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Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Local: Isolation lifted in several areas
2021-01-06 15:53:00
The isolation status in several areas were lifted...
Local: Smuggled turmeric and cardamom seized
2021-01-06 15:50:00
A stock of 1,680kg of dried Turmeric and 150kg of...
Local: Another 269 COVID-19 positive cases reported
2021-01-06 15:30:00
Another 269 COVID-19 positive cases reported...
Local: Two COVID-19 death reported
2021-01-06 14:46:00
Two more deaths reported due to COVID-19, raising...
World: WHO team blocked from entering China to study origins of coronavirus
2021-01-06 14:24:00
The World Health Organization said that China has...
Local: 252 COVID-19 positive cases reported
2021-01-06 13:22:00
252 COVID-19 positive cases reported today,...
Local: India ready to give its COVID vaccine to Sri Lanka
2021-01-06 12:06:00
India is ready to give priority to Sri Lanka when...
Local: 761 COVID-19 patients recovered
2021-01-06 11:16:00
761 more individuals recovered from COVID-19...
Local: More trains to operate from tomorrow
2021-01-06 11:10:00
The Railways Department has decided to increase...
Local: Dhamma schools to re-commence on Jan. 17
2021-01-06 09:30:00
All Buddhist dhamma schools which are closed due...
Local: Lankans return from Qatar, Maldives, Dubai
2021-01-06 08:14:00
Another group of expatriates from Maldives ,...
Local: 5,037 people are still in quarantine
2021-01-06 06:34:00
The National Operation Centre for Prevention of...
Local: Over 1,100kg of smuggled-in turmeric seized
2021-01-06 06:24:00
A stock of 1,128kg of Turmeric smuggled to the...
Local: Nalaka Edirisinghe surrenders
2021-01-06 06:16:00
Nalaka Edirisinghe, the fourth suspect, who was...
Local: Over 10,000 PCR tests done yesterday
2021-01-06 05:48:00
10,774 PCR tests have been conducted in Sri Lanka...
Local: Two more Grama Niladari Divisions isolated
2021-01-06 04:27:00
General Shavendra Silva, Commander of Army and...
Local: Isolation lifted in several GN Divisions of Akkaraipattu Police Division
2021-01-06 04:16:00
The isolation status in several Grama Niladari...
Local: Showers expected in several provinces
2021-01-06 04:08:00
Showers or thundershowers will occur in Uva...
Local: Cabinet nod for COVAX COVID vaccines
2021-01-05 19:42:00
The Cabinet of Ministers yesterday approved...
Local: Strict health guidelines to resume commercial flights
2021-01-05 19:41:00
All international airports will be opened for...
Local: Govt has facilitated 61,000 employed overseas to return - Minister
2021-01-05 19:40:00
Sandasen Marasinghe, Camelia Nathaniel and Amali...
Geological Survey and Mines Bureau Chairman Anura Walpola handing over the report on earth tremors to Minister Mahinda Amaraweera.
Local: Ban limestone quarrying near Victoria - Experts
2021-01-05 19:39:00
The Experts Committee that studied the minor...
Local: Laws to destroy narcotics in full public view soon
2021-01-05 19:38:00
Laws are being formulated to destroy narcotics...
Local: PMB to buy paddy at guaranteed prices
2021-01-05 19:37:00
The Cabinet of Ministers approved Agriculture...
Law & Order: Four arrested over abduction, murder of monk
2021-01-05 19:36:00
Four individuals including a female have been...
Local: Mawanella statue vandalised by drug addict - Police
2021-01-05 19:35:00
Investigations have revealed that there is no...
Law & Order: Three Swarnamahal Jewellers directors arrested for misappropriation
2021-01-05 19:34:00
The Criminal Investigations Department arrested...
Local: Two KMC employees in bribery net
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Bribery Commission officers arrested two...
Local: Cabinet approval to set up ‘National Development Media Centre’
2021-01-05 19:30:00
The Government will amend the Press Council Law...
Local: ‘Those without face masks face COVID tests’
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Individuals who do not wear face masks in public...
Local: COVID infected to Nawinna Ayurveda Hospital
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Indigenous Medicine Promotion, Rural and...
Local: Committee to accomplish SDGs
2021-01-05 19:30:00
The Cabinet has approved the proposal jointly...
Local: Sri Lanka included in India’s cross border energy plans
2021-01-05 19:30:00
The Indian Government has set up a high-level...
Local: Colombo Port Commission Bill expedited
2021-01-05 19:30:00
The Cabinet, therefore, approved a proposal by...
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa lighting the auspicious lamp at the opening of the refurbished PR Unit.
Local: Premier’s refurbished PR Unit opened
2021-01-05 19:30:00
The refurbished Prime Minister’s Public Relations...
Local: Environment is destroyed amidst COVID pandemic – Minister Amaraweera
2021-01-05 19:30:00
The COVID-19 pandemic has been exploited by...
Local: Indian Foreign Minister arrives in Sri Lanka
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Indian External Affairs Minister Dr.S.Jaishankar...
Local: Justice Minister instructs officials to upgrade court facilities
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Justice Minister Ali Sabry PC yesterday...
Local: News in pictures
2021-01-05 19:30:00
A protest demanding the release of any political...
Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage at the inauguration of a workshop. Director General of Agriculture Dr.W.M.Weerakoon was present.
Local: Five mafias obstructing growth in agri-sector - Minister
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage...
Local: Three fishermen detained in India
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Three Sri Lankan fishermen have been detained by...
Political: PARLIAMENT
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Additional monies have to be paid for loans due...
The official handing over of the Suraksha polic: L.M.D. Dharmasena Additional Secretary (School Affairs), Minister of Education Prof. G. L. Peiris, Chairman of SLIC, Jagath Wellawatta and CEO of SLIC Chandana L. Aluthgama
Business: ‘Suraksha’ back with Sri Lanka Insurance
2021-01-05 19:30:00
The ‘Suraksha’ children’s insurance policygranted...
Managing Director, Enviro Water Systems Surath Senavirathna exchange the agreement with Director CTO of Bileeta, Sanka Weeerasinghe and Head of Business Development of Bileeta, Benton M. Samuel
Business: Bileeta’s Entution ERP solution powers water Treatment Company
2021-01-05 19:30:00
With Bileeta‘s Entution ERP solution having...
The Leadership Team of EGUARDIAN
Business: EGUARDIAN Lanka celebrates decade of success
2021-01-05 19:30:00
EGUARDIAN Lanka, a fully owned subsidiary of...
Business: Obtaining relief for injustices caused by executive and administrative decisions
2021-01-05 19:30:00
An aggrieved person who has been adversely...
Business: Challenges to develop Sri Lanka as a Maritime Hub – by CASA
2021-01-05 19:30:00
The Port of Colombo has always played a...
Business: Dialog Enterprise Partners Zoho to Empower Businesses with Smart Collaboration Tools
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Dialog Enterprise, the corporate solutions...
People’s Bank Chairman Sujeewa Rajapakse, Chief Executive Officer and General Manager Ranjith Kodituwakku and Seeduwa Branch Manager A. Thushara Nishanthi opens the new branch
Business: People’s Bank Seeduwa Branch moves to new premises
2021-01-05 19:30:00
People’s Bank Seeduwa Branch moved to a new...
Business: Share Market Statistics on 05.01.2021
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Business: Union Bank Best Cash Management Bank in SL
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Union Bank won the prestigious ‘Best Cash...
Business: State Minister Cabraal meets Chinese Ambassador
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Minister of Money, Capital Markets and Public...
Business: Hela Clothing, Sumber Bintang Rejeki form JV
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Hela Clothing, by acquiring a 50% stake in...
Business: CBSL extends outward remittance restrictions till July
2021-01-05 19:30:00
With a view to preserve the foreign currency...
BOI Chairman Sanjaya Mohottala
Business: Eravur Fabric Park to muster USD 300 mn investments
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Fulfilling one of the most urgent needs of the...
Business: ComBank introduces ‘e-slips’ mobile app
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Cash and cheques can now be deposited paper-free...
Ajith Gunawardena and R. Renganathan
Business: Ceylinco Insurance ranked 6th in Business Today’s Top 30
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Once again, for the eighth consecutive year,...
Business: SDB Bank implements Lean, Digital Signature Process
2021-01-05 19:30:00
SDB bank pushed ahead with their program of...
Tissa Wickramasinghe, COO of HIPG handing over 2000 surgical masks to the Regional Director of Health services while other staff members look on.
Business: Hambantota Int’l Port marks three years of operations
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Hambantota International Port (HIP) marked its...
Full view of Vientiane-Vangvieng Expressway
Business: Huawei helps to build first ‘Smart Expressway’ in Laos
2021-01-05 19:30:00
The first phase of the China-Laos Expressway from...
Business: ‘World’s first wildlife travel-based management lessons book’ to be launched in Sri Lanka
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Management from The Wild – 101 Lessons Learnt’...
Business: ‘A better normal for women and girls after COVID-19’
2021-01-05 19:30:00
2020 was synonymous with the COVID-19 pandemic...
Business: BOC ready for challenges - Ratwatte
2021-01-05 19:30:00
The Bank of Ceylon despite the COVID-19 pandemic...
Business: Exchange Rates on 05-01-2021
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Business: Coconut Products – Prices on 05.01.2021
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Editorial: Help them out
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Central Bank Governor Prof. W.D. Lakshman is...
World: Qantas named safest airline
2021-01-05 19:30:00
A new report from the world’s only site dedicated...
World: People need both doses of Coronavirus vaccines - FDA
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Anyone who receives the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine...
South Africa is conducting research on the vaccine.
World: South African variant ‘worrying’ – UK Health Minister
2021-01-05 19:30:00
A variant of the Coronavirus identified in South...
SLFP signing MoU with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in 2019
Features: A challenging year ahead
2021-01-05 19:30:00
The Foreign Ministry together with the...
Many critics said the war was “unwinnable”
Features: The ‘crisis’ that looms in some people’s heads
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Prognosticators are having a field day these days...
Features: Gender equality and food security in rural South Asia
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Globally, nearly 690 million people were...
T&C: Saho: The campus novel and its possibilities
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Ariyaratne Athugala’s latest creative work is a...
T&C: New on the shelf
2021-01-05 19:30:00
T&C: POETRY CORNER
2021-01-05 19:30:00
T&C: Literati honoured
2021-01-05 19:30:00
The Kalmunai Division annual literary festival...
T&C: The mysterious legends behind the Chinese New Year
2021-01-05 19:30:00
People around the world said goodbye to 2020 and...
T&C: To kill a birdman!
2021-01-05 19:30:00
If a severe form of isolation and seclusion of a...
T&C: Ric Roman Waugh goes to “Greenland”
2021-01-05 19:30:00
In Greenland (2020), released just a month ago,...
Sri Lanka’s captain Dimuth Karunaratne (L) celebrates after scoring a century (100 runs) as Sri Lanka’s Niroshan Dickwella (R) looks on during the third day of the second Test cricket match between South Africa and Sri Lanka at the Wanderers stadium in Johannesburg on January 5. AFP
Sports: South Africa complete series win over Sri Lanka
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Johannesburg, Tuesday: Dimuth Karunaratne’s...
New Zealand’s captain Kane Williamson celebrates reaching his double century. AFP
Sports: Pakistan in trouble after Williamson’s 238 gives NZ huge lead
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Christchurch, Tuesday: Kane Williamson...
Sports: SLC decides to withhold NOCs for cricketers
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has decided not to grant...
Sports: Australia, India resume ‘arm-wrestle’ as Covid dominates Test build-up
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Sydney, Tuesday: Australia and India resume their...
Sports: Australian Open forced to switch player quarantine hotel
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Melbourne, Tuesday: Australian Open organisers...
Sports: Officials expect 2021 Six Nations to go ahead
2021-01-05 19:30:00
London, Monday: Tournament organisers said Monday...
Sports: Premier League to continue during new English lockdown
2021-01-05 19:30:00
London, Monday: Premier League football and other...
Sri Lanka’s Vishwa Fernando (R) celebrates with Sri Lanka’s captain Dimuth Karunaratne (L) after the dismissal of South Africa’s Lutho Sipamla during the second day of the second Test cricket match at the Wanderers stadium in Johannesburg on January 4, 2021.
Sports: Vishwa first Sri Lankan to claim five wickets at The Wanderers
2021-01-05 19:30:00
The ambition and ultimate satisfaction of every...
Joseph Roshita
Sports: Joseph Roshita has clinched six national carrom titles
2021-01-05 19:30:00
29 year old Joseph Roshita of Sri Lanka Navy has...
Sports: Sokians Chess Club wins the Inaugural CFSL Online Rapid Teams Chess Cup
2021-01-05 19:30:00
The Sokians Chess Club from Ambalangoda won the...
Sports: Kandy Sports Club continue their dominance in rugby
2021-01-05 19:30:00
Kandy Sports Club is the most successful team in...
The Under 10 and Under 12 Boys Cricket teams are seen here Sasen, Raizel, Jurie, Senehas, Dinuk, Sakun, Usuf Ahamed, Mohamed Ifram, Vinuk, Dinuka, Chamith, Tharuk Suhansa, Kavisha, Imeth, Ranulka,Linuka, Vikum, Dinitha,Thinumi,Nuwan, Tharinsa,Chanuga.
Sports: Sri Lankan under10 cricket team of Adelaide emerge victorious
2021-01-05 19:30:00
The Sri Lankan Community residing in Adelaide,...
Obituaries: Obituaries
2021-01-05 19:30:00
DHANUSEKARA,​ KARUNARATHNA - (Retired Director -...

Wednesday, January 6, 2021