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Monday, January 18, 2021

Local: Another 295 COVID-19 positive cases reported
2021-01-18 16:02:00
Another 295 COVID-19 positive cases reported...
Local: Six COVID-19 death reported
2021-01-18 15:28:00
Six more deaths reported due to COVID-19, raising...
Local: Sri Dalada Maligawa rituals to continue
2021-01-18 14:06:00
Daily Religious observances and other activities...
Local: 332 COVID-19 positive cases reported
2021-01-18 13:30:00
332 COVID-19 positive cases reported today,...
Local: 649 COVID-19 patients recovered
2021-01-18 10:58:00
649 more individuals recovered from COVID-19...
Local: State Minister Piyal Nishantha tests COVID-19 positive
2021-01-18 10:50:00
Women and Child Development, Pre-School &...
World: Australia unlikely to fully reopen border in 2021
2021-01-18 09:58:00
Australia is unlikely to fully open its borders...
Local: 7,173 people are still in quarantine
2021-01-18 09:08:00
The National Operation Centre for Prevention of...
Local: More than 100 Sri Lankans return to the country
2021-01-18 08:05:00
Another group of expatriates from Qatar and Saudi...
Local: Minister Vasudeva’s staffers test COVID negative
2021-01-18 07:06:00
Staff members of Water Supply Minister Vasudeva...
Local: Parliament to convene for two days this week
2021-01-18 06:18:00
The Committee on Parliamentary Business has...
Law & Order: HC serves indictments on Rajitha
2021-01-18 06:09:00
The Colombo High Court served indictments on...
Local: Kuwait resumes recruiting migrant workers from Sri Lanka
2021-01-18 05:47:00
The Kuwaiti Government has allowed entry of newly...
Sports: SL Vs ENG Test match: England Won by 7wickets
2021-01-18 05:34:00
England won the 1st Test match against Sri Lanka...
Local: Over 15,000 PCR tests done yesterday
2021-01-18 05:08:00
15,218 PCR tests have been conducted in Sri Lanka...
Local: 27 quarantine law violators arrested
2021-01-18 04:46:00
27 persons were arrested for not wearing face...
Local: Parliamentary Business committee convenes today
2021-01-18 04:30:00
Committee on Parliamentary Business to meet under...
Local: 241 COVID-19 cases identified yesterday from Colombo
2021-01-18 04:02:00
The National Operation Centre for the Prevention...
Local: Showers expected in several provinces
2021-01-18 02:34:00
Showers will occur at times in North-central,...
Local: Farmers permitted to carry on traditional cultivation until issues resolved
2021-01-17 19:38:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said permission will...
Local: Lanka congratulates India on vaccination drive
2021-01-17 19:38:00
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa congratulated...
Local: Govt. to present draft for new Constitution before year end - Minister G.L.
2021-01-17 19:36:00
The Government expects to present the draft for a...
Local: New curriculum based on self-study for Grade 6, 10 students in 2023
2021-01-17 19:36:00
A new curriculum based on self-study will be...
Local: Do not tolerate interference in probes – IGP tells OICs
2021-01-17 19:34:00
Inspector General of Police (IGP) C.D....
Local: Private bus strike put off
2021-01-17 19:34:00
The private bus operators strike scheduled to...
Local: Will work to solve people’s problems - Sajith
2021-01-17 19:32:00
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said that he...
Local: Prison Guards’ Assn. President suspended
2021-01-17 19:32:00
The President of the Prison Guards’ Association...
A half-harvested paddy cultivation. Picture by I.L.M.RIZAN
Local: Rains disrupt paddy harvesting in Ampara
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Farmers in the Ampara District said that they...
Local: Media institution attempting to weaken COVID battle – GMOA
2021-01-17 19:30:00
A media institution had launched an anti-...
The man protesting on the tower.
Local: Tall demand in Udugampola
2021-01-17 19:30:00
A 24-year-old person has begun a protest on a 216...
Local: Kibou International College opens today
2021-01-17 19:30:00
The pre-school section of the Kibou International...
Local: Sri Lankan food festival in Dubai
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Al Maya Group Director Kamal Vachani has...
Local: Forestry and Environment confab on January 22, 23
2021-01-17 19:30:00
The 25th International Forestry and Environment...
Entire Arasady area has been locked down
Local: Arasady lockdown will continue till tests are negative
2021-01-17 19:30:00
A 79-year-old man died of COVID-19 at Moor Street...
Minister Piyankara Jayaratne had been able to re-start the programme
Local: Sending youth for employment to Japan resumes
2021-01-17 19:30:00
A group of youth selected for jobs in Japan under...
Local: Acute shortage of teachers in Matale schools
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Some principals allege that the Provincial...
Local: Number of kidney patients increases in Matale
2021-01-17 19:30:00
It is reported that the number of kidney patients...
Local: Navy rescues stranded dinghy
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Sri Lanka Navy, with the mediation of its...
Local: Southern Province COVID-19 cases climb to 1,667
2021-01-17 19:30:00
COVID-19 patient numbers in the Southern Province...
Local: Five more Coronavirus patients reported from Southern Province
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Two local politicians, a policeman, nurse, and an...
Local: Galle weekly fair traders to be tested for COVID-19
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Traders at weekly fairs in the Galle District are...
Local: ‘43 Brigade inaugural manifesto launched’
2021-01-17 19:30:00
The inaugural manifesto of the 43 Brigade was...
Minister Dr. Bandula Gunewardene inspecting the stock of tea packets Picture courtesy: Trade Ministry Media Unit.
Local: Boossa Lanka Sathosa Stores Manager suspended for neglecting duties
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Trade Minister Dr. Bandula Gunewardena ordered...
Local: ‘Voice It’ app launched for prevention of violence against women
2021-01-17 19:30:00
The CSR Project ‘Someone’s Daughter’ run by the...
Local: Turmeric home gardening to be launched in NWP
2021-01-17 19:30:00
The Agriculture Ministry told the Daily News that...
Local: Six suffer allergic reaction at salon
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Six persons were hospitalised after developing an...
Local: INDIAN HIGH COMMISSION HOLDS DEFENCE WEBINAR
2021-01-17 19:30:00
The Defence Wing of the Indian High Commission in...
Minister Chamal Rajapaksa handing over a land deed to a Mahaweli farmer. State Minister Siripala Gamalath and officials look on.
Local: Over 565,000 mt of paddy expected from Mahaweli Lands this Maha Season
2021-01-17 19:30:00
The national programme to guide the farming...
Local: Prof. Hirimburegama assumes duties in France
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to France and the...
Local: Constructing another 440 housing units commences
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Constructing another 440 housing units under the...
Navy Chief of Staff Rear Admiral Sumith Weerasinghe along with his family after assuming duties.
Local: Navy Chief of Staff assumes duties
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Rear Admiral Sumith Weerasinghe was appointed as...
Local: Two arrested with 1,559 kg of turmeric, lorry seized
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Two suspects were arrested and a lorry containing...
Local: India donates Radar spares equipment to SLAF
2021-01-17 19:30:00
The Handing-Over ceremony of air defence...
Local: New three-member High Court mooted
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Public Security Minister Rear Admiral Dr. Sarath...
Local: Woman arrested with Rs. 20 mn worth heroin
2021-01-17 19:30:00
A 59-year-old woman was arrested with 1.648 Kgs...
Local: PCR tests for returnees
2021-01-17 19:30:00
From 12.00 midnight to 08.30 am yesterday (17th)...
Political: SLPP defeats TNA to run Uppuveli Pradeshiya Sabha
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP)has secured the...
Business: Export Processing Zones fast returning to normal
2021-01-17 19:30:00
The Free Trade Zone Association’s (FTZ) Export...
President Rajapaksa at the opening of Ferentino tyre factory. Ministers Wimal Weerawansa, Ramesh Pathirana, and investor Nandana Lokuwithana look on.
Business: Rubber exports to overtake tea sector earnings - Minister Pathirana
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Due to series of initiatives to boost the local...
BOI certificate of registrations presented to Hemantha Yatawara (Appointed Director) Mila Fashion by Sanjaya Mohottala Chairman BOI. Also pictured are Pasan Wanigasekara and Saleem Mohamed.
Business: Mila Fashion to set up BOI apparel manufacturing plant in Welioya
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Mila Fashion (part of the Design Studio group)...
The visiting delegation observes a model of the project.
Business: Nathaniel Rothschild visits Port City Colombo
2021-01-17 19:30:00
World-renowned financier and a member of the...
Business: SEC welcomes record-breaking performance of CSE, spells out processes in place
2021-01-17 19:30:00
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri...
Business: Bloomberg data ranks CSE as worlds’ second-best
2021-01-17 19:30:00
The main index of the Colombo Stock Exchange, the...
Business: RPCs finalise proposal to remunerate workers
2021-01-17 19:30:00
In a meeting today (15 January) between the...
Business: ICRA Lanka reaffirms Issuer Rating of MCB Bank
2021-01-17 19:30:00
ICRA Lanka Limited has reaffirmed the Issuer...
Dr Prasanna Lokuge
Business: Building a Digitally Inclusive Sri Lanka
2021-01-17 19:30:00
In an era where the global digital transformation...
Business: Tea factories need credit periods to purchase Green Leaf
2021-01-17 19:30:00
This is written in relation to the extra special...
Nalin Aponso, Chitral Jayawarna and Nilantha Ilangamuwa present a copy of the SLPA ‘COVID-19 Prevention Guideline’ to the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority, General Daya Ratnayake.
Business: SLPA launches new edition of the ‘COVID-19 Prevention Guideline’
2021-01-17 19:30:00
The second edition of the SLPA Covid 19...
Business: LOLC, Expolanka dominate turnover – Acuity Stockbrokers
2021-01-17 19:30:00
The Bourse ended the week on a positive note this...
Business: Sunshine Holdings, Fairfirst Insurance jointly donate to COVID-19 ICU II at IDH
2021-01-17 19:30:00
A newly built Mechanical Ventilation and Air...
Business: Dialog Enterprise Cloud receives first VMware Cloud Verification status
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Making its mark as the first VMware Cloud...
Business: HNB launches ‘A Banker for every Sri Lankan’
2021-01-17 19:30:00
In a bid to celebrate the achievements of unique...
Business: Chairs of SANASA General Insurance changed
2021-01-17 19:30:00
SANASA General Insurance has made key changes...
Business: ComBank commissions 250th CRM and ends 2020 with 905 ATM’s
2021-01-17 19:30:00
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon, the private bank...
Sujeev Rajakulendran
Business: ‘ESSHVA’ celebrates third anniversary
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Software development and Service Company ESSHVA...
Business: SDB bank’s ‘Digital Rights Issue’ raises Rs. 1.5 bn
2021-01-17 19:30:00
SDB bank’s recently concluded digital rights...
Editorial: Law and Justice
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Actor Ranjan Ramanayake made his bed and has to...
Nurses from the Rajawadi Hospital make the victory sign gesture as they pose in front of a television broadcasting a live address by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi before the start of the COVID-19 coronavirus vaccination drive in Mumbai on Saturday. - AFP
World: India hails ‘life saving’ COVID-19 vaccine rollout
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Nurses from the Rajawadi Hospital make the...
An International Organization for Migration (IOM) member stand next to Ivorian migrants returning from Libya to be repatriated in Anidjan. - AFP
World: World migration down 30 percent due to pandemic - UN
2021-01-17 19:30:00
UN: The coronavirus pandemic has slowed global...
World: 23 die in Norway after receiving COVID-19 vaccine
2021-01-17 19:30:00
NORWAY: Twenty-three nursing home residents in...
US President-elect Joe Biden introduces nominees for his science team on Saturday at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware. - AFP
World: Biden expected to sign "a dozen" Inauguration Day Executive Orders
2021-01-17 19:30:00
US: US President-elect Joe Biden will sign...
The National Mall in Washington DC will be closed to the public on Inauguration Day over major security concerns.
World: National Mall closed for Biden inauguration
2021-01-17 19:30:00
US: The National Mall in downtown Washington will...
US President Donald Trump
World: Trump to leave town before Biden inauguration
2021-01-17 19:30:00
US: By the time Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th...
A contingment of US troops leaving Afghanistan.
World: Taliban praise continued US troop withdrawal
2021-01-17 19:30:00
AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban welcomed the latest...
Outgoing leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (L) congratulates her sucessor North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier Armin Laschet (C) with an elbow bump after his election as candidate for leadership Friedrick Merz (R) looks on, on the second day of the party's 33rd congress held online in Berlin on Saturday. - AFP
World: Race to succeed Merkel as Chancellor thrown wide open
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Outgoing leader of the Christian Democratic Union...
Supporters of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) celebrate the victory of President Yoweri Museveni after the results of the presidential election in Kampala, Uganda on Saturday. -AFP
World: Museveni wins sixth term in office
2021-01-17 19:30:00
UGANDA: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has won...
Iran's Revolutionary Guards fired long-range ballistic missiles into the Indian Ocean on the second day of a military exercise.
World: Iran test-fires ballistic missiles on targets at sea
2021-01-17 19:30:00
IRAN: Iran's Revolutionary Guards test-fired...
A resident washes a road after gunmen shot dead two Afghan women judges working for the Supreme Court in Kabul yesterday. - AFP
World: Gunmen assassinate two female Afghan judges
2021-01-17 19:30:00
AFGHANISTAN: Gunmen shot dead two Afghan women...
Entertainment: Charmless entry
2021-01-17 19:30:00
In the first ‘Happily N'ever After' we followed...
James Bond and Pussy Galore in the Bond film ‘Goldfinger’
Entertainment: Who was the fairest of them all?
2021-01-17 19:30:00
“The name’s Bond…James Bond”. This popular phrase...
Entertainment: Jeewa completes shooting
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Jeewa, the first film direct by seasoned actor...
Entertainment: Ayu comes to the wide screen
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Chathra Weeraman who lead the Sri Lankan cinema...
Features: Proudly stepping into Centenary Year
2021-01-17 19:30:00
A renowned Catholic school in Sri Lanka, one of...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa with BIMSTEC Secretary General M. Shahidul Islam
Features: Together for Prosperity
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Sri Lanka is a founding member of the Bay of...
The ECT site
Features: Sri Lanka: A balancing act amid geopolitical developments
2021-01-17 19:30:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced on...
Look after your dogs well and do not let them become a menace to others.
Features: Of Children and Dogs
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Last week was not that favourable for the Sri...
Features: A fascinating insight into human intelligence and interaction
2021-01-17 19:30:00
This is the first one of a series of articles on...
Features: 100 years of the BCG Vaccine
2021-01-17 19:30:00
In July 1921, a French infant became the first...
T&C: Tintin Et Nous
2021-01-17 19:30:00
When my parents decided to migrate to Colombo, my...
T&C: Certificate in Acting Programme
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Are you keen to study drama? Are you hardworking...
T&C: Cine Directory 2020
2021-01-17 19:30:00
The Cine Directory which is compiled by the Film...
T&C: That leafy treasure Trove!
2021-01-17 19:30:00
The World Health Organization estimates that 1.7...
Roshani Jayatilaka
T&C: Be patient with your vegetable garden!
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Part Time Landscape Gardener Roshani Jayatilaka,...
T&C: Tips to grow your own food during a pandemic
2021-01-17 19:30:00
With the current pandemic still forcing many of...
Lakshitha Rasanjana
Sports: Lakshitha Rasanjana of Negombo CC a fine all-round performance
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Lakshitha Rasanjana the former skipper of Nalanda...
Gauravee Rajapaksha posed for a photograph with her Principal Anil Pushpakumara of Dhammissara National School Nattandiya just after the Prize Giving. Gauravee is standing extreme right and on extreme left is Kavee Anya Rajapaksha and the Principal M A Pushpakumara is in the centre. (Picture by Dilwin Mendis – Moratuwa Sports Special Correspondent)
Sports: Gauravee Rajapaksha outstanding karateka, athlete and chess player
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Gauravee Rajapaksha posed for a photograph with...
Nimesh Maduranga, outstanding Athlete.
Sports: Nimesh Maduranga an athletic star in the making
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Nimesh Maduranga, an outstanding athlete who...
Sports: Jadi Dissanayake was a superb flanker
2021-01-17 19:30:00
,Jadi Dissanayake , is a former Trinity College,...
Kalana Thushan Tennakoon with the Medals he has received. Picture By Upananda Jayasundera-Kandy Sports spl.Corr
Sports: Kalana Tennakoon -karateka and coach par excellence
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Kalana Thushan Tennakoon, an Old Boy of...
Lahiru Thirimanna raises his bat after scoring a century against England on the fourth day of the first Test at the Galle International Stadium on January 17. Picture courtesy: SLC
Sports: Nervous England lose quick wickets in chase to win Sri Lanka Test
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Galle, Sunday: Sri Lanka rattled England with...
Sports: Yasitha and Anika bag singles titles at Tennis Nationals
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Yasitha de Silva and Anika Seneviratne bagged the...
India's Shardul Thakur plays a shot during day three of the fourth cricket Test match between Australia and India at the Gabba in Brisbane on January 17. AFP
Sports: Unlikely heroes Sundar, Thakur drag India back into fourth Test
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Brisbane, Sunday: A pair of unlikely third-day...
Sports: Sokian CC Women’s team emerges ‘B’ division champions
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Sokians CC Women’s team emerged champion in the...
Sports: Marin and Axelsen claim Thailand Open badminton singles titles
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Bangkok, Sunday: Reigning Olympic champion...
Sports: SA team forced into last-minute charter flight dash to Pakistan
2021-01-17 19:30:00
Johannesburg, Sunday: South Africa's Test cricket...
Obituaries: Obituaries
2021-01-17 19:30:00
PEIRIS - RANMAL (J.V.R) expired. Loving husband...

Monday, January 18, 2021