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Thursday, February 4, 2021

Local: Russian President Putin congratulates President on Independence Day
2021-02-04 17:00:00
Russia President Vladimir Putin sent a...
Local: COVID-19 death toll rises to 339
2021-02-04 15:58:00
Seven more deaths reported due to COVID-19,...
Local: Another 349 COVID-19 positive cases reported
2021-02-04 15:25:00
Another 349 COVID-19 positive cases reported...
Local: Dr.Neville Fernando passes away from COVID-19
2021-02-04 13:48:00
Dr. Neville Fernando, the founder of Neville...
Local: 355 COVID-19 positive cases reported
2021-02-04 13:28:00
355 COVID-19 positive cases reported today,...
Local: COVID-19 recoveries surpasses 60,000
2021-02-04 12:50:00
684 more individuals recovered from COVID-19....
Local: Belarus invites Sri Lanka to expand ties in politics, trade, science
2021-02-04 11:00:00
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko sent...
Local: UAE leaders congratulate President on Independence Day
2021-02-04 10:42:00
The UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al...
Local: President's speech at the 73rd Independence Day celebrations
2021-02-04 07:27:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today addressed the...
Local: INTERPOL issues red notice to 129 wanted Lankan criminals
2021-02-04 06:18:00
A total of 129 red notices have been issued...
Local: Maldivian President extends Independence Day greetings
2021-02-04 04:52:00
Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has...
Local: 337 Officers, 8,226 Other Ranks of Sri Lanka Army promoted
2021-02-04 03:25:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Commander-in-Chief...
Local: Showers expected in several places after 1pm
2021-02-04 03:16:00
Showers or thundershowers will occur at few...
Local: Vaccinations cross 120,000 mark
2021-02-03 19:45:00
Nearly 120,000 individuals, primarily health...
Local: Unfaltering Sri Lankan spirit will help defeat pandemic - PM
2021-02-03 19:44:00
It is with immense pride that we celebrate our...
Local: A dignified celebration of freedom at Independence Square
2021-02-03 19:43:00
An All-Night Pirith Chanting ceremony was held at...
Local: Indian HC calls on President, PM
2021-02-03 19:42:00
High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka, Gopal...
Local: UNHRC oblivious to grave HR violations elsewhere – SB
2021-02-03 19:41:00
While the COVID-19 pandemic is looming in every...
Local: Call to inoculate lottery sellers
2021-02-03 19:40:00
The National Lotteries Board (NLB) yesterday...
Local: State Minister deplores bus operators’ strike plans
2021-02-03 19:39:00
If the private bus operators launch a strike in...
Local: Govt rejects Bachelet Report – Minister Gammanpila
2021-02-03 19:38:00
The Government has decided to reject the Report...
Local: UNP condemns Myanmar coup
2021-02-03 19:37:00
The United National Party (UNP) has condemned the...
Local: Dr. Neville Fernando in IDH ICU
2021-02-03 19:36:00
Dr. Neville Fernando, the founder of Neville...
Bangladesh High Commissioner in Sri Lanka Tareq Md Ariful Islam paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at his residence in Wijerama. Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh Mohammad Hazrat Ali Khan was also present.
Local: Bangladesh, Sri Lanka to enhance cooperation
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Bangladesh is interested in expanding the...
Local: ‘Former Government planned to develop Colombo Port under joint agreement with Japan, India’
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said...
Local: Work for a united, prosperous tomorrow - Speaker
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Despite the ongoing global COVID-19 crisis, we,...
Local: Work on Parei Doopatha bridge to commence
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Irrigation Minister and National Security, Home...
Highways Minister Johnston Fernando during an inspection tour of the Ganewalpola Front Yard of the Maga Neguma Construction Machinery Company (MNCMC).
Local: Increase asphalt production to expedite road projects - Johnston
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Highways Minister Johnston Fernando has...
Local: We must overcome challenges collectively - Chamal
2021-02-03 19:30:00
It is with great pride that I extend my greetings...
Local: Launch of new uniforms for Tri-Services War Heroes
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Exclusively designed military uniforms, expected...
Local: News in pictures
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Ambagamuwa Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman L.P....
Local: Fire at Katunayake INSEE Ecocycle building
2021-02-03 19:30:00
A fire erupted at a building owned by INSEE...
Local: 1,600 Southern Province cooperative employees enroll for pension scheme
2021-02-03 19:30:00
One thousand six hundred cooperative employees in...
The People’s Liberation Front staged a protest in front of the George E. de Silva Park in Kandy on Monday over the government’s plans to hand over the Colombo Port’s East Container Terminal to the Adani Company. Picture by J.M. Hafeez, Akurana Group Corr.
Local: CCTV cameras for all fishery harbours soon
2021-02-03 19:30:00
It was revealed at a recent Galle District Local...
The wild elephant carcass found near the prawn farm. Picture by l. Jawferkhan, Batticaloa Group Corr.
Local: Wild elephant carcass found near prawn farm
2021-02-03 19:30:00
The carcass of a wild elephant was found near a...
‘Youth to Lead’ Co-Conveners handing over the proposal to MP Imthiaz Bakeer Markar.
Local: ‘Youth to Lead’ proposes minimum youth inclusion quota for politics
2021-02-03 19:30:00
‘Youth to Lead’, a youth advocacy group promoting...
Local: Indian Deputy High Commissioner calls on MP Hakeem
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Indian Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka...
Local: Eravur fisherman drowns at sea
2021-02-03 19:30:00
A fisherman from Punnakudah, Eravur, drowned at...
Local: Farmers to receive their lands back
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Nearly 1,500 farmer families in the Irudeniyaya...
Local: Pavithra recovers
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi who was...
Vehicles arriving at the Dambulla Dedicated Economic Centre with vegetables.
Local: Entrance fee for Dambulla Economic Centre unfair, farmers say
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Farmers who bring their produce to the Dambulla...
Karapitiya Teaching Hospital Director Dr. Priyantha Jeevaratne being vaccinated. Picture by Mahinda P. Liyanage, Galle Central Special Corr.
Local: Southern Province COVID-19 vaccination programme begins
2021-02-03 19:30:00
The Southern Province COVID-19 vaccination...
Local: Ratnapura Teaching Hospital staff receive COVID-19 vaccine
2021-02-03 19:30:00
The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine provided by the...
Local: Paddy harvesting in Ampara in full swing
2021-02-03 19:30:00
The Paddy Marketing Board (PMB) and private...
Supplement: Revolt on the razor’s edge
2021-02-03 19:30:00
The Ceylonese Freedom was not really offered on a...
Supplement: Post-independence politics in Sri Lanka: Challenges, hurdles and victories
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Sri Lanka’s journey since independence has been...
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa engaging in a tree planting campaign.-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at a tree planting campaign at his residence in 2020.
Supplement: Greening the parched earth
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Concurrent to the Independence Day celebrations,...
Supplement: Let unity flourish…
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Seventy-three years ago on a day like this, Sri...
Supplement: A singular nation, a collective dream
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Independence Day, this time, as expected, is a...
Supplement: Independence trajectory
2021-02-03 19:30:00
1505 – 1658-Portuguese period The Portuguese...
Independence square
Supplement: Monumental memory
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Sri Lanka celebrates 73 years of Independence...
Supplement: Bliss of Freedom
2021-02-03 19:30:00
“Today is the appointed Day and the New Dominion...
Supplement: Enshrined revolution
2021-02-03 19:30:00
The Kandyan Chiefs and Buddhist monks met the...
Political: Opposition in political wilderness - Prasanna
2021-02-03 19:30:00
The Government’s people oriented policies was...
L.A.N.Jayewardene
Business: Why Business Valuations are different from Real Estate Valuations
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Real estate valuation and business valuation are...
Business: Seylan Bank partners Yara Technologies to provide Merchant Portal Services
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Seylan Bank announced its partnership with Yara...
Joyce Shen
Business: DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: THE PROMISE OF TECHNOLOGY
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Technology is everywhere, continuously changing...
Business: Saninro Residences Ragama to invest Rs. 150 million
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Saninro Residences and Food Court in Ragama, is...
Business: Dubai forms Vaccine Logistics Alliance to distribute COVID-19 vaccines
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Under the directives of Vice President and Prime...
Business: Lanka Hospitals introduces new Covid-19 self-screening and tracing system
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Lanka Hospitals, now introduces a new Covid-19...
Reshad Mohideen, Director Newton Lanka, Naveed Anjoon, Marketing Manager Hemas Consumer, Dinali Sugathadasa, Brand Manager Hemas Consumer receiving the Silver award for Dandex Pro Scalp Shampoo Freedom Run 2.0 campaign from SLIM official
Business: Hemas Consumer wins big at SLIM DIGIS 2.0
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Hemas Consumer, one of the leading manufacturers...
Sanjaya Padmaperuma
Business: South Asian Technologies brings Veritas Technologies to Sri Lankan market
2021-02-03 19:30:00
 South Asian Technologies (Pvt) Ltd. (SAT)...
Signing of the partnership between OREL Corporation and NSBM Green University.
Business: OREL Corporation signs up with NSBM
2021-02-03 19:30:00
OREL one of the most innovative companies in the...
Business: Global fisheries, aquaculture hard hit by COVID-19 pandemic - FAO
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Global fisheries and aquaculture have been hard...
Editorial: 73 years on
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Sri Lanka today marks 73 years of Independence...
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen
World: Vaccine storm engulfs EU Chief von der Leyen
2021-02-03 19:30:00
BELGIUM: EU chief Ursula von der Leyen faces the...
Switzerland exported more than 77,100 tonnes of cheese Last year.
World: Swiss cheese exports swell amid pandemic cooking frenzy
2021-02-03 19:30:00
SWITZERLAND: Exports of Swiss cheeses hit record...
Law enforcement officers block an area where a shooting killed two FBI agents while serving an arrest warrant in Sunrise, Florida on Tuesday.
World: Two FBI agents killed in Florida shooting
2021-02-03 19:30:00
US: Two FBI agents were shot dead and three were...
Spain’s best-known bull-running festival held in the northern city of Pamplona is to be cancelled for the second year in a row because of the pandemic. - AFP
World: Pamplona bull-run ‘cancelled’ for second time
2021-02-03 19:30:00
SPAIN: Spain’s best-known bull-running festival...
People clatter tins and various objects to make noise to protest the military coup in response to a social media campaign in Yangon on February 2, 2021, as the party of Myanmar's toppled leader Aung San Suu Kyi demanded her immediate release Tuesday.
World: Civil disobedience calls gather pace in Myanmar
2021-02-03 19:30:00
MYANMAR: Calls for a civil disobedience campaign...
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden pay their respects to the late Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick who lies in honour in the Rotunda of the Capitol in Washington, DC on Tuesday. - AFP
World: President Biden pays respects to policeman killed in Capitol attack
2021-02-03 19:30:00
US: US President Joe Biden paid his respects...
Latin America and the Caribbean are no exception to the the dramatic impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic.
World: Latin America and Caribbean record over 600,000 COVID-19 deaths
2021-02-03 19:30:00
URUGUAY: More than 600,000 lives have been lost...
The House impeachment managers, led by Representative Jamie Raskin, (R), submitted an 80-page brief blaming Trump for the violent attack.
World: Trump ‘singularly responsible’ for riot, impeachment trial brief claims
2021-02-03 19:30:00
US: Donald Trump was "singularly responsible" for...
This screen grab from a handout footage provided by the Moscow City Court press service shows Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, charged with violating the terms of a 2014 suspended sentence for embezzlement, gesturing a heart shape from inside a glass cell during a court hearing in Moscow on Tuesday. - AFP
World: Kremlin critic Navalny jailed
2021-02-03 19:30:00
RUSSIA: A Moscow court on Tuesday jailed the...
Fire crews control bushfires as they approach properties in Upper Swan in Perth on Tuesday.
World: Perth bushfire destroys 71 homes
2021-02-03 19:30:00
AUSTRALIA: At least 71 homes have been destroyed...
Photo taken on September 18, 2020 shows the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea in formation during a Strait of Hormuz transit. - AFP
World: US moves carrier from Gulf in a sign of ebbing tensions
2021-02-03 19:30:00
US: US President Joe Biden’s administration has...
President Joe Biden signed orders to end a 2018 "zero tolerance" policy on prosecuting illegal border crossings and to seek unification of parents with children detained at the border. Only unaccompanied minors are covered by the ruling.
World: Biden signs Executive Orders reversing Trump immigration policies
2021-02-03 19:30:00
US: President Biden on Tuesday signed a trio of...
Vandals have altered the landmark Hollywood sign to read "Hollyboob" on Tuesday.
World: Six held after Hollywood’s famous sign changed to ‘Hollyboob’
2021-02-03 19:30:00
US: Six people were in custody after altering Los...
World: Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine cuts virus transmission - Study
2021-02-03 19:30:00
UK: The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine significantly...
Law & Order: MP Premalal Jayasekera’s appeal fixed for argument
2021-02-03 19:30:00
The appeal petitions filed by Ratnapura District...
Law & Order: Magistrates ban TNA’s planned demonstration
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Magistrates of Kalmunai, Pottuvil, and...
Features: Vanishing vintage motor relics of Jaffna
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Travelling in Ceylon is laced with beautiful...
Features: Towards Energy Independence
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Under the new administration of President...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres
Features: 2021 should be a Year of Transformation
2021-02-03 19:30:00
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres...
The Final report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) probing the Easter Sunday terror attacks was handed over to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa by its Chairman Supreme Court Justice Janak de Silva at the Presidential Secretariat recently. Picture courtesy President’s Media Division
Features: Lanka well poised to navigate challenges to Sovereignty
2021-02-03 19:30:00
The Final report of the Presidential Commission...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa interacts with people during the 8th 'Discussion with the Village" programme near the Kukulkatuwa tank in the Thanamalwila Aluthwewa Grama Niladhari Division, Monaragala last Saturday. Picture courtesy President's Media Division
Features: Independence Day: Reaffirming commitment to rise as a nation
2021-02-03 19:30:00
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa interacts with...
The selection panel that picked the winners of the Sunday Observer-Mobitel School Cricketer of the Year contest. Seated from left: Daminda Cooray (President, Sri Lanka Cricket Umpires Association), Jude Silva (Communications Channel Manager, Mobitel), Thilak Watthuhewa (Principal, Nalanda College and President Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association), W. Dayaratne PC (Chairman ANCL), Ashantha de Mel (Then Chairman National Cricket Selection Committee), JAKS. Indrajith (Secretary, Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Ass
Sports: Roger Wijesuriya wins runner-up title twice in 1978-79
2021-02-03 19:30:00
The Observer-Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer of the...
The karate contingent of UKF Karate Academy which participated at the Shimoga Open International Karate Championship in Bangalore, India in 2018. Hiruni Navodya Herath squatting in the front row second from left. (Picture by Dilwin Mendis Moratuwa Sports Special Correspondent)
Sports: Hiruni Navodya, a champions karateka in the making
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Karate Green Belt holder and gold medalist H. M....
Sports: St. Anthony’s College, doyen of Kandy soccer
2021-02-03 19:30:00
St. Anthony’s College, Katugastota was one of the...
Sports: Karate National pool selection on Feb. 13-14
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Selection trials to select National karate pool...
Bangladesh’s Shadman Islam plays a shot during the first day of the first cricket Test match between Bangladesh and West Indies at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on February 3. AFP
Sports: Bangladesh, West Indies share opening day honours
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Chittagong, Wednesday: Opener Shadman Islam...
President, NFSL Lakshmi Victoria in conversation with the netball pool players
Sports: Sri Lanka to focus on 2023 Netball World Cup
2021-02-03 19:30:00
The National Netball Pool was pruned to 40...
Mickey Arthur and Lahiru Thirimanne
Sports: Arthur, Thirimanne test positive for COVID-19
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Following PCR Tests carried out on the...
New Zealand will play in the World Test Championship final
Sports: NZ aim to purge Lord’s pain in World Test final
2021-02-03 19:30:00
WELLINGTON - The Black Caps won’t let past...
Sohail Tanvir took three wickets for Qalandars
Sports: Qalandars stay unbeaten in Abu Dhabi T10 League
2021-02-03 19:30:00
Qalandars extended their winning streak in the...
Sports: India face England with Lord’s Test final at stake
2021-02-03 19:30:00
CHENNAI - New dad Virat Kohli returns to captain...
Sports: Open TT Tourney from February 13
2021-02-03 19:30:00
The Open All-Island Ranking Table Tennis...

Thursday, February 4, 2021