Sports: Former England star Owais Shah to coach Dambulla in LPL
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Former England batsman, Owais Shah has been...
Terence Crawford
Sports: Crawford crushes Brook with fourth-round TKO
2020-11-15 19:30:00
LOS ANGELES SUNDAY: Unbeaten Terence Crawford won...
Nicolas Sanchez
Sports: Argentina revel in All Blacks shock after emotional virus-hit journey
2020-11-15 19:30:00
SYDNEY SUNDAY: Coach Mario Ledesma says stunning...
Karachi King's Babar Azam (L) plays a shot during the Pakistan Super League Twenty20 cricket match between the Karachi Kings and Multan Sultan.on November 14.
Sports: Karachi Kings in final after Super Over win as PSL restarts
2020-11-15 19:30:00
KARACHI, sunday: The Karachi Kings reached their...
Sports: EFL to airfreight 600 rugby balls donated by Asian Rugby
2020-11-15 19:30:00
Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) is proud to announce that “...
Sports: IPL-winning Indian cricketer held over gold watches
2020-11-15 19:30:00
MUMBAI SUNDAY: Two days after winning the Indian...
Obituaries: Obituaries
2020-11-15 19:30:00
DE SILVA - DILAN (Seylan Bank) - Dearly beloved...

Monday, November 16, 2020